Cannabis has taken a part of my brain

[Nochowderforyou]

I just noticed when I type or even write something, I leave out complete words of what I'm writing. I don't mean a letter, I mean an entire word. It's like I'm writing faster than my brain can compute. Anyone else have problem? this problem I mean. ;)

[Purple Banana]

I do, but I've had it long before smoking pot... It's one of the plethora of neurological symptoms I'm having right now.

My brain processes thoughts faster that I can speak, it's just my speech is very affected. Thank pot my neurologist says my bi weekly toking has very little if anything to do with it :thumbsup:

[4gan2ja0]

i find that when i think of what im writing, ill get ahead of myself and just miss entire words, ive never thought of it before, but it probably is the weed

[Nochowderforyou]

Sometimes I'll read words one ahead of the other and miss certain words by doing so. I don't know if it is the weed, but it's weird sometimes. I have to read a sentence more than once sometimes so I can compute it.

[birdgirl73]

I have that very same problem, too, and I'm not a cannabis smoker, just an advocate. I think it's because of the processing vs. typing issue Purple Banana identified. And in me, I think it's also because I have an as-yet-undiagnosed degenerative brain disease, possibly attributable to middle age or stress, that's rapidly eating holes in my gray matter.

[timothylearyisdead]

I had that problem a lot before I cut back on smoking. For some of us I guess it really is the weed, but some of us are just naturally retarded:areindeer:

[4gan2ja0]

id say its a bit of both for me...

[Purple Banana]

That's a bite, BG... I had an appointment with my NEW PCP the other week (GREAT guy, finally I've found a good doc!) and he casually mentioned "Yes, I've had a woman in here before with similar symptoms... She had a malignant tumor in her frontal lobe, but I don't think that's the issue with you..."

I looked at him, and was like "Oh, gee, THANKS..."

They found a few bilateral lesions on the white matter and a few mysterious indentations of my dura and pia mater (during an MRI in 2004 for ataxia caused by a reaction to Flexeril), thought it was MS, but that wasn't the case. I still can't help but think about whether or not they're causing my problems, but so far, none of my doctors can figure it out.

Maybe a odd form of dyslexia, Chowder? Stress, maybe?

[birdgirl73]

Glad to hear you've seen a new and better doc now, Purple B! That is great news, and I know you're relieved to have a decent one who'll listen.

Have they, in what testing you've had so far, checked to make sure your cerebellum and brain stem are not squeezed too tightly down in the posterior fossa region of your head? That is, have they ruled out type I Arnold-Chiari malformation?
Chiari Malformation Information Page: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) (http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/chiari/chiari.htm)

[Matt the Funk]

I do, but I've had it long before smoking pot... It's one of the plethora of neurological symptoms I'm having right now.

My brain processes thoughts faster that I can speak, it's just my speech is very affected. Thank pot my neurologist says my bi weekly toking has very little if anything to do with it :thumbsup:

Yeah! same, except Idon't tell my doctor about it. I forget a lot of things to talk to my doctor about.

[Purple Banana]

Can't say that they have, BG, but I have a neuro appt. on the 20th, so I'll be sure to suggest that :thumbsup:

[Storm Crow]

Ancient crone as I am ;) , I'm a bit forgetful too. I figured out what to do about it- I handle it like I do shopping. I start a list about a week before I see the doc/go shopping. I keep my list on the fridge with a pen tied to it, so it's easy to use. Just jot down whatever you think about that might be a good question. Take the list with you! - Granny:hippy:

[make it legal]

That's really weird. It's never happened to me.

[TheAtomicPunk]

I can't recall that ever happening to me. The only part of my brain cannabis took from me, is my frontal giveafuck lobe.

[Nochowderforyou]

That's a bite, BG... I had an appointment with my NEW PCP the other week (GREAT guy, finally I've found a good doc!) and he casually mentioned "Yes, I've had a woman in here before with similar symptoms... She had a malignant tumor in her frontal lobe, but I don't think that's the issue with you..."

I looked at him, and was like "Oh, gee, THANKS..."

They found a few bilateral lesions on the white matter and a few mysterious indentations of my dura and pia mater (during an MRI in 2004 for ataxia caused by a reaction to Flexeril), thought it was MS, but that wasn't the case. I still can't help but think about whether or not they're causing my problems, but so far, none of my doctors can figure it out.

Maybe a odd form of dyslexia, Chowder? Stress, maybe?

It wouldn't be stress. I have little stress in my life at the moment.

My mother once told me that this sometimes happens to her as well. It could be a form of dyslexia I suppose, but it's not so bad that it effects my daily life. It does take longer for me to comprehend what I just read. I read it, but I don't take in the words. I've always had a case of ADHD where I read the words, but don't picture what the words are saying.

I don't know, but it's weird sometimes. I'm guessing I do it because of lack concentration.

[notransfer]

this has never happened to me however i notice my short term memory fluctuates despite the fact i havent smoked in about 6 months...the things usually come to me later when i don't care as much

[jokeyjokejoke]

Yes, happens me. All of time.

[suhl]

I just noticed when I type or even write something, I leave out complete words of what I'm writing. I don't mean a letter, I mean an entire word. It's like I'm writing faster than my brain can compute. Anyone else have problem? this problem I mean. ;)

yeah, i did that before i ever smoked and still do, i have add though

[thcbongman]

Yup, and also have a tendency to mix up past and present tenses.

[robert42]

Sometimes I'll read words one ahead of the other and miss certain words by doing so. I don't know if it is the weed, but it's weird sometimes. I have to read a sentence more than once sometimes so I can compute it.

same only on the net though,

[Ganj]

Begin to read out loud or simply reread your post before you click the "post reply" button. I've seen text on trading cards that left out entire words, I thought "How unprofessional!"

[rebgirl420]

i do that when i talk, I talk very fast sometimes and leave out shit.

[Ganj]

i do that when i talk, I talk very fast sometimes and leave out shit.

There's a remedy for that too. Think before you speak!

[GHoSToKeR]

Cannabis has taken a part of my brain

Mine too, but it's given me so much in return.. :D