I am 28 years old and relatively healthy. As of the past few months I have been stumbling over my words and have had a hard time recalling some words. This is worrying me as I am not usually like this. Am I making a big deal out of nothing? Am I just getting older and this is a fact of life? What should I do?
2007-05-14 17:30:56 · 7 answers · asked by Ashley P 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
I'm 17 and I also suffer from this. I was wanting to ask this question myself but I couldn't find the right way to explain it.
I often have trouble explaining how I feel to people and I stumble aswell. This started happening in the last year.
I use to be very confident and did really well at public speaking.
I'm interested in the other answers people give you although I don't really have a solution for this.
May be just read more and write more about how you feel. I've found reading to help a little bit. Good luck!
2007-05-14 18:16:53 · answer #1 · answered by ★☆✿❀ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I think that you are not overacting and you are correct to be concerned. You did'nt explain whether or not you are taking medication, sometimes medication can affect your thinking. Having problems recalling words or stumbling over the words could be a problem also. My advice would be that you would benefit from a visit to your doctor. If you are taking medication that are prescribed or even over the counter medication may cause these adverse reactions. This problem could be as a result of a condition if you have not been sleeping and/or have been experiencing a lot of stress, This reaction should be evaluated by your doctor. There are problems that could occur in the age that you are, but you are so young, I doubt it. Do not believe that this is a part of getting older and that this is a part of getting older. Please consider seeking an evaluation of your symptoms. Knowing what is going on is better than worrying. You are young and believing that you are old is not true. Take care of yourself, you need to reassure yourself and get the correct answers from your doctor. You should get them as soon as possible, and feel better soon.
2007-05-14 18:22:37 · answer #2 · answered by Jean 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I get this all the time. I think it can be quite normal, or stress can make it worse. We know the right word to say but our mind is working faster than our brains allow for us to form the words. Also fatigue can play a role. Are you getting enough rest? Do you have other sleep related issues that maybe your not even aware of such as sleep apnea? For me, I think the fatigue has away of making this worse.
2007-05-14 17:43:26 · answer #3 · answered by beautyofthesea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! You are not making a big deal out of nothing. and NO! this is not a fact of life of getting older. There are plenty of septagenarians out there who have absolutely NO memory problems.
Yes!, you need to begin to look into what is causing this. I began with symptoms like that, and various other lesser physical, mental and emotional symptoms that I gradually became used to and began to ignore because other people said, oh, I'm like that too and you're just getting older. I didn't realize all my symptoms were connected, and neither did any of my mainstream doctors. It turned out that I had heavy metal poisoning. Look it up further on the web.
There are numerous symptoms, and only one can be the result of it, or many different symptoms. Mercury and lead poisoning cause different symptoms in different people; no two are alike.
If you are serious about looking into this, do not let any doctor convince you to take a hair analysis, or any simple urine, stool, or blood test to determine your level of toxicity, as those tests can give you false negatives due to the way your body may be holding onto toxins. The best and most efficient way to really "know" , though more expensive, is to take a 6 hour Calcium EDTA chelation test in which you get intravenous injection and then collect your urine and send it in for analysis.
Look on the web for a doctor who works in one of the following types of medicine: "preventive", "nutritional" "environmental" or "Integretive medicine". They are the best trained in toxins and how to treat it with a healthy approach.
I wish I'd have done it when my doctor suggested it at your age, when my symptoms began, because the longer it remains in your system, the neurological damage becomes irreversible. Instead I didn't believe him. Well, now 15 years later, after losing my job and career due to a number of brain fog, low mental energy and ADD symptoms which gradually increased, I find I had extremely high lead, mercury, cadmium and nickel levels.
Mercury poisoning is believed to be behind autism, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Mercury is getting in our bodies in larger amounts through various ways, such as vaporizing from our dental fillings (the vapor from mine was 42 times the EPA toxic level as measured with a meter), fish, water, and air. Lead can leach into your water supply from solder joints in the pipes of older homes/businesses, inhaling sanded paint dust, glazed pottery or tea pots, pewter utensils, and a numerous other ways.
Don't think it can't happen to you because you've not been near heavy metals. We are all exposed to far greater amounts than the newspapers report, it is just that in some of us, our bodies do not expel the toxins and they build up in our systems. Daphne Zuniga, that beauitful actress from Spaceballs, speaks out very loudly about how it affected her ability to remember her lines. See links below.
Additionally, my brother (49 years old) had begun with the word recall problem 10 years ago, but waited years to get diagnosed until he began suffering from extreme migraines last year ... is now terminal in a nursing home with grade 4 astrocytoma (brain cancer).
I don't mean to frighten you, I just don't want you to allow anyone to pooh pooh your symptoms, which too many people do these days. Just because they downplay things, doesn't mean you should. And if a doctor runs a test or two, and says nothing is wrong with you, move along and find a new doctor.
You know all too much your symptoms are real, are abnormal, and they are obviously concerning you. Do not be afraid to get tested to find out what is wrong. The sooner you find out what is causing your problems, the sooner you can fix it and not suffer long term damage like me or my brother. Okay!
Good Luck!
2007-05-14 18:20:13 · answer #4 · answered by amazonblondeum 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Beautiful
2016-03-19 05:18:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you on Birth control? I had a similar problem. I would try to say something it would come out all weird. I know what I wanted to say but somewhere between my mind and voice it got jumbled. One time I forgot what Aspirin was. It turned out I was having mini strokes due to birth control.
2007-05-14 17:35:41 · answer #6 · answered by Peggy Pirate 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you stressed put, under pressure from family or work situations?? Do you worry about little things. SOmetines that plays around with speech and memory.
DO you have any family history of early memory loss, dementia, Parkinson's??
2007-05-14 17:53:42 · answer #7 · answered by Chaz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋