momsuz123 Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Okay, I posted on something similiar this summer. I took my dd to a neurologist, and he tested her for 24 hours for petit mal seizures. Negative. She did it again though...here is what happened. She was sitting on the carpet, relaxed and just chatting. No stress. Then she says, "That dog needs this and...(keeps talking about a dog) Oh, what is that dog's name?" I look around the room, trying to figure out what she is talking about. Two of our three dogs are sitting in the room. I ask her, "you mean Reba?" She says, "oh yes, that's her name." She plays and sleeps with this dog all the time. This past summer she had times where she would name drop, "grandpa, grandma, and one of her friend's names". Any ideas of what causes this? Should I worry? I am going to post this also in the K-8 section to get more input hopefully. But I really value your input here. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dina in Oklahoma Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnceAHomeschooler Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 My son does this all the time. He will forget names he should just know. His cousins, close friends he has played with forever, its weird. I wonder now because we feel he is dyslexic if that has been the problem all along, Short term memory issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laundrycrisis Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 I don't know, but my mind plays this trick on me ... I even forget the names of people I am very close to. I've learned to relax about it, because the names will come back on their own if I don't chase them. I also have issues with facial recognition. Sometimes I will have difficulty recognizing even people I know very well, if I run into them in a place I don't expect to see them. It's awkward and unsettling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Does she only do it with names or is it other nouns too? How frequent is it? I ask about only names, because most of my life my mom called one or more of us "George" which meant she couldn't think of our name at the time. She has always had a problem with names. Sometimes the names just aren't there so she copes by substituting a different name. Names are different than nouns. I have transient aphasia when I have a migraine. It will start before my migraine hits and last for 3 days afterwards. I use the wrong noun and forget nouns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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