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Can temporal lobe seizures cause apraxia of speech

Epilepsy & Seizures | Last Active: Apr 10 10:57am | Replies (36)

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Hi @larry68
Stuttering or difficulty speaking is a common symptom during the recovery period that follows a seizure — known as the postictal phase. It is typically temporary and part of normal recovery, which is why I was surprised to hear that this symptom has lasted all day on multiple occasions.
As I mentioned in another post — https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1534295/ — I was recently diagnosed with BPPV and right peripheral vestibular dysfunction. The doctor who diagnosed it, an ENT specialist (also known as an otolaryngologist), explained that this is why my head sometimes hurts severely, causing stiffness and pain in my neck and shoulders. And that has nothing to do with my epilepsy.
Have you already mentioned these symptoms to your neurologist at your first appointment? If not, I would suggest bringing them up at your next one in about three weeks. The symptoms you are experiencing may be more related to otolaryngology than to epilepsy itself.
Keep me posted!
Chris

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@santosha I most certainly will.Sometimes the pain feels like its swimming around in the top of my head.Up to a couple months ago,the pain was from my neck to over my ears and it was much more painful and stuttered bad at times then too.Now its not as painful but dizziness comes and goes and never can tell when stuttering is gonna start and for how long.So they have you all fixed up now?