Has anyone developed a stutter or stammer when their m.s is flaring up. I know exactly what I want to say but there seems to be some kind of blockage between brain and jaw. I have to talk really slowly to get what I want to say out. Sometimes I get so far through a sentence and then will get stuck on one word and can only get part of it out. It comes and goes and can be talking perfectly normally and then all of a sudden it starts. Thanks. Shelley. X
I am having the same problem but all the time not just during flare ups.
I was only diagnosed in Sept 2012 (But feel I have had "Flare Ups over the last 20 years)
I have to talk slowly and really think about what I am trying to say and even then I cant seem to get the word out sometime and have to change it (if I can think of another word).
Its not so much a stutter more of a “whats the word again” kind of thing which causes me to stop mid sentence.
Its fustrating as hell and makes having conversations with people a bit embrassing as I feel I look like an idiot.
Word finding problems are common in MS, including saying the wrong word (generally causing much hilarity in this house!). Slurring seems to happen a fair bit too, especially when people’s fatigue is bad. Not sure about actual stuttering, but I’d guess that anything’s possible.
Speech therapy can be really good at helping all speech-related problems so maybe ask for a referral if it’s causing you difficulty?
Karen x
I seem to have both. My kids just say oh it’s mum playing charades again when I can’t grasp the word I want. But the stutter really annoys me especially when people try to finish my word. Like pre emptive text they usually get it wrong and then I have to start again. Shelley
Hi Shelley,
I’ve had MS for years and last year, I started getting stuck on words, but only when I’m stressed. My muscles would start twitching as well - I could do a good ‘Elvis’ lip curl along with all my other twitches.
Mine were due to panic attacks, which were linked with lesion from a MS attack in 2001. I’d read about this on the Everyday Living forum here and went to talk to my GP.
She and I both decided to try a low dose of Citalopram and it worked!
I still stutter when I’m stressed or shocked, but things are an awful lot better than they were.
I hope this helps,
K
xxx
Thanks. I will keep that in mind for when I go back to see GP.x
Yes!! I have developed a stutter =\ Drives me nuts! I have the word finding problem as well. Have since this whole ordeal started, about 3 years now. You are not alone.