Handwriting

This is an odd question but it has been bugging me for years.
As a teen and into my early 20's I had beautiful handwriting. Printing or cursive I would always get compliments on how "neat" it was.
As I have gotten older and of course with the fibro my handwriting comes and goes.
I have good days and bad (for lack of a better description). Pain in my hands for the most part is not a factor.
This seems to be more along the lines of my hands and brain not lining up!
When I first started noticing it (years ago) I thought perhaps it was that my hands couldn't move as fast as my brain was. Now I don't believe that to be the case.
I have tried to really concentrate when I am writing and that almost seems to make it worse. Like I am trying too hard.
I have days when I don't form an entire letter making my writing difficult for others to read. Take an "S" for example. I can make the full "S" if I go back and fix it but otherwise it is more of a straight line than something with curves!
I have seen countless elderly people with seemingly "chicken scratch" type writing but that is usually related to arthritis.
This isn't that so much as something that I tend to blame on the fibro. It doesn't happen every time I write but often enough for me to notice (I write a lot with my job).
Just curious if anyone else has noticed something similar.

Post Edited (luvmyboxer) : 8/21/2012 11:15:00 AM (GMT-6)

I have terrible handwriting. I write on student papers and they cannot read it.

I have never had nice handwriting but it did used to be better. My theory is that I write so much more now that I do not take the time to make it legible.

When I am taking notes for an extended period of time, my right thumb area cramps.

I've never had good handwritting because I'm a lefty. But I have noticed it's messier than it used to be.

Mine has gone down too, was never great. Wonder if it's because we type more, and are out of practice?

It's rare to find a lefty with perfect handwriting. Your daughter must of found a way to adjust to handwriting method.

My fibro started acting up to the point I knew something was wrong in Dec. And taking notes and writing for my classes I couldn't figure out why it was so hard to write and looked so horrible suddenly. Must be the fibro, if I just write a little I am OK , but a page or more my hand and arm hurts and I can't even read it later.

Just curious.....
How many teachers are on this forum?

I certainly have issues with loss of feeling and use of my right hand/fingers due to my many cervical fusions but I would say that my handwriting has gotten worse because of computer use.

The basic "use it or lose it" theory. I hardly do any writing anymore as obviously most correspondence has switched to email, text, FB, and Twitter.

There have been recent articles about this in the news how kids today have terrible handwriting and they are actually getting rid of even teaching cursive in many schools now around the country!

When I was filing out my disability paperwork is when I really noticed how difficult it was for me to even print because of the cramps and numbness.