Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
I'm in a relationship with a man who has always suffered anxiety. He will want a drink when we go in crowded areas, flips out at work when stress is high, and has panic attacks when driving in unfamiliar areas.
He started having issues with his speech about a year ago. At work he would slur his words and the more upset he got the worse it was. Doc gave him some anxiety pills to take only on occasion when he was really struggling. Pills worked at first then slowly only made the speech worse. For several months we have been waiting on blood tests and CAT scans, and MRI's that all came back perfectly normal.
We have now been put on a waiting list for a top neurologist but can't get in for 4 months. So he began exercising and since then his speech is still slowed but not as slurred as normal. However with that said whenever he gets into any stressful situation it goes back to normal (very slurred).
My question is, does anyone else suffer from slurred speech as a symptom of their anxiety? When I look it up on the internet it says that anxiety could cause it. I appreciate you reading and any feedback you might have. We are going to continue treating it like anxiety, exercising and relaxation stuff until we see the new doc.
He started having issues with his speech about a year ago. At work he would slur his words and the more upset he got the worse it was. Doc gave him some anxiety pills to take only on occasion when he was really struggling. Pills worked at first then slowly only made the speech worse. For several months we have been waiting on blood tests and CAT scans, and MRI's that all came back perfectly normal.
We have now been put on a waiting list for a top neurologist but can't get in for 4 months. So he began exercising and since then his speech is still slowed but not as slurred as normal. However with that said whenever he gets into any stressful situation it goes back to normal (very slurred).
My question is, does anyone else suffer from slurred speech as a symptom of their anxiety? When I look it up on the internet it says that anxiety could cause it. I appreciate you reading and any feedback you might have. We are going to continue treating it like anxiety, exercising and relaxation stuff until we see the new doc.
I commend you for sticking by his side. But having been that "wife" I was put in some very painful and deadly situations. I want to say beware. If medical test are showing clear, anxiety is gradually evolving PTSD, has a common system of relying on crutches as numbing resources. Unfortunately drinking / drug is one. Denial is another. Often the one that loves the most becomes the recipient of anger withheld from others. I know I will take flack, but it took 3 years of being the Girlfriend,13 years of being the wife and 4 more years of being his obsession to learn this. After it was clear I was gone for good, would now choose death before returning, did he get help. 10 years of treatment to apologize. Then he died in an accident, I was left to write his obit and help my only child who adored her father, threw her grief while I fought flash backs that came with his death, My PTSD.
Hugs for strength.