It sounds like you both have had the same thing happen to you... I just hope it truly is neurological, and not a psychological thing. Not sure how my husband would cope if was losing my body, and my mind.
I hadn't made the tired connection before. I exhausted and somewhat overstimulated all three times. There must be a connection.
I'm going to take your advice, Shell. I will check on any additional posts to this topic in a few days... No more computer or tv for a while.
Hugs to you all!
Tammy
Hi Tammy,
I tried posting last night but i've been having a lot of computer issues and lol they are computer issues, not me this time lol but i see it didn't make it. I was going to ask if you were sure it was receptive aphasia and not central auditory processing instead but it looks like you've thought of that.
What your describing does sound more like receptive aphasia than CAPD though, " Receptive aphasia involves difficulty understanding spoken or written language. The patient hears the voice or sees the print but cannot make sense of the words." which fits more in line with your comment "it doesn't sound like English to me."
CAPD is different, its not that people seem to be speaking a different language but that the language they speak and understand, is jumbled up like its gone threw a blender and becomes confusing, they understand the individual words and there meaning but what they are being asked or told isn't exactly clearly understood. eg
Tammy, put your clean clothes in the cupboard, put your dirty clothes in the wash basket and whilst your in the laundry check if the dryer's finished.
If a persons got CAPD they will be confused by the multi instructions, they could quite easily put the clean clothes in the wash basket and ask what was they had to do in the laundry?
They sort of get it but not quite right, following general conversations is basically the same, a person with CAPD will sort of get what everyone is talking about but not exactly everything. If their auditory comprehension is slowed down enough it can inhibit participation, by the time they work it out the conversation has already moved on etc.
to be continued.....
I sometimes have a lot of confusion following the conversation or in fully understanding what i'm being asked or told, more so when i'm relapsing or fatigued. I have also experienced during a relapse, not being able to remember anything i'd just read, at the time i had to read things over and over before i could start remembering something and it was only after reading the same book 5 times in a row before i was able to talk about what i'd read. Prior to the repetition it just wasn't sticking, not sticking around long enough to transfer from my short term memory to my long.
For me when it is happening it really stands out because i am known for both my auditory and visual memory skills and my family always notice it. I see it more as a temporary hick up, where my short term memory is playing up, it does normally get better after i've rested or cooled down or de-stimulated but with the reading issue, i was in a relapse and i just didnt want to chance it becoming another lost piece of me. (lol i'd rather you'd cut off my right arm, I am a book worm!!)
I wont bore you with what i did lol its straying too far off topic but i just wanted you to know you're probably not loosing your mind, though i really get how it can feel like it!
It helps if you find your tipping point, know just how far and how much you can do before your cognitive skills start slipping. I sort of see it as being no different to the physical limitations we have to work out, though the cognitive is more easily hidden, its probably still happening in the background. Physical fatigue we more easily seem to get but there is also mental fatigue too, if i am physically fatigued then it doesn't take long before the mental fatigue kicks into play.
My rule of thumb: not to expect more than I am able, pushing to far beyond my limits will only lead to burnt toast :o)
Hugs............JJ
Oh, JJ, that sounds sooooooo familiar. Takes me back decades to when it was thought I might have hearing loss (didn't then; do now). That ENT doc explained it as an inability to screen sounds, focus on the ones that matter, and disregard those that weren't important. It was -- and still is -- maddening. Early 1980s, IIRC (underscore that first I!).
If it's what I had, it's definitely not phychological - all attack related. And, it can improve, I wish this for you :) Mine was not spotty - it was steady. Hopefully you are indeed not reading this right now, and minimizing stimuli ! (((((Hugs))))) shell
My neurologist thinks I'm having seizures, and that's what is causing these odd episodes. I have an EEG scheduled for next week.