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Posted 11/13/2011 11:57 PM (GMT 0)
I don't know if it's fibro related. According to the list, it is. But I would still like to have people's opinion about this.

Sometimes, I want say something, and I will use the wrong word in a full sentence.

Ex: Asking about the car.
Me: "Hey baby, did you go get the plane?'
BF: "The what?"
Me: "Eh I mean, the car!"

Ex2: Making food with my boyfriend.
Me: "Can you give me the fork?"
BF: "The what?"
Me: "I mean, the knife"

I know what I want to say, I know I want a knife, but there's something happening that I use the wrong word anyway.
It happens often. Enough for me to wonder if I'm not losing my marbles. Not everyday, but once every 2-3 days. Too often for my likings :(
Posted 11/14/2011 1:58 AM (GMT 0)
remote control today I called it the "object"

can't find simple words sometimes and I pride myself on my vocabulary. I think I'll start calling everything the Object-saves me alot of trouble

Maggie
Posted 11/14/2011 2:17 AM (GMT 0)
I also find myself saying the wrong word and even have trouble finding the word I want sometimes....no matter how simple the word. I do not know if it is on the list, but it does happen to me. I agree it happens enough.


Take care, Amy




Chronic pain, Fibro, mild depression and nerve pain
Posted 11/14/2011 2:29 AM (GMT 0)
This happens to me also my son went to make something one night and I told him to put it in the refrigerator for a minute and 20 minutes. I still can't live that one down everytime he goes to warm something up in the microwave he says I'll just put it in the fridge for a minute and 20 minutes right mom then him and dad will start laughing...lol
Posted 11/14/2011 3:18 AM (GMT 0)
Frustrating isn't it??!! It happens to me all the time and sometimes I don't even realize I say the wrong word until someone, normally my kids, will give me an odd look. I also say words out of order at times as well.
Posted 11/14/2011 4:48 AM (GMT 0)
I tend to mix words up a lot.

The colors orange and yellow for example.

Certain words I just can't get out. I get confused easily. Some of it I know is the condition, some of it I know is medication side effects.

I get confused, and then I get sad and frustrated.

I said confused twice, ha!

Oh well.
Posted 11/14/2011 10:44 AM (GMT 0)
Not only do I use the wrong words...I transpose letters.  I asked the hubby if he 'dead the fog'.  That would be ' fed the dog.'  I also forget what objects are called.  For the life of me I could not think of the word 'table' so I said 'that thing that we eat on with legs'.  Hmmm.

Donna

Posted 11/14/2011 11:51 AM (GMT 0)
My husbands says it's like playing sharades everyday! At least we can laugh about it.
Posted 11/14/2011 11:59 AM (GMT 0)
Anna, are you by chance on neurontin (gabapentin) or its close relative lyrica? Mixing words or not being able to come up with the right word started when I started using gabapentin but it helped with the muscle spasms in my neck so it was worth the word mix-ups.
Posted 11/14/2011 2:43 PM (GMT 0)
Isn't this normal??? Jus' kiddin'.

Interesting enough, I teach speech and theatre. In class, I have a 'performance' mode that usually manages to cover or mediate the missing/transposed words. If I do make a mistake, I laugh it off, or turn it into a joke.

At home, where I do not have to have the same energy, my partner has gotten used to it. I tend to have a mental pause while I am figuring out what word I want. He is pretty good about waiting for me to get there.
Posted 11/14/2011 3:11 PM (GMT 0)
This happens to me all the time! Not only do I mix up words, more often I can't even think of the word I'm trying to say.

I'll say to my bf "honey can you hand me that.....um.....you know, that thing!" confused

It's one of the things that used to bother me the most and I'd get really upset about it, now I just try to laugh about it when I can. I yie yie :)

Posted 11/14/2011 3:43 PM (GMT 0)
I asked my husband the other day 'what kind of compost he was making?'. He said what? What kind of what? Each time I repeated 'compost'. He finally repeated what I had said. After I stopped laughing. I said 'pasta!'.

I often cannot think of the names of things as well. I end up describing what they look like or thier function. I asked for that thing I use to go on those places on the screen and type. My husband figured out that I wanted my laptop.
Posted 11/14/2011 6:39 PM (GMT 0)
I did this too. I was talking to a lady and said "my dog is scared of watermelon" I meant to say "my dog is scared of the lawnmower". She just looked at me wierd. But we both laughed. It is hard. And embarrassing. But it is a part of fibro...

Hugs, Karen
Posted 11/14/2011 8:06 PM (GMT 0)
Looks like everyone can relate.  I can too. 

I am usually excellent with directions, I know my fibro fog is bad when I mix up right and left and east and west!!!!

I use "thingy" a lot. Or "that thing", you know, that thing.

It can be embarrasing but at least here I know I am not the only one going through it.

Thanks everyone for sharing!

Susan

 

Posted 11/14/2011 9:25 PM (GMT 0)
My boyfriend says that emails from me can be challenging. Apparently I use the wrong word, or leave out a word that really clarifies everything.
Posted 11/15/2011 5:51 AM (GMT 0)
Same here. I've got all of the above, though it makes for excellent conversations with my husband and bunnies *really, they're rabbits:D lol*. I hate when I see the object, but can't name it. It takes me a couple of minutes of either pointing out the object or describing it, and when describing it, I fumble over my words some more. It's quite funny. I think we could write an awesome book on daily conversations that go wrong with Fibromites:D It'd make Opera's Best Selling list and we'd all be filthy rich!!
Posted 11/16/2011 9:20 AM (GMT 0)
I do this all of the time, also. I often come up with a word or phrase that is totally unrelated to what is being discussed, or I will just "blank out" when trying to think of a word. My family members and close friends are used to it, but it is embarrassing around people who I don't know that well.
Posted 11/16/2011 2:13 PM (GMT 0)
Speaking of saying strange things, this morning I asked my daughter, "Do you still have that 10 o'clock I gave you for lunch still?" She gave me an odd look and said, "Huh?" I knew it was wrong when it came out but out it came anyway! I meant to say, "Do you still have that $10 I gave you for lunch still?"

Ah well...I laugh it off because what other option is there?? LOL
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