I had a stroke in 2018 and had mild aphasia - long slow telegraphic speech. This happened occasionally and often got triggered when I had a migraine. But would happen when I was overloaded or stressed or tired. It had slowly got worse since 2018. I have ended up in hospital when my speech hadn’t returned after 2 days - lasting as long as 10 days. Until on the 14 sept when my speech turned into gibberish. another hospital stay thankfullg on a stroke ward and i finally got an expressice dysphasia diagnosis. it returned to normsl after a few day. but it kept coming and going until the 22nd wgen it went and hasnt comback. i emailed my neuro doctor who says its migraines. its very difficult to live like this - talking jibberish. migraine aphasia is transient. has anyone ekse had this hspoen? taljing jibberish contantly for 5 weeks. My language doesn’t seem as good either. I want get back to work. I want to get pip but don’t know if I will get it. My gp is great - but I am really confused - I want a new neurologist for a full assessment as my current one always says migraine. Never an acceptance that I had aphasia from my stroke/TIA ( Broca’s) can anyone offer any insight or advice.
3 Likes
@Debchips sorry to hear you are still really struggling with your speech. It must be extremely frustrating for you.
Everyone is entitled to a 2nd opinion. You can try soraking to PALS as Simon mentions or you could request through your GP although there may be a long wait.
Have you noticed anything specific that triggers these episodes? Wondering if there’s a pattern and whether you could tackle it from trying to change / avoid the triggers?
Sending my best wishes.
Ann
1 Like