Your speech....

[cardiactec]

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

[huff1711]

I have slurred speech and stutter a lot. I've been this way for years. I've noticed that when my symptoms are acting up more than usual, my slurred and stuttering seem to double to the point I hate talking to people.

Chad

[frowngirl]

I have not been dx but I do get slurred speech when I am tired...I also have a very hard time with articulating and often can not find the correct word to use.

How embarrassing is this when you work with customers. I just hate it.
Although I do feel Provigil does help.

FG

[drsdonthelp]

Slurred speech seems to be my continuous "flare" symptom. Anytime I am going through what I believe is my "flare" I get the slurred speech that lasts for a couple of weeks. This has happened to me at least 5 seperate times. The last two times were 11 months apart and are the ones that sent me for all sorts of tests.
1st neuro dx. TIA
2nd neuro dx simple partial seizures

[sllowe]

During my 1st attack, slurring was one of the first symptoms.  Now, I have it when I'm fatigued.

-shell

[freddie2]

It happens to me too. I also get "slow" at times. I am having a "flare-up' right now so when I was talking to the woman at the post office today, it happened.--It feels like I am chewing on my words, they don't come out right, 'ya know.  I haven't been diagnosed yet, however, it's been happening to me for years, & getting worse.  

[Rena705]

I have had a lot of trouble with my speech over the last few years.  I have slurring, stuttering and loss of words when I am having a flare or when I get over tired.  It has been very frustrating but hubby and I have learned to laugh at it for the most part.  I still get pretty angry when I can't find a word or my words come out like mumbo jumbo but I am lucky in that my hubby is very patient and has pretty much learned how to complete my sentences over the years!  ha ha  I hope this has been somewhat helpful to you!

Lots of hugs,
Rena

[cardiactec]

thanks for sharing your stories ..... just out of curiosity, anyone ever have problems with nasal sounding voice? is that part of MS?

[drsdonthelp]

I worked for a company with people with all kinds of disabilities, Mentally challenged, cerebral palsy, and so on.. however, we had a sister and brother that lived at one of the houses that cared for people with disabilities, they both had  MS, very progressive.. they both had the nasal sound along with the slurring speech.
  Just know that i am not saying that this is because of it being progressive, I was just giving an example from what I have seen with paitients with ms and having the nasal sound with slurring, I have heard it, i do not get the nasal sound when I slur, but I do have a problem with word searching and poor memory.

Are you having the nasal sound when you talk all the time or only during an episode?

[cardiactec]

thank you drsdonthelp (and they really dont! LOL) for responding!

I just started having the nasal sound start about two months ago - it hasn't ceased .... never had this symptom before -- along with it is horrible chewing (from jaw pain) and swallowing (intermittent) problem, on top of horrible urinary incontinence, and the whole muscle spasms/twitching/burning/pain stuff....

I haven't been diagnosed with MS yet .... I have to undergo surgery to remove my stomach pacemaker implant in order to get the MRI ..... had a lumbar punture in july that was normal .... had a recent evoked potential that was abnormal in my legs ...... and mildly abnormal EMG in my leg and arm, that my neuro said could either be from peripheral OR central nervous system disease .... I guess some of it will be sorted out once I get this MRI (which will hopefully be soon!)....

It's nice to know (as odd as that is to say) that there are people with MS who have nasal sounding speech.....

[cardiactec]

and yes, it is all the time when i talk, for the past two months .....

I am only 28, but I have the whole ALS fear in the back of my head ..... just seem to fit a lot of the description for early symptoms of ALS ...... God I hope not!

[drsdonthelp]

Ya like my name LOL ..    maybe someday we can find some doctors that do help!!
I understand what you mean when you say its nice to know that there are others sharing your symptoms that can be from  ms and not ALS, especially since people are able to start on DMD's and slow the disease down.
  I am not dx'd yet with ms either, but .... I have definately gone through enough symptoms and "flares" for the doc's to see and document but it's apparently not enough.
You are still young and at least you have a good head start on hitting this head on. Fight for what you believe about yourself, and dont let the doc's make you think your crazy or that its all in your head.
Good luck to you

Pamela