PMR, the brain and words
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Does anyone else have trouble finding words or using wrong words? I have a busy brain and a busy life, hoping its lack of mindfulness or PMR and not a dementia. (Which my mother has.)
Does PMR negativily affect the brain apart from GCA/strokes/aneurysm?
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EileenH Elizamc
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Elizamc EileenH
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EileenH Elizamc
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Elizamc EileenH
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Haha! So I have an excuse?!?! 😂😂😂😂😁
EileenH Elizamc
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Anhaga Elizamc
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Yes to first question. Don't know answer to second.
Elizamc Anhaga
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Anhaga Elizamc
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I found I did very badly at Scrabble for a while, and that seemed to improve as my dose got down to a vanishingly small dose, and I didn't notice too many instances of not finding the right word. But recently I had to increase the dosage, not a whole lot, but I've noticed problems finding the right word in daily life, and my Scrabble game seems to be shot again.... But, and I think this is a big but, my father all his life, at least the years I knew him from his mid thirties to his death thirty years later, would sometimes say the wrong word. I have done that too, for a long time. My father's first language was not English, but one wonders if it was more of a brain wiring thing than an linguistic thing, and I've inherited the same tendency. It is annoying, because you catch yourself doing it and wonder why. This is definitely worse since pred.
Elizamc Anhaga
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maid_mariane Elizamc
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No worries, most of us call this brain fog. Lol I use to edit work of PhD students and now I can't spell or finish sentences for loss of word and yet I know it.
I say my husband and I would be great at charades now. Lol
mariane
Elizamc maid_mariane
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joanne89589 Elizamc
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Yes, I do find I'm struggling to find words sometimes. I put it down to old age! Still seem to be translating fairly accurately. No complaints so far. I am better when I keep off the carbs, but that is going to be difficult over Christmas.
Elizamc joanne89589
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