speech problems ms

Kat, please take care and pursue all the best treatment options. I hope you have a really good MS doctor. This kind of issue is one of the most serious in MS, even though it's not 'typical,' whatever that may mean. Let us know how things are going, okay?

MS causes damage to the brain, so it could definitely affect the speech center, and even the muscles controlling the mouth and larynx. I've had problems with slurring my words in the past.

Then there is the mechanical part of communicating our language and that is speech. Problems with speech can include just trying to get the words out, pronouncing the words, the tonal quality of our speech, using emphasis and inflection. Problems with speech can be from weakness or spasticity of the muscles of our mouths, throats and vocal cords. Or it can be with the way our brain tries to direct the speech.

It is harder walking at the end of each day. Today wasn't a good one. The buzzing sensation started when walking this morning & I had to ask someone else to take workers around to show service locations! I was so embarrassed & then one lady had the nerve to ask me if I would qualify for disability! Sheeps wool!!! I was so aggravated! My first MRI showed lesions in the gray matter in 2005. The person reading it said it indicated MS to them. Went to neuro & he said migraines.

In that context I can see where MS would not be the docs 1st concern. But, to say MS does not cause pain is completely inaccurate. We have an excellent health page on pain and MS if you have a chance to look at our health pages. Also, pain can often be a secondary issue to a very MS related symptom.

I have not been diagnosed with MS however I am in the process. I have had speech and swallowing problems for the last two years. I do have dry mouth occasionly and I cannot contribute it to any medications that I take at this point. I do not have Sjogrens, Lupus or any of those auto-immune diseases according to my Rheumy. I would have to say the swallowing problems came first but now my speech is being effected dry mouth or not. I do this most everyday at some point or another.

Swallowing problems are very common in MS. I have had them too, off and on. Occasionally, when I'm having this problem during the day, I have had some scary incidences of waking up feeling like I couldn't breathe at night. I'm not sure if there's a connection or not. Have you had this problem before? Did the doctor mention anything about medicines to treat this as well?

Do any of you have slurred speech or nasal sounding quality to your voice from MS?

My emotions and speech are affected my my MS. I tend to get angry easily. I now know not to say what I am thinking. Sometimes I can't understand friends with MS with their speech problems. The main thing is to be patient and not worry so much about why just learn ways to deal with it. For the emotions there are medications and speech therapists can help some issues. the main thing with MS is learning how to adjust.

I can relate to your speech problems Ray and like you I have problems including word retrieval and slurring of my speech. Speechgeek has some good advice there and this should be included in your daily journal of symptoms. I am still waiting to see if I am going to actually have a neuropsych consult as my dr. often suggests things but doesn't come through so time will tell. These symptoms need to be documented by you and your dr. though.

) I am sorry that you are having so much trouble.Although I have had MS for 30 years, I am fortunate to not have any speech problems. I mostly have to deal with mobility problems. I did want to share a story with you: Our local TV meteorologist has difficulty with articulation. He sounds like someone who has had a stroke. Last year he bravely came forward and announced that he has MS. He joked that speech was probably not an ideal area for a broadcaster to be afflicted with!

Sorry I meant to post this on the mutiple sclerosis board. I was diagnosed with MS back in May. Would this be a common symptom of MS?

s symptoms include serious fatigue, stumbling, hands, face tingling, and going numb. Headaches, vision problems, speech problems, bladder problems, and what I call brain fog. I know there's more. I just can't think of them right now. I actually have been in a fog a bit today. I have been thinking about getting her to go to the eye doctor this time. Just on the premise of getting her eyes checked.

old symptoms are my balance, problems, poor periphel vision in one eye...but the speech problem is resent..

Sorry about your friend, when my Lyme came on really badly with muscle weakness, temporary blindness, memory issues and off balance, I had a period of slurred speech so in TX they said I had MS. There were "lesions" on my brain, seen on the MRI. It could be misdiagnoses. At least Lyme can be cured if she has Lyme.

This test checks your ability to decode (ability to quickly and accurately process speech), Tolerance fading memory (ability to understand speech in noise and short term memory), Integration (ability to pull together auditory information), and organization (organize and sequencing of auditor information). Basically they present 4 words that you have to repeat back, but they say other words in the opposite ear at the same time. Again I had horrible test results.

Talk to your doctor and ask for a referral to a speech-language pathologist. This is a therapist specially trained to help with problems such as the one you are describing. It sounds like you are having trouble with the strength of your vocal cords, or with something blocking the movement of your vocal cords.

My daughter Amber is 25 years old and for the past 4 years she has some medical problems that the Dr's can't understand. Here are some of the problems, she has had her right hand to draw up and the Dr has said the she has chronic debilitating migraine headaches, there are times that she can't walk and her speech is slurred. Now she is has problems with her legs becoming cold and they are cold to the touch.I am so upset that the Dr's can't tell us what is wrong with Amber.

Check Myesthenia Gravis forum and get some information about it. Those are both symptoms of that disorder, but maybe you can find out more about it. I hope that you are feeling better. Good luck!

well, I'm not yet Dx. not on any MS meds..but I have been having some speech problems for 6 months or so. Loosing words...I know what I want to say, but can't get it out. Stutter at times, and find I have to really slow down and think before I speak. I could be in the middle of a sentence and forget what I was saying??? This doesn't happen all the time, as a matter of fact I'm ok for the past few weeks, and feeling better with walking etc the past few weeks...

I've been recently dx with RRMS and started on Copaxone 3 days ago...Yesterday I had 3 episodes in which I choked on my drink. This wasn't just a situation where it went down the wrong piipe but was actually choking and inhaled the liquid into my lungs. These all happened at work and really scared not only myself but also my boss and regional manager. I have also noticed an increase in the need to "clear my throat" or cough over the last couple of days but am not sick.

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