Scanning speech, in which words come out very slowly or in strange rhythms with the syllables between them separated by long pauses, slurred speech, mumbling, very slow speech, and limited movement of the tongue, lip, and jaw. Summary. Slurred speech is found among people who take Zanaflex, especially for people who are female, 50-59 old , have been taking the drug for 1 - 6 months, also take medication Neurontin, and have Pain. View detailed reports from patients taking Tizanidine Hydrochloride who experienced dysarthria. Reports are from official medical reports as well as online extractions from user reviews and forum discussions. Speech disorders are fairly common in people with MS, affecting an estimated 41% to 51% of MS patients at some point during their illness. Since normal speech depends on a very complex system of nerve signaling in the brain, the specific type of speech problem a person suffers from will depend on where CNS damage or demyelination occurs. Many of the symptoms of multiple sclerosis feel random, and can be down right terrifying. I’ve recently been suffering from a scary MS symptom: slurred speech, also known as dysarthria. PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING. JULIAJEWELS7@aol.com. My 3 month long freak reaction to flexiril/ cyclobenzaprine. Drunkenness and Slurred Speech Treato found 1,443 discussions about Slurred Speech and Drunkenness on the web. Symptoms and conditions also mentioned with Drunkenness in patients' discussions Zanaflex will make you feel very tired, make you drowsy and dizzy, it can cause hallucinations in some people, it lowers the blood pressure, and slows the heart rate, it can cause dry mouth, constipation, vomiting, and blurred vision and slurred speech. It should never be taken along with alcohol because it can cause sedation to be worse. View detailed reports from patients taking zanaflex who experienced speech disorder. Reports are from official medical reports as well as online extractions from user reviews and forum discussions. My AH has multiple addictions, when he stopped vicodin he rotated to benzos and instead of the pindot pupils and evil behavior, he was sluggish, slurred speech and slept all the time.