help scared strange symptom

i have been using the wrong word...i catch myself and correct it.....i'm scared.... i dont know why it keeps happening..i might say..balnk instead of bank...any idea..what it could be...

[noops01]

Hi,

Are you under a lot of stress or suffering from excesssive anxiety due to some reason? If yes then please relax. Make sure you sleep for 6-8 hrs a day, get sufficient physical exercise during the day.
Also are you taking any medication which causes excessive drowsiness?
The symptoms could also be due to slow memory loss which can occur in dementia. I would suggest you to consult a physician if you are able to rule out anxiety and stress as a cause of your symptoms.

[Godofredo MD]

Hi.

How old are you? Have you experienced any other symptoms such as tongue tremors or facial weakness? How about memory loss? Any incoordination or gait problems? How long has this been going on.

It would be difficult to determine exactly what is causing your condition as it may be caused by many conditions including tongue tremors, tongue weakness, cranial nerve dysfunction, higher cortical function disorders or some chronic diseases such as Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis.

If your symptoms persist, or you have become too uncomfortable with it, it would be advisable to have a consult done with a neurologist to properly assess your condition.

Hope this helps.

[pen1]

thank you for responding to my email.. i'm 47 years old... and the ..i believe it's called paraphasia is occuring more frequently and sturring alittle....i'm so scared that it might be a brain tumor...i had a mri of my cervial spine and lumbar spinebecause of tingling in my toe and pain between my shoulder s....what is weird is that i know the word is wrong and i correct it right away ...is tghat typical of a tumor........help  THANKS

[Godofredo MD]

Hi.

Yes, you are correct. It does appear to be paraphasia.

There are basically three types of this condition.

Semantic or verbal paraphasia is when a word that is related in meaning to the target word is substituted. Neologism, on the other hand, is an invented word not recognizable as a word in the speaker's language.

Your condition seems to be that of literal or phonemic paraphasias, which are basically errors in words that sound very close to the word that was intended, e.g., balnk instead of bank.

The causes of paraphasias are directly related to the etiologies of including, cerebrovascular accident due to embolus/thrombus or aneurysm, tumors, brain trauma,  infectious disease, and some toxic agents.

At this point, it would be premature to immediately consider a brain tumor as the cause of your condition. You should consult a neurologist to evaluate your symptoms and determine or rule out its possible cause.

Good luck.