Lisp?

[julia111]

I've had my troubles . . . substituting wrong words . .  . starting a word with the wrong letter . . .  poor word recall . . . getting stuck mid-sentence . . . but recently I have experienced a "slight" lisp that has showed up twice in the past 30 days, and I think it only lasted maybe an hour or so.  

The first time was right after I had gotten out of the swimming pool and sat in a chair drying off in the sun - and heat!  It was very noticeable to me, but not as much so to the person with whom I was speaking.  I thought at the time it must be one of those things exacerbated by the "heat."

I'm just wondering if anyone has any info on a "lisp" showing up like this - could it be neurologically related?

Thanks for your help,

Julia (Dx. Fibromyalgia)

[Rena705]

I have been having trouble with my speech since July/August last year and it really hasn't improved in that if I get a little tired I just can't talk!  It's very frustrating in that I can't find words (my hubby finds em for me), I get really stuck on D's and M's for some reason (like Dddddddddd Food Cake or Mmmmmmm Key)  should be Devil's Food Cake or Master Key but I can't get past the D or the M and it's really frustrating to stutter like that.  It's ok if hubby has a idea of what I am talking about cause he can usually figure it out but if it is something that is new...forget it, how could he know what I am thinking?  I am having a neuro/psych consultation on September 18th and my gp (that knows nothing about MS) thinks that it may be from back in 93 when I was diagnosed but maybe just shows up now...I don't think so...I know that they are going to find cognitive problems but I really don't think that it will help me any...nothing has up till now but I will go and do the tests and we shall see what happens I guess.  I do believe that this should be brought to a neurologists attention...it seems that it is a "TRUE" sign that there is something neurological wrong that they pay attention to.

Lots of Hugs,

Rena

[Farrahlicious]

I'll make sure to video tape MY "flare ups" or whenever my beautiful speech problems come back (hopefully not anytime soon!).
I'll upload the video to YouTube and make sure to post the link. It will probably include my fat cats acting as waiters and my mom crying as the ultra dramatic Yiddishe Mame she is, claiming i'm drinking/mixing meds/"xanaxing" my way to death. Then it will show her dragging me to the neuro and me trying to give my full name to the Neuro's assistant.
I have a tongue ring and i usually blame the lisp on it, then people leave me alone or run away in disgust. May I suggest a tongue ring to everyone experiencing the lisp problem?? yeah... i thought so.. *running away as forum throws rotten tomatoes*

[essdipity]

As I noted in posting to the tingling tongue thread, I did have problems with a very slight lisp in conjunction with tongue tingling. A doctor commented on it, actually. It went away after a few weeks, but the tingling lasted much longer that round. All very strange!

ess

[speechgeek]

Julia

Speech, language and swallowing problems are often the first sign and symptom of something nuerological. They must be reported to you docotor.A slurring of speech can often be due to weakness and that would be called "dysarthria" . There are many types and several specific to MS and other disorders.Not to metion that specch and swallowing symptoms can be the first indication of a CVA (stroke) not to frieghten you but maybe your docotor would take that a little more seriously.

For those that have been diasgnosed, they will often find a change in their speech or cognitive abilites co-incide with a "flare up" of their symptoms. Journal and log your symptoms and video tape if you have to. Hnag in there!

Rebeccah

[Quixotic1]

Yes, lisping and slurring of speech often are neurological.  I have put in a call to our resident speech pathologist, Rebeccah (Speechgeek) for help.

Quix

[Deb61]

It's time to go to a different neurologist!  Having had an MRI on an open weak machine without MS protocol is completely useless and I'm shocked that the Mayo Clinic accepted this and diagnosed you with fibro without the full picture.

My first MRI on an open machine was negative.  My 2nd neuro said that that MRI was completely useless and ordered another MRI.  I had lesions and have since been diagnosed with MS.  Like you, I had a fibromyalgia diagnosis.  However, this neuro says I don't have fibro--it's MS.  

I'm not saying that you don't have fibro or that you have MS because I have no idea of your symptoms or history.  However, I am highly skeptical about the bogus MRI, considering some of the symptoms that you've mentioned here on the forum.  

I know how difficult it is having speech problems and word recall issues.  It was so frustrating that I cried nearly every night when I got in bed.  I am a teacher and it really has made my life miserable.   What other problems are you experiencing?  

I know you don't want to keep going from doctor to doctor--it's frustrating.  However, it sounds like with your current doctor, you aren't getting anywhere.  That person will continue to ignore symptoms like this and other ones that come along and you may end up with a problem that doesn't go away.

Just my humble opinion,
Deb

[Farrahlicious]

LOL! Dear, i have the exact same symptoms... I don't mean to be rude and laugh at yours, it's that it was bittersweet finding out what that was about. During my last attack, my speech was so slurred, my mom thought i was trying to kill myself with sleeping pills or Xanax (she's the ultimate Yiddishe mama.. we're extremely dramatic) .. I didn't know i was having another attack until a day after the really bad slurring began that i had my first "blackout" and crashed the car into a lighting post. The car (a 91' BMW straigh out of a museum) was totalled, but i was ok. Turns out my most severe lesions are on the part of the brain that controls speech. Spanish is my mother tongue and i will find myself writing everything in English. Can't find the words, stop in the middle of a sentence, because, even tho in my head i know exactly what i want to say, the word just won't come up, etc, etc, etc..
Hun, did you get a MRI already? I also suffer from AS (Ankylosing Spondylitis) and Fibromyalgia. Talk about this with your Dr. DON'T let them give you that "ah, it must be the heat, nothing i would worry about" ****. These symptoms are clearly making your life already er.. not comfortable? i guess that's what i wanna say.... mmm... can't...find...words... Sorry, i can't help but to always crack the bad taste joke...
Again, Julia, talk to your Dr. about this. SOON.
I'll be praying for you.
xoxoxo
Farrah