Speech Arrests, not just kids!!

[toriandbilly]

Hi

This is an excerpt from a page I found online. It implies to me that this can only happen with kids, I first got E at 34 or 35 (I don't remember, surprise surprise!), there was no sign of E when I was a kid at all.

All that is said below applies to me along with Generalised T.C.s occasionally.

What is it when I have a speech arrest, what kind of seizure is it, an s.p, c.p.s or what???

Language

Speech arrest as an ictal phenomenon can be a part of benign Rolandic epilepsy (77). A seizure of this childhood syndrome may involve movements of the mouth, trembling of the chin and tongue, decreased swallowing with drooling, or difficulty in moving the tongue. Speech arrest may begin at seizure onset or evolve after the utterance of a few words. This can more often reflect a simple motor phenomenon than a language involvement.

Speech can also be affected in other childhood epileptic syndromes such as Landau-Kleffner syndrome and the syndrome of continuous spikes and waves during slow wave sleep (CSWS). Whereas the latter manifests as widespread regression, the former typically begins with auditory verbal agnosia (a dyscognitive seizure). The language disorder may be steadily progressive or become incrementally severe with relapses.

 

[RanMan]

toriandbilly,

Hi, I've found out first hand that "SPEECH ARREST" does not only affect children.



"Hi. This was originally posted back in Sept/04 but we have lots of new members now and I'm wondering if anyone can relate.

Hi from Ontario for everybody reading this post.


I've had epilepsy since 1979, controlled by meds.
I get a form of petit mal seizures that my Dr. calls "speech arrest". It only lasts a few seconds, I am aware of what is going on around me but I can't respond.

When I try to talk, my speech is slurred (more than usual).
Most people have no problem speaking but I have to concentrate to form every word. (all the time but twice as hard during a speech arrest).
Everybody thinks I'm stoned all the time.

Boy, I didn't realize that we take our speech for granted so much."

My Neurologist says that if I wasn't on the AEDs this would be a full blown grand mal seizure.

Randy
Diagnosed with epilepsy and ulcerative colitis in 1979,
Been on meds ever since.

275mg-dilantin/day
120mg-pheonobarb/day
3,000mg-Mesasol/day

 

[momof3boys]

Ive had speech arrest since I was a child. Now that im 31, the times I notice it is when seizures are wanting to come on. I get kind of out of it, and my speech is bad. Its like I can get the words out that I want to say. I know it can affect kids, but Im proof it can affect adults too.

 

[Hoobinkz]

I have speech arrest too I suppose, do you mean aphasia?

Different things can trigger it. Do you have generalized epilepsy or is it something specific like a tumore, cirtocircosis, cortical dysplasia? (I might have misspelled a few of those)

 

[toriandbilly]

I have neocortical parietal lobe E, I suppose I do have a form aphasia in that I momentarily can't speak sometimes, sometimes for a minute or so.

Glad others have experienced it too, I have only managed to find the Rolandic E thing, so thank you for responding and letting me know it's not just me!!

 

[leoniedelt]

i've been diagnosed with complex partial seizures, and i have speech arrests, as per my neurologist's letter. I was just [re] diagnosed age 36.

 

[toriandbilly]

Tough at any age and losing your words, as I called it is a bummer. I have far fewer speech arrests since the Zebinix, they can be terrible and really draining if I get tired or I've overdone things.
Tnx for the responses