I get this too! It’s quite amusing when a 9/10 year old has to guess the end or next bit of the sentence. I say it helps their learning and just call my memory a sieve! A x
I have times where I have found it difficult to speak. Though considering some of the rubbish I spout some might think this is a good thing 
Yes!
Infact this was the very first thing I noticed. Thought I was losing my marbles!
I fall over my words, swap them around, go blank in the middle of a sentence and use the wrong word although there’s usually a connection. For example at Christmas a piece of cake and a cup of tea became a piece of cake and a christmas tree. Luckily hubby was able to translate!
I also find that I have trouble finding words. Even though in my head I know exactly what I want to say, somehow there is a disconnect between them being in my head and getting them out of my mouth!
I did it just last night too. Jamie was recalling how he had eaten a box of hot wings while watching the Superbowl (American Football) and then I said it was funny how he had suddenly got into watching the Hot Bowl these past few years!! Luckily he knew what I meant. There is always a loose connection - I always put the wrong things together in my head.
Tracey
Hi. I know this is an old post but just wondered how you all cope with it when talking to strangers, I’m worried people think I’m stupid. My words get so muddled, it’s as if my brain and speech arnt properly connected, my daughter has to help me out and tell me how to say the word properly or unmuddle my words for me. Today someone said Hello to me and I went to answer but nothing came out of my mouth, she must of thought I was very rude but my brain just didn’t kick in in time. I’m so worried about talking to people as I don’t know if my words will come out the way I’m thinking them. I forget very quickly too and can’t remember simple things. Thank you for reading.
I find a smile and a nod generally suffice… if I can’t remember someone’s name, or a particular fact, or plots of complicated crime dramas (usually with Danish subtitles!), acknowledge the fact that the person is there, but don’t get into complicated sentences or questions. I find that the best thing to say at work is “Can you email me the details of the query and I’ll look into it and get back to you…” that appears to work! Or get some of the cards that the MS Soc do, and give them one of those - they can read it for themselves, and you don’t have to explain that you can’t talk and you aren’t stupid or drunk… just ill.
I don’t actually go ANYwhere on my own at the moment (mobility issues) so its not so bad in that at least I am always with a family member or friend who can help me out.
But if I wasn’t I’m not sure I would venture that far anyway because like you, Kel81, I worry that strangers will think I’m either stupid, drunk or a liar! Getting my words muddled i don’t mind as much, it’s when my mind goes completely blank and I stutter or nothing comes out as I desperately scan my brain for the words, I always worry that it sounds like I’m lying or bullsh**ting!
Every friggin day. Forget what I’m saying mid sentence. Can’t think of words…All good fun
When I get together with my sister (who had a stroke) we have to laugh, between the two of us I don’t think we can string together a sentence but we seem to understand each other.
Mags xx
Andy, we’ve missed your sentences.
Welcome back.
Oh thank you! It’s not just me! Spending time in a hospital which I continually referred to as a hotel and explaining my memory problems as something going wrong with my Brian instead of my brain led to endless fun…!
Smidge x
Well you may find it somewhat confusing unless you can be bothered to start reading from the start, but there is a home for you on the Brain Fog thread. We seem to have lost our leader just at present, but are hopeful that our beloved Albrecht Durer of the thread sometimes known as Brian Frog, will return. Possibly missing a few more brain cells but loved nonetheless.
The thread has certain peculiarities, one of which is it’s obsession with socks. Another is the plan to invade the Isle former known as Wight, or possibly Blackpool, unless Mr Durer comes back to lead the charge to the Island.
The last peculiarity is that we accept all those who are befogged of brain. We try hard not to comment when people repeat themselves, forget what’s gone before and generally fail to follow conversations or wander off in sometimes odd directions within the same post.
In short, we accept each other and our brains as they are, not how they used to be or how they once performed, but as they are now.
Sue
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I don’t actually go ANYwhere on my own at the moment (mobility issues) so its not so bad in that at least I am always with a family member or friend who can help me out.
But if I wasn’t I’m not sure I would venture that far anyway because like you, Kel81, I worry that strangers will think I’m either stupid, drunk or a liar! Getting my words muddled i don’t mind as much, it’s when my mind goes completely blank and I stutter or nothing comes out as I desperately scan my brain for the words, I always worry that it sounds like I’m lying or bullsh**ting!
[/quote] the lying or talking bull bit AHH! & then trying to correct a sentance quickly so it all the words go together! pain!!
confused me, julien
I first developed speech problems during a serious relapse some years ago. Words come out jumbled or wrong. Sometimes I sound drunk. Like Soo, I seldom go out on my own, so I usually have someone with me for moral support, at the very least. If I fall over my words when I’m talking to a stranger, I correct myself and try to make a joke of it. I find that the problems get worse as I become more tired, so I try to limit interactions with strangers to when I’m rested. Speaking slowly and giving myself time to think about what I’m saying can also help.
One other problem that’s been happening recently is thinking the wrong words. For example, I’ve wanted a chopstick to stir something, I had the image of a chopstick in my mind, but I thought “coat hanger”. I have never actually said the wrong word in that way, but I’m worried that it’s only a matter of time before the mental control goes and I find myself speaking complete nonsense. (Or a different kind of complete nonsense.)
I asked where the springling spark water was in Tesco a while back and it is known as such in this house now! I also had a pre-senior moment when I saying ‘tom plants 60p today’ didn’t spot the p and said to hubby, you don’t see many birthday banners these days do you?..we had to pull over as he was actually crying with laughter! He still drives us past there chuckling,it must be 10 years ago, so Tom Plant must be getting on, I have told my mother she has to stop offering us tomato plants from her greenhouse or he’ll choke on his tea!
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Thank you dude ! Didn’t think anyone had noticed…
I can’t remember how we got on to the subject, but on Saturday I came out with “drained in a tie rack” when I was trying to sat “died in a train wreck”. My excuse is that I was tired after a long day at Whitby.
I was gonna say something, but…
I too have wrubble with my turds…