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Members connected over the frightening experience of losing speech during fibromyalgia flares, with several describing similar episodes that... Read more

Members connected over the frightening experience of losing speech during fibromyalgia flares, with several describing similar episodes that mimicked stroke symptoms and involved throat clenching, difficulty swallowing, and lasting voice weakness. Many members shared related speech challenges including frequent stuttering (often linked to fibro fog or word-finding difficulty), losing their train of thought mid-sentence, and struggling to get words from brain to mouth, with some attributing these issues to overlapping conditions like thyroid problems, Hashimoto's disease, or non-epileptic seizures. A recurring theme was the validation of knowing others face these scary and embarrassing symptoms, along with practical suggestions to explore vocal cord dysfunction with an ENT or allergist, get thyroid levels checked, and recognize speech difficulties as a signal that the body needs rest.