How is your motor control?

[Alvin]

Most of the time I don't, but I accept that, as I am probably a mammal, it is necessary from time to time, to calibrate my mental processes and to rebalance various hormone levels.

People are social animals and need interaction, even if they don't like it, otherwise a certain amount of relative derangement is to be expected.

We are probably not really designed to operate without external interaction, things drift.

That a single person, on a planet, all on their own, within 100 years of their isolation, they give up, they stop breathing, their various internal organs stop working, maybe even decay/rot, they'll probably die, shows this quite clearly

Soliraty confimenet causes the human brain to fall aprt so whiel many prefer slone time we are not deisgned for isolatoin

 

[Arnie Pye]

I have problems with writing sometimes. Most of the writing I do these days is reminders to myself to do things, or very occasionally I have to fill in a form or sign something. I sometimes lose control of my hand, and without any warning at all my hand will jerk in a random direction and what I'm writing will become just a meaningless scribble.

With regard to spelling, I've been using a spell checker for years. What I struggle with is words that sound the same but are spelled differently, for example, principal and principle. I can spell both versions of the word so it won't be highlighted by my spell checker. However, my spell checker doesn't tell me which version is correct to use in different circumstances. It didn't matter in the past, because I knew which one to use without much (or any) thought. Now, my mind goes completely blank on which is correct, and I have to spend time arguing with myself about which one I should be using. I doubt very much that I get it right all the time.

 

[MeSci]

With regard to spelling, I've been using a spell checker for years. What I struggle with is words that sound the same but are spelled differently, for example, principal and principle. I can spell both versions of the word so it won't be highlighted by my spell checker. However, my spell checker doesn't tell me which version is correct to use in different circumstances. It didn't matter in the past, because I knew which one to use without much (or any) thought. Now, my mind goes completely blank on which is correct, and I have to spend time arguing with myself about which one I should be using. I doubt very much that I get it right all the time.

I use a dictionary to rest my mouse on. I don't need it to check spelling very often, but it's always handy!

 

[rvallee]

Poor. Big difference with before. Most annoying is sometimes I try to grab something or do fine hand movement and it's like there's a glitch and my hand goes all jerky and jittery. My brain responds pretty much like missing a step when walking, sort of a jolt of "something unexpected happened". Not a big deal in absolute terms but the difference with before is very noticeable. I am normally pretty much 0 clumsy, never used to drop anything or bump into things, fine motor controls and hand-eye coordination.

When standing still I sometimes lose a bit of balance from my legs getting weak, especially after some exertion.

I have spasticity sometimes. Had a few episodes when it went on for several days, like everything is rusty.

Constant shaking/jitters, especially my hands, too but it's not very noticeable so I have no idea when it started.

 

[andypants]

It comes and goes, but a lot worse than before ME. We had to buy a dark rug for the living room because glasses of wine kept falling on it

The more tired I am the more I will struggle with words and with coordination, when glasses and words start to go missing it’s past my bedtime.

 

[Amw66]

I am unaware of this test, is it something my GP can order?
What is it called?


I don't drop a lot but fine motor functioning is mentally taxing to the point i need to stop thinking for a couple hours so i avoid it.
Then again i do drop when i push, but chopping vegetables or meat is just too dangerous for me.


I'm sorry to hear this


Mine is unfizxed belwoi

I can do most things but once or twice, repetitive is askign for injury and some thigns are jsut too taxzing. Fr example i got some new insoes which are supposed to help my kjnee pain, my chiropractor cuth tem to fit in aobut 30 seconds. I was jsut in awe, for me tahat woudl take 10-15 mintues and hours if not more of mental recovery.



I get this too form overdoing it mostly. In PEM, pushign whiel PEMed or sometimes jsut mentally oversone will cause it for me



I am relatively ok on this but my spelling is pretty bas as well. FOr example i left this reply unspellchaked. I suspect in my case ifs neurological and not motor control related.,
THen agfin who really knows, my bain is in bad shape nin general
i feel li,ke an idiot posting liekl this but it gives a goos idea what me real tyoeling is liek

For owsme reason i keep thinkgin about ALS today

Re B12 tests - attached is a guide which highlights different types of assay.
It' s a NICE document so should provide info suitable for your GP

 

[Alvin]

Somehow i completely forgot about this thread. Don't ask me how

I have problems with writing sometimes. Most of the writing I do these days is reminders to myself to do things, or very occasionally I have to fill in a form or sign something. I sometimes lose control of my hand, and without any warning at all my hand will jerk in a random direction and what I'm writing will become just a meaningless scribble.

Yikes.
Mine is not like this but it is taxing and my writing has become almost doctor like at times

Poor. Big difference with before. Most annoying is sometimes I try to grab something or do fine hand movement and it's like there's a glitch and my hand goes all jerky and jittery. My brain responds pretty much like missing a step when walking, sort of a jolt of "something unexpected happened". Not a big deal in absolute terms but the difference with before is very noticeable. I am normally pretty much 0 clumsy, never used to drop anything or bump into things, fine motor controls and hand-eye coordination.

I can understand this. Mine is more that my hands don't do what i am tying to get them to do or i can't get fine enough to get a particular job done

Constant shaking/jitters, especially my hands, too but it's not very noticeable so I have no idea when it started.

When i was milder i would get this frequently not as much anymore

It comes and goes, but a lot worse than before ME. We had to buy a dark rug for the living room because glasses of wine kept falling on it

The more tired I am the more I will struggle with words and with coordination, when glasses and words start to go missing it’s past my bedtime.

Interesting. Sometimes i notice when tired musical pitch goes off, if i am hearing music and its out of tune then i know brain is malfunctioning

Re B12 tests - attached is a guide which highlights different types of assay.
It' s a NICE document so should provide info suitable for your GP

Interesting. I only read the first chart but at those prices if we had such tests here i would get it done.

 

[Barry]

My wife's fine motor control is good, she can do fine needlework etc. But her legs have been an issue since she got ME. Told me it was like having to learn to walk all over again, having to consciously think through putting one leg in front of another; she also uses a stick. And whereas once she could walk along with head up and taking in her surroundings, she has to stop walking in order to do that now; whilst walking she has to look ahead at the ground where she is walking.

 

[Alvin]

My wife's fine motor control is good, she can do fine needlework etc. But her legs have been an issue since she got ME. Told me it was like having to learn to walk all over again, having to consciously think through putting one leg in front of another; she also uses a stick. And whereas once she could walk along with head up and taking in her surroundings, she has to stop walking in order to do that now; whilst walking she has to look ahead at the ground where she is walking.

Weird how there are so many differences.
Earlier when i was mild/moderate my motor control was amazing, it was difficult but i could do things most people could not, i could hit baseballs in a batting cage with amazing accuracy (then crash), i could photograph objects moving in the air. I've come to suspect it was due to my compensations for slowly increasing motor control changes.

 

[Klabautermann]

I saw a neuropsych. in 2007 with regards to issues I was having typing. They put me through tests and the result was that I have 'medium range' damage to the part of my brain that deals with fine motor skills. I have done what I could over the years to help my brain (neuroplasticity I guess would fall under this) and it doesn't seem as bad as it used to be, but I sometimes have small 'moments' where I mess up a bit.