[Greenleaves]

Looking back at my posts I've just realized that I'm having some difficulty communicating. I seem to misspell many basic words, replace certain words with others and other things.

What can cause this? Am I losing my ability to write? Is it my meds? Is it depression and a lack of concentration? Am I seeing too much into this?

Has (I originally put have) this ever happened to anyone else? Am I losing my cognitive abilities?

[CedarS]

Stress can certainly cause temporary changes in our abilities. No worries, you are communicating just fine.

If you do find yourself concerned about this, check in with one of your health care people, my guess is that you are okay.

[LMo]

You spelled 'atrocious' correctly... that's a feat in itself ;-)

My husband said that stopping replacing words with other things was the first sign he noticed that Lexapro was calming me down. We have a little catchphrase between us -- "pineapple". I don't really even remember how it started, but I think I said "pineapple" when I really meant to say "mango". Anyway, he said it gets worse for me when I'm stressed out. I don't even realize that I'm doing it. I guess you didn't either -- until you read what you had written.

We always say "pineapple" to each other to indicate that the person seems to be presuming that the other one can read minds.

[dexter]

I think that LMo and Sarah are right about stress and depression effecting our cognitive ability.

But I also want to say that I have had no trouble at all following your "train of thought" when you post. So in terms of this board, I think you are communicating well, which is important to get support.

So while you may want to keep track of it as a "gauge" for your depression, you don't have to worry about it with respect to posting here.

{{{{{{Greanleaves}}}}}}

[Greenleaves]

Thanks everyone for reassuring me. It's scary for this to happen when it usually doesn't. I've been experiencing really rough times on and off pretty often.

[Ryan]

I agree with the others. When I get very nervous, I tend to not verbalize well. When I'm calm, I like to think of myself as quite articulate, but when I'm nervous, I become a bumbling idiot. I wouldn't worry. Hang around with us for a while and I think that the more you get to know us, the more comfortable you will become.

Ry