Dysphasia. I either say the wrong word or can't think of the word at all.
Interestingly, it rarely happens when I'm typing. When I give a talk in
public I take Spouse with me, he know what I'm going to say because he's
heard it so often. When I realise I'm stuck I look, very briefly, at him and
he says it, it's almost seamless. When I say the wrong thing he puts me
right. I welcome it, it's not challenging, rather it's making sure that the
audience is given the right information.

It's not a problem. Some people use the wrong words for what they mean all
the time, they don't know any better. It's a sign of intelligence and
wanting to be right which makes us bother about it.

I don't think there's any solution to it, in my case the part of my brain
which controls that part of speech or memory recall was damaged either by my
tumour, a seizure or the surgeon's knife - although my surgery was on the
right side and,m I understand, the essential brain function is on the left.
I don't care which it is, I'm alive, moving and (I claim) sane :-). The
alternative is not to be contemplated. Dysphasia is a small price to pay.

Mary

I'm not familiar with a name unless you're possible thinking of  "Angelman
syndrome" which wouldn't be applicable in this case
<http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Angelman_syndrome?open>

Quoting a few things from the website at
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00342.html
and searching on the keyword "speech"

#  Simple partial seizures.
These seizures begin from a small area in your brain and don't result in loss of
consciousness. They may cause uncontrolled shaking of an arm, leg, or any other
part of your body; alter emotions; change the way things look, smell, feel,
taste, or sound; or cause speech disturbance.

When to seek medical advice
# Your seizure is preceded by a sudden, severe headache or other signs and
symptoms of stroke, including weakness or numbness on one side of your body,
vision loss, confusion, coordination or speech problems
# You change your seizure medication or begin taking other medicines

All of these medications have some side effects, which may include mild fatigue,
dizziness and weight gain. More severe side effects include depression, skin
rashes, loss of coordination, speech problems and extreme fatigue. Discuss any
of these side effects with your doctor as soon as possible. Many people with
epilepsy use these medications for years without significant problems. Ask your
doctor to explain these issues to you when you receive the prescription.

So it would seem that either the epilepsy or the medication could be causing the
speech problems.

Bob

Hi.  Do you take your Tegretol with Milk, Food or Juice (*not Grapefruit) ?
May not be the case, but sometimes if the dose being absorbed is temporarily
too high, it supposedly can produce a 'drunk, disoriented' feeling.   The
Food or Juice is supposed to help it get past stomach to ?? where ever it
gets absorbed into the bloodstream.   If the pills arrive without some
'buffer' of milk or juice (above)  the blood levels might temporarily go
higher than target dose?
  I assume you're using a Timed Release version (Tegretol XR, CR, Retard).
If you're not, those types are designed as a slower release that spaces out
the absorption rate, and would likely help if your's are just straight
Tegretol.
   The Short Term Memory thing (if it's like mine) comes from the szr. or
damage? starting in one of the Temporal Lobes.  Mine is right side, but
either side is where we store  'new things'  before new information gets
sorted and filed elsewhere in our brains.   Some people also might be
affected by whichever med. they use, but several of us have the Memory thing
as a result of electrical disruptions in the T.Lobes.   (I think ! :-<  )
G./

Hi all,

Patsy here...Darryl's wonderful wife...hehehe...

I know I have not put a post on here for a long time but I thought I might
add my two cents worth in.  I would like to thank everyone for clarifying to
my wonderful, loving and very adorable husband that I am RIGHT and he is
WRONG.

We have been having quite a few DISAGREEMENTS  in the last few months over
the fact that he would blurt something out in the middle of a sentence which
was totally off topic and when I point it out to him, he **strongly
disagrees** with me and blames my hearing ability.

Darryl is on quite a concoction of meds...105 tablets in a week so having a
conversation is fun at the best of times :-)  but I love him heaps and
wouldn't swap him for anything.

Thanks guys again for proving to my husband that his dear darling wife knows
best  ;-)

Good luck and all the best

Patsy