postr/StutterJune 18, 2016

Found out what kind of stutter/language problems I have

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Found out what kind of stutter/language problems I have I'm seeing a neuropsychologist in ten days, and I decided to start digging into what sort of symptoms I have. One of my biggest problems is in the category of language--which makes my career decision of English teacher ironic--so I started there. I thought I'd share for those that this information might also help, since while I probably won't be taking the technical terms to the neuropsychologist, by finding out what I think my diagnosis is by what best lined up with my symptoms, I am now better able to describe my symptoms. I am a[ neurogenic stutterer](http://www.stutteringhelp.org/neurogenic-stuttering). I tend to repeat half-words and whole words more often than just letters or syllables, and once in a while I have to stop and compose myself, because my sentence has become totally incomprehensible. (This is fairly rare, thankfully.) I only took notice of this in college, and it looks like this form of stuttering is most likely to appear as an adult. Along with that, I also have problems with aphasia--comprehending what I'm hearing, but my hearing is technically fine--and anomia, which is difficulty with finding words for objects, and sometimes coming up with the wrong word entirely. I'll also forget the names of people I know, but again, thankfully this is pretty rare and there are only a few occasions of this happening. After my evaluation this has to get sent back to my neurologist, and I might well push for a referral to a speech-language-pathologist. Even though my stuttering is not consistently, 100% present, the anomia is, the aphasia is, and I'm pretty set on that whole "career where I speak in front of people all day" thing. Anyway, this is vaguely an introduction--I've shown up here once or twice, and mentioned that I haven't totally felt like I've belonged, but I also definitely know I do, well, this is why: I have word problems, and stuttering is a thing, but other word problems are more heavily weighing on me--and vaguely a "here are some words that maybe can help?" Especially because, as I was digging into last night, it's really not uncommon for anomia and aphasia to show up with stuttering. Maybe I am not as alone on here as I thought?

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