How long after an episode of hemiplegic migraine should it take to fully regain speech?
My son who is six has been diagnosed with hemiplegic migraine and experiences muscle weakeness and slurred speech during an episode. These symptoms dissapear with in a few days of the migraine but some issues with his speech remain and take weeks of hard work to improve.
9 days after his most recent episode, the speech therapist has confirmed that he is having trouble sequencing sounds in words. This was not evident before the episode. Its no suprise for me as this has happened with each episode but is good to have a professional back it up (finally). Seems to me that most medical professionals like to tell you what should happen rather than listen to what is actually happening. The speech therapist feels he is having to re-learn some of his sequencing and that he is trying so hard to remember the order of things. She feels his speech patterns are just like a child who has has a stroke though the dr assures me is all just part of the migraine.
This has been a really persistant pattern with each episode of migraine
We have just been referred to a paediactric neuroligist as unfortunately there are no specialists in childrens migraine here. His MRI and bloodwork are all clear. Although we have been told it is the migraine from my understanding of things I though he would regain his speech fairly quickly. Not over weeks. Has anyone else had these experiences?
Can it really take weeks to fully regain speech afer a migraine?
Hi Daisy,
The Hemiplegic Migraine symtoms you describe can take weeks, and in some cases, months to fully resolve. But in the meantime it is great that your son is getting the extra help he needs.
We don't have a Migraine specialiston our patient recommended list in AU right now, but you may want to check this link for a Migraine doctor if you haven't already:
Headache Australia under the Management tool bar there is a section that lists clinics.
Good luck
Nancy
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Thanks Nancy for the reply.
He has just had another episode so I think fully recovering the speech is going to be a slow process. I feel reassured by your comments. It is just so hard to know what is going on at times.
I have tried ringing and emailing headache Australia with no response (1 week) but followed the link and rang some of the clinics listed but they do not treat children. I was however given the name of the Paediactric Neurologist we have currently got a referral to. Seems he has a special interest in headache so it sounds promising.
As yet we do not have even an appointment. We had to fax the referral off and the appointment will be mailed out to us.
Thanks again for you support. It means alot to get some clear answers and information.
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