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speech stumbling

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nicola51831
nicola51831

Hi everyone. I'm just curious.i know I get the Fibro fog now and then but my biggest issue not being able to get my words.out properly I have to repeat the sentence a min of 3 times before I get it right. I'm finding that difficult to cope with. I'm 29 and a mother of 5 and looking at the confusion on their faces when I'm trying to tell them something is heart breaking sad I don't really think anything can be done about it. Does anyone else suffer like this??xxx

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  • Mace223
    Mace223 nicola51831

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    Hi nicola

    Yes we all do it, this morning I was trying to say the farmer is muck spreading , but it took me 4 times before I could say muck.

    I was so red in the face.

    Yesterday I went to the bank to start a standing order for the 30 September or the 1 October, but I said 30 September or 1 December!! The lady said October comes next. I felt so stupid.

    It's rubbish.

    Take Care Mace x

  • melissa30395
    melissa30395 nicola51831

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    hi nicola ive been having the same problem lately with my speech i was recently put on setraline 100 mg as i have anxiety disorder and fibrosad i am on other medications alos but i have found that this 1 was making my jaw wobble confusinf me all the time and my words didnt match what i thought i was saying or trying to say its so embarrassing and upsetting i havenow halfed my tablet but i understand what you mean im 33 i dont have children that must be awful for you maybe try and see your gp and chabge some of your medicaion??if you are on any that could be doing this to you i know that fibro itself can make us act a little different sad
  • manda08392
    manda08392 nicola51831

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    Yes, I also have ADD but only take my perscription on work days. Even with it, I have the foggy brain and words will escape me but more often when I don't take my ADD meds. In my family, I have it, one of my sisters has it, my mother, both of my grandmothers, 2 of my cousins and 3 of my aunts- there are varying degrees but we all have it, you should hear the conversation at a family reunion. It can occassionally be embarrassing in some work situations, though most of my coworkers are used to it.

    I will say that when I was being tried on various perscriptions for severe migraines that some of the medicines made it so terribly bad. Have you started taking anything? Even certain vitamins and supplements can have these kind of side effects. Even if you arent taking anything, you have fibro and you have 5 kids to distract you, it's going to happen. My mother used to call out all of our names in a row because she couldn't remember who she wanted to yell at. I attempt to think out my words first but it really slows the conversation down.

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