Health Organization for Pudendal Education

Yes, yesterday I told my son twice (because he didn't understand me the first time...go figure) that I had oreo cookies dunked in coffee for milk. He just kept looking at me like I was crazy and finally repeated back what I said. OOppppss Truly I meant for breakfast!!!

Anyone else just say odd things out of the blue?????

The oddest things would come out of my mouth last year when I was on Neurontin, baclofen, zanaflex, and elavil. Sometimes I would be standing in front of my students lecturing and mybrain would just short circuit and I would forget what I was saying in the middle of a sentence. So embarrassing. Or I would know exactly the words I wanted to say but couldn't make my mouth say them.

That has always happened to me frequently throughout my life, on no meds at all.
The difference I have noticed on meds, is that when I was med-less, I used to "substitute" words and keep on going, without even noticing my mistake. Now I "lose" words and will just stop and cringe because I can't remember the word I need to use at all, so my speech is sometimes kind of halting and awkward.
I also sometimes can't think of a simple thing to say during a small talk encounter, like someone will say "how are you?", and I really just can't think of an appropriate response.
This is the worst now that I am on the medication regimen that helps my symptoms the most. I take valium which does not have side effects for me, but the neurontin makes me a moron (moron-tin), and then when I combine it with nortriptyline, I am just about as verbally slow and ungraceful as can be.
Well we are not alone at least

Here is a list of my kids' favorite stupid things that I have said:

1. "I am not a one-pony horse show, y' know."
2. "That tickled my humor bone."
3. (When filling out a school form:) "What's your date of birth, again?" (greeted with a look of genuine shock and alarm by the child in question)
4. Getting their names mixed up.
5. Getting the name of my eldest daughter mixed up with my little sister.
6. Never remembering what those skimpy undies worn by teenage girls are called. I call them "gotchies".
7. Calling bus tickets "street car" tickets because that's how I traveled as a kid.
8. Calling CDs "albums".
9. Buying CDs.

Lernica

Those are great!!! My son just loves it when I call him my brothers name. Or me trying to describe what I'm making for dinner but can't remember what it's called. Any more he just shrugs his shoulders and fills in the blank. Somehow it helps knowing I'm not, wait, what's the word I'm looking for, what were we talking about??? How about some oreo cookies and coffee for milk

(Geeez, I just now noticed that I spelled oreo and coffee wrong...and I proof read at work!! YIKES!!)

Tracy