Couldn't understand spoken language when waking up

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I just woke up and felt v strange 😕 😳 As though when I was listening to the radio, I couldn't understand the language 😫😬 and it felt like I couldn't move my mouth properly to form the words.

Sleep inertia? The people had quite strong regional accents. And I have a history of three concussions and didnt understand written language after my first one.

I also have a neurological involuntary movement disorder called tardive dyskinesia that was caused by some prescribed off label antipsychotic. It includes tongue movements. I felt like I couldn't form words very well with my tongue a few minutes ago too but I wondered if it was just my movement disorder 🤔

You should definitely speak to a doctor asap. I don’t know about your medical conditions but these symptoms could be signs of a stroke/TIA so you need to speak to a professional (not me on Mumsnet who doesn’t really know). Please call a doctor asap.

Thank you for your kind reply.

I feel ok now but at the time, it was a bit scary. I had to really listen to the people on the radio as it was facing away from me and sounded like a foreign language - although I do have a mild hearing loss too 😳🤔😅

Trying to form words felt a bit harder. I don't know, it seems a bit silly to call 111 or something.

Please do seek medical advice even if your symptoms have now passed. It could be anything really, something trivial or equally something very serious. My cousin found she couldn't understand words at one point and it turned out to be a brain tumour.

Goodness, your poor cousin. I'm sorry 😞

I'm feeling better but if it happens again, I'll speak to someone ❤️

My mom had a stroke last year and it started very much as you describe.
Please dont wait to see if it happens again. You should ask for tests to rule out a stroke or the possibility of a future one x

So sorry to hear about your mum. I hope she is OK now.❤️

I had previous difficulties understanding the written and spoken word after my first concussion, so I kind of attributed the symptoms today to those.

The people who were speaking on the radio kind of sounded like a wall of noise, if you know what I mean. I wondered if that was because of my previous concussion, language difficulties, hearing loss and the strong accents, plus the radio was facing away from me.

Goodness knows. It was odd.

Why are you dismissing everyone's concerns about you and the advice to see your GP at least about it? You aren't a medical professional (at least you haven't said that you are) and while what you experienced may be related to your previous concussion, hearing loss and/or the situation of the room, it also may not be. And if it isn't, the kind of thing that such an experience may be indicative of is quite serious and should be addressed in a timely way. You can tell your GP all those mitigating things, but to not even ask them to investigate whether or not it's something else seems very foolish.

I will phone my GP first thing in the morning and tell them my concerns. I have had previous experience of not understanding language so I guess I have put it down to that

Yes, I probably sound foolish, I have had so many neurological issues over the years - some of which were gaslighted by even neurologists - that I am slightly overcautious of doctors sometimes.