speech issues
When my migraines get super bad I have so much trouble with speech. I'll forget the word, or even the entire topic. It's really frustrating. Anyone out there have a similar issues?
Sarah, Thank you for sharing your experience and concern. As I read your comment, I immediately thought of my husband. He gets transient aphasia symptoms during his attack cycles frequently. It was very frustrating for him, and it was concerning as well. His symptoms come and go and are more pronounced in the prodrome and postdrome phases. Since we know this happens during an attack cycle and that it resolves it is less worrisome for us. He will commonly replace the word that he means with another word unrelated to the context, or he will say a word that rhymes with the word he means to say. Other times, he will lose the thought train and be silent for several seconds. Aphasia is a symptom that many people living with migraine disease report. Here is a link to an article he wrote a few years ago that speaks about his experience with brain fog and aphasia.
https://migraine.com/living-migraine/aphasia-brain-fog
I'm sorry you are experiencing this frustrating and scary symptom; you are not alone. I hope you find comfort in that and always know we are here to support you! We are here for you—warmly, Cheryl, migraine community team.
Hi. I used to train subsurface personnel in the oilfield world wide. My forgetfulness of words, and all that goes with it put an early stop to work. Yes, there were other heath problems but, when you get ‘word salad’ as my wife calls it, at 73, I retired. I still get word salad, slurred speech, but I’m not holding up a bunch of Engineers and etc. Migraines still there, pain still but I can live with it now. 78 years later.
Good luck. Dr Gary.
I'm sorry that you had to retire, and at the same time I'm glad that you made the choice to step away and care for yourself in a focused way ... I hope that more manageable symptoms was a trade you find worthwhile. Always glad to see you here! -Melissa, team member
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Thank you for joining the conversation and sharing your concerns with us. You're not alone in this. I too experience trouble work finding and often lose my train of though. It's SO frustrating. Having said that I do find if I worry about it more it seems to happen more often. We have some resources I'd like to share with you here; https://migraine.com/blog/migraine-symptoms-transient-aphasia
https://migraine.com/living-migraine/transient-aphasia-experiences
https://migraine.com/living-migraine/aphasia-brain-fog
Let me know what you think and I'm sending you wishes for a low pain day, Nancy Harris Bonk, team memberI too have times during a migraine, that I forget words, topics or what I walked into a room to do. It is frustrating to say the least. I sympathize with you. When you add in that some of the preventatives can cause this as a side effect it can get pretty bad. Wishing you a pain free day, Sheila
Hi there. I often experience speech difficulties during a migraine attack. It's a very frustrating and concerning symptom, accompanying concentration issues. I can't think of the word(s) I want to say. Then when the word comes to mind, it comes out as another word beginning with the same letter or a word that rhymes with the one I meant to say.
So you are not alone in having these symptoms. I hope knowing this is a comfort to you.
Wishing you a pain-free day.
