I would like to see what effect being bi or trilingual has on PPA. I have had progressive word finding problems for several yrs in English, my native language, but the word will pop up in German or French as a substitute.
Marsel Mesulam is always interesting. Does anyone know where I could find his talk with the audio interview with a patient with fluent aphasia with the effect on comprehension, the story about "a lion eating a spatula"?
This video was very informative. Thank You. I fear I may have PPA. For the past 20 years I've had word retrieval difficulties. But not bad enough to see a physician. However, for the past 3 weeks I have noticed I have been using the wrong word when speaking . For example - I said to my husband " please put this glass in the oven " when the target word was "dishwasher " The following day , I said to myself as I was getting ready to leave the house " I need to get my flashlight " when the target word was " cell phone." I need to mention the word substitutions all started after a very stressful situation which gave me a bad headache for two days. However, I did NOT have a stroke, nor head injury. I would love to know what are the first signs of PPA ? Is it possible that the word retrieval difficulties over the last 20 years be the early symptom and now the word substitution be a worsening of the word retrieval issue ? I would also like to note: I have a mood disorder, bipolar and I'm a very nervous person. Back in 2015 I had a major depression episode and could not function for 3 years while trying different antidepressants . After my recovery 4 years later - I felt as though my brain was damaged because I had a lot of hesitations in my speech and more pronounced word finding difficulties. There were times I felt as if I could barely string a sentence together. I had no desire to even engage in a conversation. However, within a few years I did get better and returned to my baseline. I would greatly appreciate any comments and or thoughts. Thank you
I hope you're doing better, just wanted to share that having had severe depression and anxiety in the past myself, I learned from one of my clinicians that sometimes people with depression can get what's called pseudodementias. My psychiatric nurse practitioner described it cognitive issues that arise due to the brain's energy getting overly taxed. The issues I had were language related, but mostly typing rather than speech related, I would basically skip words when typing or instead of using the correct word, I would use either one that sounded similar or one that was related to it meaning-wise. I would recognize the errors later, after I'd typed them but not at the time. If you have a mood disorder and your symptoms are related to psychological stressors it could be secondary to your psychiatric condition.
Excellent talk, very well explained.
I would like to see what effect being bi or trilingual has on PPA. I have had progressive word finding problems for several yrs in English, my native language, but the word will pop up in German or French as a substitute.
Marsel Mesulam is always interesting. Does anyone know where I could find his talk with the audio interview with a patient with fluent aphasia with the effect on comprehension, the story about "a lion eating a spatula"?
Hi there! That video is not available yet, but will follow up when it does become available.
@@mesulamcenteratnorthwester9834 Thank-you.
This video was very informative. Thank You.
I fear I may have PPA. For the past 20 years I've had word retrieval difficulties. But not bad enough to see a physician.
However, for the past 3 weeks I have noticed I have been using the wrong word when speaking . For example - I said to my husband " please put this glass in the oven " when the target word was "dishwasher " The following day , I said to myself as I was getting ready to leave the house " I need to get my flashlight " when the target word was " cell phone."
I need to mention the word substitutions all started after a very stressful situation which gave me a bad headache for two days. However, I did NOT have a stroke, nor head injury.
I would love to know what are the first signs of PPA ? Is it possible that the word retrieval difficulties over the last 20 years be the early symptom and now the word substitution be a worsening of the word retrieval issue ?
I would also like to note: I have a mood disorder, bipolar and I'm a very nervous person. Back in 2015 I had a major depression episode and could not function for 3 years while trying different antidepressants . After my recovery 4 years later - I felt as though my brain was damaged because I had a lot of hesitations in my speech and more pronounced word finding difficulties. There were times I felt as if I could barely string a sentence together. I had no desire to even engage in a conversation. However, within a few years I did get better and returned to my baseline.
I would greatly appreciate any comments and or thoughts. Thank you
Hi, how are you doing now? I fear I have this too and started just like you, calling objects the wrong name.
I hope you're doing better, just wanted to share that having had severe depression and anxiety in the past myself, I learned from one of my clinicians that sometimes people with depression can get what's called pseudodementias. My psychiatric nurse practitioner described it cognitive issues that arise due to the brain's energy getting overly taxed. The issues I had were language related, but mostly typing rather than speech related, I would basically skip words when typing or instead of using the correct word, I would use either one that sounded similar or one that was related to it meaning-wise. I would recognize the errors later, after I'd typed them but not at the time. If you have a mood disorder and your symptoms are related to psychological stressors it could be secondary to your psychiatric condition.