Balance

[Pastafox]

Does anyone else find there balance just goes like being pushed over your gate starts to go funny almost tripping myself up I look intoxicated when walking

[ratoncita]

yes.

[oldwomaninpain]

often, have to grab furniture or walls to stay sort of upright😍

[Bolognese2022]

Yes where you have to grab something to stay upright or you walk like someone intoxicated. I went to the GP to get it checked out but there not sure what the cause is. Had a brain scan which was normal, thank goodness. It might just be worth getting yours checked out with the GP just in case it’s not fibromyalgia.

Good luck

[CheetieCat]

Yes, especially if I turn my head too quickly. Have another strange one, if I have my head tilted for any length of time (like painting a ceiling) I'm really sick 🤮 🤷 no idea what causes any of this ??

[redkite55]

Yes, I often stumble when walking and walk much better when holding onto something. I bought a rollator to use if I know I am going to be walking a fair distance and even if I only want a couple of things in the supermarket will use a trolley as it feels safer. I sometimes get a dizzy feeling when I am sitting down too and have to wait until it passes before can stand up, it usually only lasts a minute.

[Fibrooh]

Yes, the feelimg of being drunk when I walk and also dizzy when moving head or standing up. I think I read that fibro can affect the autonomic nervous system.

[Patdoyle]

yes I get this too

[Loobyloo1966]

yes similar too especially when I turn my head. I use the furniture and the walls like others but still had several falls earlier this year. I now walk with a rollator and frame when indoors. Saves broken ribs, the hospital OT got them for me. Aged me incredibly but I’m safer now.

[Africanmonkey]

Yes I know what you mean. I am 62 now and I find it hard to keep my balance, but my problem is that my knee is going. I have been told I have osteoarthritis and this affects my balance. But I have always walked like a farmer my mum would say, so I don't walk upright. I also find I just stop walking for no reason.

[Fibroguy66]

HiI trip & unbalance alot & feel so embarrassed & stupid about it.

Fibromyalgia has many many nasty symptoms.

I just take it easy when I can when moving around

Kindest Regards

[Pastafox in reply to Fibroguy66]

Stay safe Fibroguy66

[Bue2]

Yes I'm the same, often walk into the door frames, lose balance often, especially when carrying something, have dizzy spells when sitting sometimes, it's another unexplainable symptom of fibromyalgia unfortunately, I've been putting off getting a rollator, but it's time now as I know I feel balanced when I'm leaning on a shopping trolley..steering it right is another issue though 🙄

[Pastafox in reply to Bue2]

Thinking of you

[Lillylilac]

Yes I'm the same. Have fallen quite alot so now I do everything very and I mean very slowly and hold on when ever I can. I do still stumble but don't seem to fall as I'm holding on and going slow.

It's another horrible thing that fibro throws at us.

Sending hugs

Lilly

[Pastafox]

Thanks

[Yorkie64]

Yes I have had this too for a few years, when In hospital for something else doctor doctor noticed it and put me on vertigo medication and said I were a complicated case and was to be followed up by opthalmology and ear nose and throat as brain scan came back normal lol!

[Debsdelight72]

Hi Pastafox,

Another Fibro symptom????💩💩💩💩💩💩💩

Last year and this year so far have been much worse walking up my first 3 stairs and then turn to tackle the rest ,my stairs are very steep, We have another banister now ( thanks OT) Stair lift out of order until batteries are changed, So I don't go down stairs unless I need🛀or 💩,

Has been this way for a few years now if I am going to hospital, GP Dentist it's not without a dose or 3 of Diazepam,

I started bouncing into some well placed furniture a human pin ball machine🙂 We found it funny when it first happened, Apparently when out and about I never walked in a straight line anyway,

Then came using my rollator outside at first, then inside and the perch stool were ok until I got what I call lego feet!!!!!!!! have you ever stood on a piece of lego bare foot???? Or a 3 pin plug?????

Then I would have to catch my self when resting on the stool I felt like I were falling, So doing the circle bird flapping thing (soz I really not sure how else to describe it) Because I would brace myself for a fall might as well have fallen, I ended up falling onto my back (knackered that years ago)The bruises were impressive,

The next thing I used my standing upright walker thing, (soz,I don't know the name of that either) It was meant to help me stand upright and therefore walk better and not fall over,

Hmmmm, Now I rely on my power chair, This has been a gradual increase over the years and other illnesses snuck in when I wasn't looking, I have had so many tests came back negative over the years and others came back poss/a/tive (soz),

I'm not bothered about what names of things and what they have done to make me like this,

Every time I fall I tell my GP and she sends me off for more tests,

I hope everyone will stop falling over and I hope others are there to help us get up

Take care Debs

[Pastafox in reply to Debsdelight72]

And you Debs Take care