And we're all flakey sometimes - whether or not we have lupus.
Doctors call it cognitive dysfunction.
Cognitive dysfunction is any abnormality in one or more of these processes. Depending on what processes are dysfunctional, you may or may not experience any significant impairment. Cognitive dysfunction in lupus is real. But it's also something you can usually learn to work around if and when it occurs. So far, physicians don't know what causes cognitive dysfunction in lupus nor who will get it.