wanting to say something but unable make the words come out

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I am 58 and recently started struggling with speech. I start off pretty well in the morning, but as the day progresses speech gets harder and harder. I stutter and stammer. I can see the image in my head but can't think of the word. Or I know the word but can't seem to force it out of my mouth. I used to be very fluent. I have a large vocabulary. It's like I have a "speech budget". I can only talk so much and then I run out of words! It's very frustrating. Fortunately I don't talk much to anyone anyway, and so far my clients (I'm a contractor) pay me to build, not socialize!

Usually words known to me don’t come to mind when speaking

The physical act of talking is sometimes difficult because of this, sadly this kind of thing is judged as low intelligence by NT others