Went to get my hair trimmed...As I looked in the mirror, I noticed how my facial muscles tense up when my voice is being difficult. (Try talking in a noisy hair salon). It made me wonder how many of us here on the BB experience the same thing.Also, I get a slight pain around my temples and eyebrows as these facial muscles tense up. Anyone else?
--fancynancy--
AB/tremor/facial strain, central CA
--modified by fancynancy at Fri, Jul 12, 2002, 02:07:54
Re: Who Has Facial Expressions and Pain When Speaking?
Hi Fancynancy...............I think that my whole facial expression has changed since the onset of SD. My look is always tense and drained through straining.
Krissie
Re: Who Has Facial Expressions and Pain When Speaking?
Hi fancynancy. Never thought about facial expressions before reading your post and, after looking in the mirror while I was trying to speak and swallow during a spasm, gave myself a fright with the sucked in cheeks and thin tensed lips so don't know now what causes other peoples reaction. Is is my voice sounding as if I'm being strangled, or the very peculiar expression on my face, or both. I too have a lot of head pain but, after looking at my reflection and the tensed muscles, I can understand why. Thank you for bringing that to our attention. One more unfortunate sympton of SD.
Regards, Janine. AB/SD Aust.
Re: Who Has Facial Expressions and Pain When Speaking?
My wife has pointed out to me how strained my face has looked when I had a spasm and was having great difficulty talking and was trying to force the words to come out. I did not have any pain.
Since I received my first Botox injections April 11 of this year, I have had much less difficulty with this, but I still sometimes feel like I have to work to talk. My doctor referred me to a speech pathologist who is helping me to get to a point where talking will not be work for me.Tony, AD/SD, North Central Texas
Re: Who Has Facial Expressions and Pain When Speaking?
Hi Fancynancy,That's interesting that you mention the hair salon, because I find settings like that, and also cocktail parties or coffee hours at church, particularly difficult at times when the Botox is wearing off. And, you have given me an idea about something...I sometimes think (or imagine? who knows) that others are reacting to me more negatively when my voice is strained. Perhaps it's because of my expressions even more than my voice! I plan to do some practice with a mirror or, maybe even better, video taping. And, to top it off, I've had pretty frequent headaches. I think you're on to something. Thanks for the observations. Cat
Re: Who Has Facial Expressions and Pain When Speaking?
Yes, I know that when I have to expend a lot of energy to talk that my facial muscles, neck muscles, etc. are definately brought into play. I have problems in particular with the jaw. And I also had a lot of extraneous movement. I always thought that it was pretty funny that I had to wait until I had these sort of symptoms before I "allowed" myself to get regular massages! (since, as you know, I'm a massage therapist.) :-)
I wish you well, Robin (AB/So. Calif.)
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