Pregnancy brain still or see a Dr?

[smjmekg]

I've always mixed up words and letters of words when I was younger...and when I got pregnant it got worse. I had Aubryana almost 9 months ago, and I'm still having issues with it. It's past the point of funny, I laugh most of the time but I really get irritated with it. For example, I was talking to DH earlier and was in the middle of a sentence I don't remember exactly what I was saying but instead of the word I WANTED to say I said fire...it had nothing to do with the conversation we were having. I thought about making a journal and writing every time I do it...my dad has some mental health issues, and I wonder some times if I don't have some of them too. I don't know if I want to see a dr and ask about it because I already feel like I'm crazy, but maybe I should get checked out...I've been like this for as long as I can remember so...what do you ladies think?

[smjmekg]

Well my thing is I've done this since before I got pregnant the first time. I've had issues with it for as long as I can remember. Actually, I was getting ready for a dance in 11th or 12th grade, I think 12th...and my friend and her mom came to my parent's house to get ready for it. We were talking about something, and I asked my mom if I could try a "roke and c*m", instead of a Coke and Rum...STILL to this day I have to say that I'm going to CASH a CHECK slowly, and actually think about it when I say it because for the longest time if I didn't I would say check a cash. It just comes out that way. I never mean it to, it's like my brain's not firing right or something. I do it about once a day or every other day, maybe a little less often but at least once or twice a week.

NicMom~~I loooove the post pregnancy questions too, cause some of them do remind me "oh yeah" it's a nice refresher coming here and seeing post, during, and prior questions because it reminds me of what is to come again one day. I'm going for four kids, DH wants three, but we've only got two now, so I'm gonna go through it all at least once more, God willing.

[NicMom]

I love your post pregnancy questions because it's always a funny reminder like, hey I remember going through that. I did this for just over a year after my daughter was born. I think it was a combo of spending most of my time with kids not adults and just adjusting to life again. I thought I had a serious problem I knew the word I wanted and it was like I couldn't pull it out of my mouth and something else and random would come out.

The funny thing is it just went away shortly after her first birthday. Give it some time and with luck it will resolve itself.

[smjmekg]

It doesn't affect my quality of life or my ability to perfom daily functions either, I know that's one of the big things they ask about. I don't really "worry" about it...I just see in me some of my dad and I don't to get worse than I am...he's got a few issues, and they weren't diagnosed until he was in his late 40's...anyways, I just keep it in on the back burner, I don't ignore everything, but I don't analyze it all either.

[LosingMyMindInGA]

Girl, I do this ALL the time.  It's gotten worse over the years.  I will intend to tell my kids to "go get in the bed" and I will tell them to "go get in the tub".  Sometimes my sentences contain the right words but come out totally jumbled and incoherent.  I don't know if it's a result of all my pregnancies or if it's because of smacking my head on a block wall and blacking out for a few seconds back in Feb 09.  I just tell everyone "Ya know they say that you lose brain cells with each pregnancy, well with all my pregnancies I'm dumber than a box of rocks now" It usually gets a few giggles.  

I'm not sure if it's related to mental health issues or not.  I DO have depression and take meds for it but never really thought about a possible correlation.  Thus far it is at the point of being borderline humorous and utterly annoying but has not impacted quality of life or my ability to perform daily functions so I'm not worried about it.  

It wouldn't hurt to have a basic neurological test done.  I had a ct scan done when I knocked myself silly falling down the stairs and was TOLD everything was fine.