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A 20-year-old male asked:
i feel very slurred, slurred words, thoughts, imaginations and even dreams seem slurred. could hypnotherapy or isochronic tones be the cause?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in

Dr. Pamela Pappas answered
Psychiatry 42 years experience
Slurred?: It sounds like you feel very slowed down, but "slurred" words and thoughts can also come from using alcohol or various other drugs. Please talk with the doctor prescribing your citalopram about this. Stop using the isochronic tones. If done by a licensed and well-trained professional, hypnotherapy is not likely to have effects like these. If not working with a psychiatrist, please do so.
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Dr. Eric Weisman answered
Neurology 36 years experience
Probably not: Clarify 'slurred'. If it is paroxysmal (sudden) in onset) and lasts only a few minutes one would be conserned about focal seizures or even a blood flow issue. Focal seizures tend to occur more often at night durring sleep stage transitions.
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