Arizona woman Diagnosed with foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS), after she went to Bed with a Headache, Wakes up Speaking with a British Accent

Michelle Myers, of the Arizon in Grand Canyon State, was diagnosed with foreign accent syndrome (FAS).

Yes, it’s a thing.

“Everybody only sees or hears Mary Poppins,” Myers, a former Texas beauty queen with seven kids, told KNXV-TV.

Over the past seven years, Myers has spoken in various accents. First Irish, then Australian. Each time, the accent lasted about a week.

But her British accent is still going strong since 2015, when she went to sleep with a blinding and immobilizing headache and awakened a changed woman.

“They send in the psychiatrist at the hospital and make sure you’re not a loon,” Myers said.

FAS is a rare condition — one that’s affected fewer than 100 people in the last century. It is usually linked to a stroke or neurological trauma or impairment. Other causes have also been reported including multiple sclerosis.

In some cases, such as a born-and-bred Texas woman who woke up talking like a Brit after jaw surgery, no clear cause has been identified.

Myers also suffers from a condition known as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which could be linked with her transient accents. The syndrome is a group of disorders that affect connective tissues supporting the skin, bones, blood vessels and many other organs and tissues.

“Some people think it’s physiological; others think it’s psychological,” said Myers. “People like me — we don’t care which one it is. We just really want to be taken seriously and if it is something that's going to hurt me, help me.”