Debilitation fatigue

Sleep Dysfunction, i.e. insomnia, day and night confusion

Lack of stamina

Problems planning, organizing and initiating tasks

Difficulties with multi-tasking and sequencing, i.e. Keeping track of 2 things at once.

Need for structure and direction to accomplish tasks

Poor concentration, attention and memory

Problems retrieving information from memory.

Although intelligence remains intact, there is slowness in processing information, particularly new information, especially if fatigued or over stimulated

Problems with pacing activities.

Difficulty with judgment and decision making

Perseverant i.e. The mind gets stuck on one issue (Also know as tracking, obsessing and fixating)

Distractibility, confusion

Irritability, Impulsivity

Difficulty dealing with change

Inability to cue, leading to socially inappropriate behaviour

Isolating self as feeling different, and therefore treated differently

Hard to "keep up" in social situations

Poor coping strategies which impact on interpersonal and vocational efforts

Vertigo (dizziness to loss of balance), light headed feeling

Tinitus (ringing in the ears)

Light or sound sensitivity, smell and taste alterations

Visual, speech and hearing disturbances

Stress related disorder; depression, frustration

Emotional labiality, i.e. Crying for no apparent reason

Emotional/behavioural outbursts, compulsive talkativeness

Balance and co-ordination problems (motor co-ordination)

Personality change

Chronic pain, including headache

Chronic pain including headache

Inability to return to work, or, if able, at reduced capacity and with great effort

Family breakdown

Possible misdiagnosis as, for example, psychiatric illness or malingering