Speech impediment, related to ADD? please help - ADD / ADHD Message Board

jwalker · 02-19-2005, 03:47 PM

Hi, over the last 2 years I have developed a severe speech impediment that I think was caused by untreated ADD. I can't seem to put together a sentence when I speak because there are like 1000000000 million words that fly in my head when I'm just trying to tell someone a simple story. Does anyone else have this problem? or am I lalone on this?

Blue102 · 02-19-2005, 05:36 PM

Hm, I don't know if this is the same thing, but a lot of times when I'm stressed or anxious I stutter or slur words. Sometimes I just go blank and forget words. I am almost certain it has to do with ADD. I'm asking the doc about it when I go in for my appt.

TheMattFact · 02-23-2005, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jwalker

Hi, over the last 2 years I have developed a severe speech impediment that I think was caused by untreated ADD. I can't seem to put together a sentence when I speak because there are like 1000000000 million words that fly in my head when I'm just trying to tell someone a simple story. Does anyone else have this problem? or am I lalone on this?

WOW! I just made a new thread about my slight stutter. I have the same problem! I am 22 now and I can always remember that when I am in a situation where I want to tell a story or I am just trying to speak and process a lot of information, I just can't seem to speak smoothly. Everything just stumbles out! It gets on my nerves. I start medication tomorrow. I will update if it helps or not.

2speek2 · 02-24-2005, 06:09 AM

This is what ive been looking for.. You guys seem to have the same problems i have. Do any of you ever feel embarrased about not being able to flow your speech and put your thoughts into speech fast enough to keep up a normal coversation? maybe im retarded or something i duno but i think ill talk to my doctor about add. also were any of you drug users at any time? because when this first started happening to me (or i first noticed it) i was a heavy drug user and had been for 2 years prior. when i saw what drugs were doing i stopped.

Blue102 · 02-24-2005, 06:34 AM

I am so, so hoping that ADD is the cause of this. I want to be able to fix the problem with meds. I read somewhere online that certain kinds of ADD can cause a slowness when speaking. I think it has to do with the limbic part of the brain or something. I also have social anxiety, so it might be another symptom of that.

I'm sure I have inattentive ADD, but haven't been diagnosed yet. I go in for an evaluation next week. I will definitely mention this.

It's so embarrasing. I can speak fine when I'm calm and relaxed, but when I'm stressed or anxious I'll garble and slur and blank out. Once, while working in customer service, I stuttered something so bad that I couldn't even finish it. I went to the back and cried! And I don't generally stutter.

I'm not sure if this is the same problem as the original poster's, but I bet it's related.

PS. 2speek2...I haven't done drugs, I've had this problem pretty much all my life...and you're not retarded!