Question:
All this time I have been searching for the exact name to this problemI have. I think I may have found it. Even on my Adderall, I frequentlyhave problems with words. Before meds I thought it would completely goway with meds, but I feel now that I need a bit more help. Does anyoneregular or lurker have good information to point me towards, orpersonal experiences?

Also I believe my daughter is experience the same thing, so resourcesfor children or adults is welcome. I have done a search, but anypointers that you may have that may not be listed, or even justpersonal experience is okay. Can anyone give me some help???

Answer: fluency is the ability to put words together in ways thatconform to typical rules of grammar. While there is a learningcomponent involved, the complexity of the rules is such thatvariations in learning (and practice) don't account for variability influency.In the aphasias, you can have fluent and nonfluent aphasia and thedifference is where the trauma is localized to (broca's area,wernicke's area, or the connections between the two). Nonfluentaphasia is what you think of with a "typical" left hemisphere stroke.Fluent aphasia is such that after talking with the person you are leftscratching your head thinking, "I inderstood every word they said butwhat did they say?"There's other aphasias but one more is anomic aphasia which ismanifested by severe difficulties accessing the words that one wantsto use. Seems to come from a disruption of the Fronto-Temporalconnections.This shouldn't be confused with normal word finding problems thatstart when we are in our mid 20's and get progressively worse and morenoticable as a function of the normal aging process. There's somefairly simple testing that can determine if one's word findingproblems fall within the area expected given one's age and education.

Then again, word finding problems are one of the first signs ofalzheimer's disease. If there's a family history, particulary of theearly onset (50's) variety and I was having word finding problems tothe degree that I was bothered by them, I'd ask for more formaltesting of language and memory.