Question:
Carrying on from the Brain-fog thread...

It strikes me that the dramatic and traumatic results of Aphasia and it'sresulting cognitive disruptions is something that gets trivialised toooften as 'brain-fog'. Apart from the awful experience itself, otherelements of this condition give me cause for concern.

Could AMF's resident swots offer some input on this particularsubject? Anybody else have any ideas/thoughts/concerns etc.?

Answer: Aphasia of the ordinarykind is due to the left side of the brain, behind and above the left ear.Total aphasia in the ER ( Urgent Care in the UK?) tells the Dr. that thereis stroke or injury on the left side of the brain. The cognitive difficulties due to FM/CFS concern the front right,according to MRI and CAT scan studies. I've been able, over the years, toget over my embarrassment over not getting foggy, even tho' I've had severeFM for over a decade. That's 'cuz testing at the Univ. before FM showed Ionly use 2% of the right half of my brain. So the fog cuts that down to 1%.If fog was related to the left half I'd be severely foggy. Opiods work on the mid and forebrain...that's why certain PK's canmake a foggy person fuzzy, too.

Don't know if I'm a 'swot' or not but I'll try to clear up some things.(1) as Rosie pointed out Aphasia is caused by dysfunction in a different area of thebrain than is usually affected by FMS. I have some Aphasia because a portion of thatarea of my brain was left on an Illinois road in 1958.

(2) Most PWFMS suffer some level of Cognitive Dysfunction that may be experienced asforgetfulness, clumsiness, short or long term memory problems, speech problems likeAphasia, sensitivity to sounds, light & smells, & other problems that I can'tremember now.