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Can't sit through meetings/conversation
Hello,
okay so as you know from some of my posts, I already have issues with spelling/speaking/typing ;o) BUT I have noticed something else for a bit and wanted to be sure it was not my imagination..............Does anyone have a problem with long meetings or conversations.
A few weeks back I was in a meeting at work and I had to leave..It was like I was over stimulated..I could not take it..I excused myself and left the meeting..
It happened again but not at work, even at home..with conversations that get too long or someone tries to explain something.. (I feel like saying to them "forget it" "you lost me a long time ago"...I get to overwhelmed if someone is trying to explain something or gets too in epth about a topic... It's not difficult things either.....simple stuff is confusing.... I am losing my words again too...people are noticing...
It just seems like I can not take too much information in...
Anyone?
Jibs
okay so as you know from some of my posts, I already have issues with spelling/speaking/typing ;o) BUT I have noticed something else for a bit and wanted to be sure it was not my imagination..............Does anyone have a problem with long meetings or conversations.
A few weeks back I was in a meeting at work and I had to leave..It was like I was over stimulated..I could not take it..I excused myself and left the meeting..
It happened again but not at work, even at home..with conversations that get too long or someone tries to explain something.. (I feel like saying to them "forget it" "you lost me a long time ago"...I get to overwhelmed if someone is trying to explain something or gets too in epth about a topic... It's not difficult things either.....simple stuff is confusing.... I am losing my words again too...people are noticing...
It just seems like I can not take too much information in...
Anyone?
Jibs
Egg buddies...? EGG BUDDIES...!!!!
I can see, there's a whole world out there that I know absolutely nothing about! LOL
But fantastic ideas, Maria. These sort of things really do help.
I couldn't watch even 10 mins of a tv prog, watching a film was impossible at one point. I did online jigsaws to increase concentration, hand-eye co-ordination etc. I read snippets of web articles and gradually built up my focusing ability - mentally and eye-wise. Watched short You Tube vids to exercise concentraion. Joined several groups and chatted with folks (be careful with this though - there are a lot of unscrupulous and very mixed-up types out there. Some of them are doctors, I kid you not.)
But mainly, God bless the internet. And,as M says, sooooo much better than blinkin' CBT.
hugs
sammx
I can see, there's a whole world out there that I know absolutely nothing about! LOL
But fantastic ideas, Maria. These sort of things really do help.
I couldn't watch even 10 mins of a tv prog, watching a film was impossible at one point. I did online jigsaws to increase concentration, hand-eye co-ordination etc. I read snippets of web articles and gradually built up my focusing ability - mentally and eye-wise. Watched short You Tube vids to exercise concentraion. Joined several groups and chatted with folks (be careful with this though - there are a lot of unscrupulous and very mixed-up types out there. Some of them are doctors, I kid you not.)
But mainly, God bless the internet. And,as M says, sooooo much better than blinkin' CBT.
hugs
sammx
I know how you feel.
Now what did i do to help my cognitive memory? Well i joined facebook and I play games where I have to remember what I have done otherwise I loose food or crops.
Cafe World and Farmville have transformed my life, my memory is really much better now even better then my daughters and my hubby. These re great games to get your memory cells going.
I also now play egg buddies which makes me go off egg hunting and helping egg buddie friends and it makes me concentrate for at least an hour.
It is better then CBT LOL. It really works and even my family have noticed a huge difference in me and I have too as now I can remember where I put my glasses or my keys and stuff lol and my hubby is running around looking for his stuff lol.
xxxx
Now what did i do to help my cognitive memory? Well i joined facebook and I play games where I have to remember what I have done otherwise I loose food or crops.
Cafe World and Farmville have transformed my life, my memory is really much better now even better then my daughters and my hubby. These re great games to get your memory cells going.
I also now play egg buddies which makes me go off egg hunting and helping egg buddie friends and it makes me concentrate for at least an hour.
It is better then CBT LOL. It really works and even my family have noticed a huge difference in me and I have too as now I can remember where I put my glasses or my keys and stuff lol and my hubby is running around looking for his stuff lol.
xxxx
i noticed this week that i'm really struggling to follow recipes in cookery books. i'm forgetting what i just read in the time it takes me to get to the end of the sentence. it's sooo frustrating as i used to have such a good memory.
Hi and welcome to the group. If you want to send a message directly to Silkcut if you hover your mouse over her ID a pop up window will show where she comes from etc, and it also gives you the opportunity to either send a NOTE or a MESSAGE ok and this goes to her inbox. Your INBOX is found right at the top hand corner of your screen next to the LOGOUT.
NOTE TO ALL.
Its a lack of concentration which is part of the cognitive issues we all have.
Another thing I found very frustrating is trying to following instructions. Example about 2 years ago I bought a bench for the garden. Now I have been a single mum and could do most things even clean spark plugs in my car so making a simple bench should have held no horrors for me.
I ended up after half an hour of trying sitting on the floor crying as I could not simply put a butterfly nut and wing together to put the bench slats up. My husband found me and made it in minutes.
I dont read books anymore, I pick them up and put them down. I dont type much now either I loose the plot very quickly and have to constantly check my work as sometimes when I read back it looks as though I have used PREDICTED TEXT ON IT LOL.
No its a cognitive thing sadly.xxxx
NOTE TO ALL.
Its a lack of concentration which is part of the cognitive issues we all have.
Another thing I found very frustrating is trying to following instructions. Example about 2 years ago I bought a bench for the garden. Now I have been a single mum and could do most things even clean spark plugs in my car so making a simple bench should have held no horrors for me.
I ended up after half an hour of trying sitting on the floor crying as I could not simply put a butterfly nut and wing together to put the bench slats up. My husband found me and made it in minutes.
I dont read books anymore, I pick them up and put them down. I dont type much now either I loose the plot very quickly and have to constantly check my work as sometimes when I read back it looks as though I have used PREDICTED TEXT ON IT LOL.
No its a cognitive thing sadly.xxxx
I have only just joined this group, and haven't figured out how to write to just one person yet, but I want to ask silkcut abouat her neck thing. Your comment about not understanding jokes struck a cord with me - my friends think I'm just putting it on when I don't "get it". I have trouble with conversations, TV progs and books - can't follow what's going on, and can't keep a thought long enough in my head for it to reach my mouth. I have had a painful neck for quite a while now, also tingling/burning/cold/numbness in my left arm.
I hope this message reaches you.
MissIngrid.
I hope this message reaches you.
MissIngrid.
I confess I've sort of been avoiding this topic - I hasten to add because it takes me back 3-6yrs ago to the after effects of the stroke event.
It was horrid - everything you've all described and almost consistently for nearly 3yrs. Also my speech came out stuttery and slurred and I just lost words and even whole sentences! Oh, groan...and so much more. A friend of mine teases me about it now, and how she had to treat me/speak to me like a child because I just didn't understand concepts and jokes and words with more than two syllables.
Now I just get this foggy/forgetful/tipsiness/speech disruption etc when I have a funny turn (which I now know is when I inadvertently manage to trap the nerves/arteries/jelly beans in my neck.
I've learnt to be very careful what I do with this neck. So now these turns only last a few days max. Today's little bout was a couple of hours (and it wasn't normal common or garden tiredness).
Also I've taken to checking my blood pressure at these times. It's always, always lower than it usually is when I'm cognitively ok (well, I know the okness of my usual cognition is a matter of opinion, especially amongst medics...but you know what I mean...hahahaha!)
It's a very scary phenomenon though, isn't it?
sammxxxx
It was horrid - everything you've all described and almost consistently for nearly 3yrs. Also my speech came out stuttery and slurred and I just lost words and even whole sentences! Oh, groan...and so much more. A friend of mine teases me about it now, and how she had to treat me/speak to me like a child because I just didn't understand concepts and jokes and words with more than two syllables.
Now I just get this foggy/forgetful/tipsiness/speech disruption etc when I have a funny turn (which I now know is when I inadvertently manage to trap the nerves/arteries/jelly beans in my neck.
I've learnt to be very careful what I do with this neck. So now these turns only last a few days max. Today's little bout was a couple of hours (and it wasn't normal common or garden tiredness).
Also I've taken to checking my blood pressure at these times. It's always, always lower than it usually is when I'm cognitively ok (well, I know the okness of my usual cognition is a matter of opinion, especially amongst medics...but you know what I mean...hahahaha!)
It's a very scary phenomenon though, isn't it?
sammxxxx
This is going on my list of questions to neurologist for next appt....with everything esle LOL...
I thought it was my meds but it is not....
Thanks for your input....
Jibs
I thought it was my meds but it is not....
Thanks for your input....
Jibs
Indeedy!!! I'm good for 10-15 minutes of listening and then forget it. If someone I am talking to has a sharp voice or talks to fast my head spins. A fog seems to settle in my brain and I wonder what we have been talking about. It happened yesterday at my Rheumatologist office. I was grateful that my husband was with me and could fill in the blanks. So frustrating!!!!
Is there some help for this? Hugs, Charley.
Is there some help for this? Hugs, Charley.
Hi,
Yes, my mouth quivers....almost twitches but quivers fits..not all the time..I wonder if anyone can see it ;o)
It's mostly when I am not talking though...
Gotta go to work...RRRGGGGG I have a meeting...here we go...
Jibs
Yes, my mouth quivers....almost twitches but quivers fits..not all the time..I wonder if anyone can see it ;o)
It's mostly when I am not talking though...
Gotta go to work...RRRGGGGG I have a meeting...here we go...
Jibs
I feel the same way...Even when I'm talking to myself I get lost....
I never had patience before and I really dont now.
Sometimes my face and jaws feel like they dont want to work properly. They feel weak and they will actually start to quiver. Smiling even takes effort at times....Any one else get this?
I never had patience before and I really dont now.
Sometimes my face and jaws feel like they dont want to work properly. They feel weak and they will actually start to quiver. Smiling even takes effort at times....Any one else get this?
I have had a similar problem for ages & it is getting worst, My brain doesn’t start up quick enough for me to process the beginning of the conversation or instruction; often after some one has left I haven’t a clue what they first said but can recall later things!
When I read a book it takes several attempts for me to grasp the first paragraph, after that I am ok.
I find my mother impossible as she jumps from one subject to another without stopping for breath, if I have anything important to say I have to sit there with it written down, else by the time I get chance to speak it’s gone!
When I read a book it takes several attempts for me to grasp the first paragraph, after that I am ok.
I find my mother impossible as she jumps from one subject to another without stopping for breath, if I have anything important to say I have to sit there with it written down, else by the time I get chance to speak it’s gone!
Hi kris_tin29 & blod65,
I do have a hard time focusing when I read...never really paid attention to it...but Blod65...you nailed it when you said "don't have the patience to socialize" I just don't and i feel like i am being mean...but I can't...I do better in smaller groups than larger....but even that i get confused...better off on my own ;o)
It is horrible...I had problems with words and focus earlier on but the overwhelming piece and conversation issues seem to be new/or just maybe never really paid attention too..
Thanks (for having enough patience to listen to me) LOL
;o) Jibs
I do have a hard time focusing when I read...never really paid attention to it...but Blod65...you nailed it when you said "don't have the patience to socialize" I just don't and i feel like i am being mean...but I can't...I do better in smaller groups than larger....but even that i get confused...better off on my own ;o)
It is horrible...I had problems with words and focus earlier on but the overwhelming piece and conversation issues seem to be new/or just maybe never really paid attention too..
Thanks (for having enough patience to listen to me) LOL
;o) Jibs
I get this too, with reading and with conversation. I used to love reading and would spend hour after hour with my head in a book. now I struggle to follow a story for longer than 15 minutes, even one i have read before. I'm the same with conversation. It's not so bad in a group of people but one to one is really difficult. I just have to get away, and find myself avoiding socialising because i don't have the patience or ability to concentrate like i used to. It's horrible isn't it?
I get this way with reading now. Not so good as I am taking several classes as an Education Major. My reading comprehension has gone way downhill.
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