Chronic pain and exhaustion is going to make people stutter, lose concentration etc - try getting someone that's just run a marathon to talk to you in a concentrated way - alll they can think of is finding somewhere to collapse - you will often see that they are repating the same things again and again and not taking in what you're saying. They may also mess up words and confuse ideas.

what we live with every day is a marathon and more - I am exhausted before I get out of bed, and so sore I can't think. Mornings for me are not for speaking, I can't get the words out. I am lucky that my mum, carers and some mates can tell my soup dragon communication and understand it. (It is amazing how much you can transmit through "mmm" "meeerr", facial expressions and eyes...

Even when my brain has woken communication can still be hard, I miss words from sentences, mangle them together and get myself totally confused, I miss words when I'm re-reading or re-read the same sentence 10 times. Sometimes I just don't talk because I just get it all wrong and it can get really embarrasing... or when the words come out upside down. However, I have a diagnosis of dysphasia which I guess explains it all. For me it is worst in the morning and late at night... I think most of it is related to pain and dystonia.

Sleep deprivation can also affect speech and concentration--> if you don't sleep you will have a poorer memory and isues with sleep. Look at new mothers... as they develop the insomnia generally related to babies they lose their ability to remeber information, tell people that they are foggy, confused, and that time just dissapears - like you Anna I find that I miss patches of the day - but I find mine are linked with pain.

Interesting though.....

Unfortunatly examiners don't give you extra consideration for having no memory!

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