Coordination problems

Does anyone notice coordination problems when you aren't feeling well.  I'm going through a little bit of a rough patch from all that I had going on last week and I am quite stressed out about a lot of stuff that's going on with my son. I've noticed when I start to feel worse, my coordination goes out the window and I become more clumsy than usual.  My hands don't want to work right and I end up dropping stuff a lot and I can't type worth a darn.  Then last night, I tripped up the steps (thankfully it was up and not down).  This morning after getting home from taking the kids to school I was walking up to the house and one foot went off the sidewalk and down I went.  It was quite an ungraceful fall and I'm going to have a nice big bruise on my hip and thigh - I'm pretty sore from it. I don't think it's anything serious, but I just wondered if others had noticed this too and any thoughts of what it might be.  Too bad there wasn't a video camera rolling this morning to send into Funniest Videos.

Oh dear!! Hippi . . . YES . . . I am also very clumsy when I'm not well. (sometimes even when I feel fine) . . . yes I drop things and trip and almost fall and fall . . . yes, feels SO not gracefull!! Dogs come running to the rescue!! licking me back to reality!! Make sure you tell your doc about it though . . . they check a few things to see if they can figure out a cause. I'd love to hear about your son's Dr. appt if it isn't too difficult to talk about . Blessings!

Hi Hippimom,

 

Oh my goodness yes. Clumsy, butterfingers, clutz, spaz, doofus, noodle legs, you name it, I've called myself it.  Drives me crazy!  I absolutely notice it being worse when I'm in a flare for sure.  Also if my blood sugar is too low, or my blood is too thick.  I walk into the corners of the walls, bang my shins against the coffee table, like you - trip going UP the stairs.  It's a gong show..... You're not alone sweetie!!

 

((hugs))

Ginny

Hippi, I could use a good dose of humor right now! I'm glad we can laugh at ourselves. ((((hugs))))

Hi hippi,
I am already so naturally clumsy I couldn't be any clumsier! And when I get stressed out it gets worse and it is so humiliating. I'm the one who gets mad and stomps aways and falls on her face! I also get momentary disorientation, which adds to the clumsiness because you can't think about your body movement when you are trying to get your bearings or just shocked that you lost them for a moment or two. I never could find my way to my cube at work or my office at school, no matter how many years I was there I would still get lost and go the wrong way, it is really embarassing. People would kindly attribute it to me being so focused on my work all the time that I was absentminded. I would joke I lacked spatial skills. I would forget people I worked with, even closely, their names or have trouble recognizing people when I see them outside of work. People thought I was rude or self-involved or just a space case, but the truth was that my brain and memory don't work very well. I have a lot of trouble with things seeming unfamiliar though they are familiar, even my own house at times. Its the opposite of a deja vu. I think it has to do with an imbalance of dopamine, or just stress sometimes.

I'm really clumsy though, always have been. I think that under stress we all have trouble, though it may be worse for us because stress for us can be really bad. Please be careful and try to take someone's arm. I do it alot when I can. I also use railings and I've learned to go slow, even when I'm in a hurry because I've really hurt myself falling before and it doesn't save any time if you fall. I don't know if a cane or umbrella might be helpful. I know having the right shoes makes a big difference for me.

As for toe stubbing, oh gosh I do that all the time. and I hit my head alot, hard, like on the car getting inside and stuff. I think its because I think my back will bend more than it does when I get in and my weight brings me down hard which really smacks my head good. I've actually seen the little tweeting birds circling my head, and my eyes turned into two Xs, LOL. I guess that's what's wrong with me, I don't know.

Just please be careful. If only we still rode horses, then we wouldn't have to worry about falling!

Oh Frank!!!  That is awful!  I have to admit that I wonder if my clients think I'm "on something" sometimes.  I often have to climb a 4 foot ladder to get "the perfect picture".  Well, on my dizzy days, that just ain't gonna happen.  And when I try, I'm like a bobble-head trying to regain my composure.... It's not a pretty sight.  Oh yeah, you forget where your tools are, and I forget where my second camera is... Right, it's slung across my shoulder!  That's it!  DUHHHHHH.

 

Ginny

You and your drill, Frank! I think you need to wear it around your neck!  You could use some of your cable wire to make a macho-man necklace! While you're doing one for yourself, could you make one for me too!  I'll strap my camera around my waist like a belt!  You could market something like this and sell them in pharmacies!!  Oh man, don't get me going.  I have IDEAS!!!

 

Stay warm tonight!

Ginny

Oh......Yeah.  Didn't think of that.  The belt idea might not work either. Hmmmmmm.....I know.  You need to put a locator beacon on it.  One push of a button and you'll have that drill making all kinds of noise!  Told you I have ideas! Hehehe......

 

Ginny

You are right Marji, I tell people all the time "that any monkey can do this job". Most people just don't care how everything works...If, you work like you know what you are doing people think you really know something and smart....HAHAHAHA

have Great Day!!