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@Shanice 

1 Sep 2023 20:41Last reply 2 Sep 2023 05:59

Shanice

Slurred speech

Hi all. 7 years ago my first ms symptom was my speech slurring. 7 years on I feel like my speech has never been the same as before I got diagnosed. However everyone around me says nothings wrong with my speech but I feel like they don’t understand. Has anyone else been through the same? And did you...
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@Claire2022 

6 Aug 2022 16:45Last reply 6 Aug 2022 20:57

Claire2022

Slurred speech and stress

Hi everyone. This is my first post. Thank you for all the support so far. I am feeling a little lost. I'm four weeks in to taking tecfidera. Hot flushes are daily but the most upsetting symptom is feeling not with it. This has got worse since the heat wa c e. Finding words. Brain fog. Having the e...
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@Rav_MS 

23 Apr 2021 20:42 EditedLast reply 24 Apr 2021 13:41

Rav_MS

Slurred Speech

What the reason for slurred speech in MS? I slur my words everyday. Surely there must be a fix for it #speech #slurred
London Borough of Ealing, England, United Kingdom
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@Todayistheday 

18 Sep 2023 12:37 EditedLast reply 18 Sep 2023 14:39

Todayistheday

Supporting a friend with symptoms until diagnosis

A friend's clearly struggling with symptoms which range from tingling, numbness, heat patches to pain, cognitive impairment and fatigue, spasticity to trigeminal Neuralgia bladder and bowel issues recently too. Athough she has had an MRI, which a muscosceletal doctor has said looks normal, she is s...
London, United Kingdom
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@Shaa8766 

11 Jul 2023 22:34 EditedLast reply 12 Jul 2023 20:52

Shaa8766

Newbie living with MS

Hey guys! I’m new here. So one day, I woke up with slurred speech, my tongue was going sideways, the left side of my face felt icy and numb, and I was so exhausted. I went through a couple of long steps but I found out last month that I have MS; after a brain MRI with contrast. I had multiple white ...
New York, United States
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@emma34 

12 Apr 2023 18:14Last reply 12 Apr 2023 18:28

emma34

has this happened to anyone else?

Hello newbie here, I got diagnosed with ms back in Dec when I lost my vision in my left eye, had mri snd lumbar puncture done. Fast forward to now on Tuesday night I started to get these really bad pains in my stomach on the right I done nothing but done hot water bottle well the pain got worse to S...
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@NatureDeb 

23 Mar 2023 10:35

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My MS & pregnancy

Me & my MS "everyone is different" phrase neurologists used adfinitum, I KNOW!!! I wanted to scream at them 😫 NOT MS advice🙂 My MS tale started 17 years ago, taken to my bed feeling wanting to throw up & intense nausia all the time. I had a lot of the classic symptons aswell-couldn't walk unaided,...
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@Mrsadams1129 

19 Mar 2023 00:15

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Anyone get diagnosed years after being told it’s not MS?

To begin, I had a craniotomy in 2014 to remove a benign brain tumor from the left frontal lobe that was causing vision loss, the worst migraines I’ve ever had, and many other issues. Since 2020, I’ve noticed random nerve pain in other places on my body outside of my head. Random hot spots that feel ...
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@Mrsadams1129 

19 Mar 2023 00:15

Mrsadams1129

Anyone get diagnosed years after being told it’s not MS?

To begin, I had a craniotomy in 2014 to remove a benign brain tumor from the left frontal lobe that was causing vision loss, the worst migraines I’ve ever had, and many other issues. Since 2020, I’ve noticed random nerve pain in other places on my body outside of my head. Random hot spots that feel ...
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@bubblesgalore 

31 Aug 2013 07:37Last reply 1 Mar 2023 11:45

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what do you guys think?

A KILLER IN YOUR FRIDGE SWEET POISON..A MUST READ !!! In October of 2001, my sister started getting very sick She had stomach spasms and she was having a hard time getting around. Walking was a major chore. It took everything she had just to get out of bed; she was in so much pain. By March 2002,...
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