My Dad Suddenly Started Speaking Gibberish During a Migraine

My dad has struggled with aphasia since I was a kid. For years, I don't think any of us fully understood what was happening. It wasn't until he was an adult that he started researching aphasia and learning more about what he was experiencing. Recently, he was on a phone call with a client when he had a particularly bad migraine. During the conversation, his speech suddenly became so jumbled that he was basically speaking gibberish. The client noticed something was wrong and asked him, “Are you okay?” What makes situations like that difficult to watch is knowing that my dad is still trying to communicate. He knows what he wants to say, but sometimes the words simply don't come out the way he intends them to. He's also wondered whether some of his other symptoms, especially problems with memory and attention that remind him of ADD, could have anything to do with his aphasia or migraines. We don't know if they're connected, which is one reason I'm hoping to hear from other people who have experienced something similar. I've learned that communication problems can be difficult for other people to understand because they aren't always visible. Someone might suddenly have trouble speaking and still know exactly what's happening around them. From the outside, it can look like confusion, but that's not necessarily what's happening. He's actually dealing with an ocular migraine while we're putting this together, so we're hoping this post comes out as clearly as we think it does. For anyone here who lives with aphasia and migraines, have you noticed that your language or communication gets worse during a migraine? Do you also experience problems with memory or attention, and if so, have you ever been able to figure out whether they're related?