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[quote=Anonymous]NP to OP: do you take an SSRI? I ask because I experienced aphasia symptoms or even word choice problems on Zoloft.

I also was peri menopausal. After menopause at age 50, I switched SSRI to Lexapro and I don’t notice these problems as much.

Hard to describe but I’d verbalize the entirely wrong word or blurt out something that would, upon first listening, would be close to what I wanted to say but not quite.

Example would be, I might tell a student to “watch your  hands and then leave” when I really was trying to tell her to wash her hands and return to her seat. So frustrating and frightening. Mostly I’d notice this happening more and then a few hours later I’d get a migraine, so perhaps part of an aura

Could be a hormonal, maybe a migraine headache symptom (also hormonal), could be combination of fatigue and something else.

Do get a full physical workup to include thyroid panel.

My late parent was dx with primary progressive aphasia through a neurologist.

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