That happens to me all the time lol :) I don't know what the hell does it but it is like my brain opens the wrong filing drawer. Usually I just laugh but it is quite annoying! That is so cool that it happens to someone else.....I was beginning to think I was special :)

Leanne

I have no idea what causes this but for a while, I will call each and every childs name before i get to the right kid( i have 4 so they notice). Dogs same way(have 6). and i cannot take driving directions at all. People have bought me several gps to try and help, but its just i don't think of where i'm going and keep driving.

Last night, I was going to a friends house a few blocks away. I went to 2 other peoples houses before I just told my husband to drive us there. I could not remember how to get there. It is only a few blocks away! I hate this.
Mary Ann

I do that all the time too! Like telling my kid to get some socks and I'll say underwear instead. She just looks at me like I'm crazy. I get tongue tied too, like I'm tripping over the words and it sounds like I'm babbling. I don't worry to much about calling the kids by the dogs name and all that, because my husband does that too, and my mom and pretty much everyone else I know that has more than 2 people living with them.
-Kate

I do this all the time too! it is really pretty funny usually. My sister just looks at me and says, it's ok I speak "Amy" so apparently now i have my own language! lol!

I do this all the time too! it is really pretty funny usually. My sister just looks at me and says, it's ok I speak "Amy" so apparently now i have my own language! lol!

I do this all the time too! it is really pretty funny usually. My sister just looks at me and says, it's ok I speak "Amy" so apparently now i have my own language! lol!

And you repeat yourself! LOL!
Mary Ann

i also do this...... Is his what they call Fogggg Brai Fog? Why dos this happen

Hi all,
I was dx'ed with mctd several years ago. I tried doing research on it because my doc didn't really explain it to me. He just said I had it and would end up with other immune disorders due to having a severe case of epstein bar virus. He was right...I also have IBS, Renauds, Sjogrens, being tested on regular basis for RA and am about to be tested for MS. I also have fibro and chronic fatigue.

However none of those things have the kinda speech issues I have been having for years now. Like yall I also want to say one word and say another instead. I also have problems finding the right word to use....usually I will just say something easy for it or use a made up word. I also garble my words alot. Lately I have noticed a new one...Just in the last few days I have been repeating the same word 3 times...yes exactly 3 times each time it happens and I can't stop it at the 2nd time even though my brain is trying to make it stop. Yes it is very annoying and frustrating. My husband just helps me and other family just think Im faking it all so they completely ignore it (which is actually exactly what I want them to do...wouldn't it make them mad to know this!... :-) ..)

I would also like to know what causes it especially since I have no clue what MCTD even is! Irish

This happens to me also, I just figured it was old age creeping up on me. Is this part of MCTD, it seems funny that all of us have it. I wish they would do a group study or more research into this disease. If I mention certain symptoms to my specialist, she says it has nothing to do with MCTD then I come on here and all of you have them. GO FIGURE...Terry

Irishrooster I have read that speech problems are a symptom of MS. Now i am not sure what they mean by speech problems. Total inability to speak, garbled words etc. don't know. ?? the other speach problems you are discussing sound more like brain problems and I am the QUEEN of brain problems. Can't remember names, lose things constantly, forget things constantly etc. Some days are so bad I feel maybe I should be in some kind of care facility. haha

I do have some experience with this issue because I worked in closed captioning and subtitling for over 15 years.

The whole issue of substituting the wrong words? This happens to almost all older workers. First, it's often soundalike words-- "prune" for "prone" and then it's lookalike words "that" and "then" and sometimes it becomes words that mean the same thing or something similar "honesty" and "trustworthy" and in its final stages, it can be substituting completely unrelated words.

I think this is age-related and the basic etiology has nothing to do with MCTD, though I could easily believe that MCTD could make it worse. But man, ANY worker we had over 50 will start doing this. Then I started doing it myself at 51 or so. People who consume alcohol due it more. And when workers do this, they are completely unaware of it, and can miss it when they are checking their own work. They are always stunned when a manager or quality control person points this out to them-- sometimes to the point of believing people are plotting against them to get them to leave their jobs. But it will happen to almost everyone.

I also think that using computers a lot is another risk factor, but can't prove it. But it's a terrible problem in my old business.

I have it and problems with memory and forming sentences, but my rheumy said it has nothing to do with my MCTD. He aslo said my dysphagia has nothing to do with MCTD. I am thinking of seeking a second opinion! There is a dysphagia clinic at John's Hopkins.

Gabrielle

My mom visited this weekend, and as she was leaving late Sunday afternoon. I was trying to point out a gate to her, but it took me about 10 seconds to find the word gate. I asked her if she had noticed during the visit that I cant find words, and she said she did notice, but did not say anything (She is a psychologist and very insightful, so I was surprised she did not mention her observation.). She said she does the same thing, but she is 73. She had a CAT scan, and her doctor felt her inability to find a word was due to the aging process. Mom felt it was a bit unusual for a 43-year old (my age). I have had speech problems (and most likely undiagnosed MCTD) for years. My husband and I are pretty much used to it, but it can be embarrassing at work!