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I have word finging issues from my frequent migraine. Sometimes are worse than others...
I would talk this over with the neuro. He should be able to help figure it out whether it is meds, seizures or what.....
Hang in there. frusrating I am sure...
I hope this helps you in some way find solace within your situation somehow, you see I have been diagnosed as epileptic for 24 years now and within the last year I have began expieriencing some very difficult traits such as short/long term memory loss, my speech on occassion presents itself as slurred, repetitive, annunciation can on occassion sound awkward/confusing, and of course I am having more seizures than normal and the really harsh part is that people that I have dealt with for years and strangers as well give out these very strange looks and I feel like some creature from another planet (lets show some compassion people). It seems at times that getting the words out and making my point is feudal and then somedays I am fine. My neuro does not appear to be rattled by this so I went for a secomd opinion and I was told the same thing that my neuro said, "this is a normal side effect from medication and many years of seizures". We are working on a fix through medication and I hope this presents some better results but unfortunately time will tell which appears to be the "rub". I slow down my annunciation and it seems to help to a degree but when I am in a meeting with marketing/advertising executives they dont usually have to much tolerance for someone that does not supply responses at the normal fast speed that is expected. I just do the best I can and remember this you are the same person you were last year and simply put people are gonna have to learn to live with it.
Steve
Wow, I always thought I was just a nitwit or something. But, I've always had problems with word-finding. People always seem to get frustrated with me because it takes a long time for me to say things sometimes. It's even worse when a person finishes a sentence for me. (I just hate that!)
After my last med change with Zonegran- now my tongue doesn't seem to work right. That, combined with the word-finding,... now aren't we having fun.
Another interesting thing that I have is that whenever I would have a seizure, I would start saying the same thing in my head over and over again. Like maybe ten times. I mean, as a NORMAL thing- I usually say things in my head many times anyway (does anybody else do that too?). But right before a seizure occurrs, I will say the same sentence over and over. And then the seizure is happening. You would think I would recognize this sign- I mean it's only happened a thousand and one times!!
Glenda
complex partial seizures since 22
By the way Glenda I was blown away by your post from 5/31 on family,friends,husband...very very nice!
Steve