Cognitive Question
 

This week end I was making a note for places to find the Wii....since it's so hard to find, I made a list and phone numbers to call around town here. When I reviewed the list later to start making the calls, I found that I had written:

Frem dis for 'fred meyer', Everything else in the note was correctly spelled....

I catch myself doing this when I type sometimes.....thoughts? I showed it to my DH...When you can see what I'm talking about, its a cause for concern...just wondering if any of you have these kinds of issues.....thanks

Well I have been known for typing/writing odd things like this also from time to time but much more often is for the life of me I get can't remember how to spell something at all, even easy words like "have & come", it almost the same when I'm talking and a word I'm wanting say will not come out. http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...y/dontknow.gif

It happens pretty often for me J. For some reason, I usually can't write the letter w without really concentrating. It wants to come out as something else entirely. :)

I think I will do the neuropsyc test. Seems that should cover the whole enchilada and pin point everything. Thanks

I get that sometimes (not often). It happens both when I speak and type. Nothing like the confused stare of a 2 year old. When I realize I was speaking jibberish, I usually just say "Well it's not like I understand what you say either, so we're even." :D

there are days that I simply cannot type what I am thinking. I am a great typist, and can do so in the dark, never have to look at the keys and can go pretty fast. I have those MS days that I cannot make it work! I have learned to slow down and just not be in a hurry.

So I gather that this is a sx of MS... but what other things can cause this, anyone know? I'm willing to accept it could be from depression....but I really do feel good most the time....just scared about the future sometimes, and who isn't? Not sure how depression could cause me to mis-spell things like this.

Thanks for your responses to this point :D

Just started my physical therepy for my back this morning. We are going to work on my stomach muscles and I really like my Therapist...very nice, alert, and informative. Also, I voluntarily stopped my zanaflex and vicodin last Monday. I still have plenty, I just hate feeling crummy all the time from them and want to get it out of my system. Knowing they are there if I need them is good enough for me :)

Gotta study! See ya all later....

GJ, I firmly believe this is a symptom of MS, and not depression, anxiety, confusion, or anything else that the neuro may tell you! (Sorry, bit of a sore point for me.)

Typically cognitive problems for me include mixing up letters in words, or substituting one word for another. I was trying to type 'course' earlier and kept typing 'coarse' instead. Or Copaxone - my fingers keep wanting to type Xocapone. I do this when writing, too, but I write so slow that I can catch those mistakes.

As to what it all means... well, I won't give you any false assurances. I've improved since my last flare, and now I only have this problem when I'm having a down day. (More MS symptoms than usual) I still have short-term memory problems, and I do use the wrong word or phrase occasionally.

For memory, it helps to build up routines and double-check yourself. Keep a daytimer handy for important appointments, passwords, account numbers, etc. Then don't lose it! That's the sort of thing you don't want an identity thief to have.

I've been struggling with cognitive stuff a lot since my dx. It's a major issue with me. Sure some of my memory issues could be depression (I've suffered for 30 years) or the antidepressants (currently on high dosage), or perimenopause (year 9). But since these things have been ongoing for some time, I am able to differentiate what memory issues are related to them from what is MS. My problems with spelling is definately NEW and I blame the MS. I never had a problem with spelling before. In fact, I only developed this problem within the past three months or so.

The cog-fog, is also MS, as I never had this problem before either, not even during my worst days of depression (which included a couple suicide attempts, but I was always able to work). On my foggy days I can barely get through the work day.

The forgetting names has been with me a long time and may be a few things, but it has certainly gotten much worse with the onset of MS. And forgetting words was an occasional problem that has also gotten much worse.

I suppose it all varies person to person, but I have noticed a significant increase in how often I forget things, how spaced out I am, and my inability to concentrate (sometimes I can't even read a book without getting lost) just in the few months since the testing began in August 2007 and my dx in Nov 2007. And none of it has improved with time, I'm sad to say. My daytimer has become my security blanket.

Thanks Jen, I guess being open to 'anything' at this point is what will see me through all this. I don't want to get stuck on one thing any more....and am willing to listen and respond to what the doctor's say; the problem is, do THEY know!!??

Today I made an appointment with a PCP that I saw once. My DH and DD use him all the time. I'm going to bring in my testing for the past 4 months and get him up to speed on everything. See what he has to say :rolleyes: