 [ Symptoms ] can a severe anxiety panic attack affect your speech for a short period of time when i talk my speech is off  i had to major anxiety  panic attacks that affected my speech however it was for a short period but every since then when ever i get very upset or hear bad news my speech become mild to severe impared my doctor gave me the name of this but i forgot however my family noticed that the anxiety is becoming more severe and it is becoming harder to relate information to me that might upset me i try not to let thing get to me but i just can not control it it makes me very moody home is me [ Disease ] doctors use a wide variety of tests to diagnose and monitor inflammatory bowel diseases a variety of imaging tests including colonoscopies are performed to assess the bowels biopsies are sometimes taken to look at cells in the lining of the intestines blood tests are used to detect nutritional deficiencies and anemia a common side effect of ulcerative colitis stool specimens can detect infections in the intestines