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Dyslexia
alcoholic_engineer
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I honestly think i am developing dyslexia.
I have noticed that over the last few years, my verbal skills have been getting worse. I have been slurring my words (starting to say one word, and then halfway through switching to the one i mean - unconsiously). At times it is like i have a speech impediment. My writing skills are generally quite excellent, and for writing essays and similar things I have an easy time. It mainly has to do with my verbal skills, and it has been getting progressively more noticeable.
I am curious to see if anyone else has had this happen to them, or if they have any suggestions for me to look into. I have looked into it a bit on the internet, and it does seem that dyslexia can manifest itself in verbal as opposed to written expression.
I am a 21 year old male, who to be honest has had a few blows to the head over the years but nothing recently, if that has any bearing.
I have noticed that over the last few years, my verbal skills have been getting worse. I have been slurring my words (starting to say one word, and then halfway through switching to the one i mean - unconsiously). At times it is like i have a speech impediment. My writing skills are generally quite excellent, and for writing essays and similar things I have an easy time. It mainly has to do with my verbal skills, and it has been getting progressively more noticeable.
I am curious to see if anyone else has had this happen to them, or if they have any suggestions for me to look into. I have looked into it a bit on the internet, and it does seem that dyslexia can manifest itself in verbal as opposed to written expression.
I am a 21 year old male, who to be honest has had a few blows to the head over the years but nothing recently, if that has any bearing.
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When I go through periods of smoking a lot of pot I swear I am almost dyslexic.
Certain herbal supplements have made it impossible for me to conversate properly. Once I got off them my verbal skills returned to normal.
If I'm stressed I sometimes find it hard to think of things to talk about and have trouble half way through stories. Meditation helps you relax and focus so when I meditate I'll usually bounce back to being able to conversate properly.
Another thing possible could be you have poor breathe control. When my breathe controls bad I'll barely be able to get the right word out or struggle to not run out of breathe which is distracting in itself.
As well, after some more reasearch into it a few more symptoms come to mind: i do have horrible hand writing (the words are in the right order, it is just the letters are very messy) and as well in the verbal dyslexia there is a mention of difficulty understanding when people talk to me. They can occasionally talk straight to my face in plain english and even though I am paying attention, and they repeat it a few times I still have difficulty discerning the syllables and stuff.
Oh, and I'd stay away from Valerian. Some people are fine with it, but some aren't. The reactions are pretty variable (just gives me weird dreams and makes me discombobulated during the day), but it could conceivably be messing with you.
For all i know, you can't just have verbal dyslexia. If i recall correctly, it goes hand and hand with spelling mistakes.
Bad handwriting is also not mandatory. Dyslectics can do calligraphy and still fuck the letter order up.
TheCat is right about this, Dyslexia isn't something developed overnight, you're essentially born with it, it's just not discovered for a long time afterwards. Dyslexia isn't necessarily a speech impediment, it has to do with how the brain processes words and glyphs. My little sister is dyslexic, (she does have a speech impediment but this is due to the endless litany of other mental/physical disabilities she has) and it's really just that her brain takes longer to absorb information, process it, and then translate that to writing.
You switching words in the middle of your sentence or slurring them could be that your brain is actually too quickly processing them, it happens to friends of mine that are really smart and essentially "edit" what they're saying in mid-sentence.
Sometimes I use a word to mean something else. Sometimes I combine two words to form one, or a word gets clipped or slurred or ends somewhere. I've noticed it happens more often than it did before, but it's not like it's sudden or something...it's been very gradual.
I think it has more to do with stress or the rate at which we talk maybe?
I usually put this kind of stuff down to my brain moving faster than my mouth...it's almost like I'm a couple of sentences ahead in my brain and it all gets a little confused.
Living with a family of dyslexics, this part of what's happening doesn't sound like anything they get, and it certainly wouldn't be something which has developed in the last couple of years.
That's a good way of putting it.
Until you start having problems with a sentence every hour or so, I wouldn't worry about it. My frequency tends to be once or twice a day, or depending on the situation.
Another herbal supplement supposed to boost brain power(not why I took it in first place) have done the same to me and made me a complete 'tard. I remember having to ask my boss at work 5 times what my simple job duties were cause I couldn't comprehend then calling him by the wrong name 5 times in a row over 5mins. Needless to say I got off that shit.
The other advice given here suggests you're talking ahead than you think. Meditation slows everything down and make it easier to think. Try to practice breathing deep using the diaphram nightly before bed.
I don't want to sound presumptuous, but are any of these effects still happening? From my own experience, and my understanding of the herb, both Ginkgo and Ginseng (popular "brain boosters") are so lacking in potency that they have very little, if any, actual effect on the brain, and even in high concentrations only have a limited effect on the brain.
While I don't recommend taking them, I do so because they're useless, not because they're dangerous.
How long ago did you have these mental problems? Did they go away after you stopped taking the Gingko?
In the end we're all wired different. One thing improves brain capacity for you but decreases mines. My brains already running full capacity for all I know and overclocking is just frying it.
If you wanna improve brain function and focus, take up meditation.
thanks, i guess that pretty much clears up my concerns.
and as for the supplements, I take valerian a few times a a year (usually right before finals if i cant fall asleep), the ginkgo i really have never noticed that much of a difference when I take it or not.