Hand - brain co ordination

I found doing jigsaw puzzles and painting by numbers helps with those fine motor skills, doesn't cure it but definitely makes them more precise and can be very frustrating when your hand won't obet or makes a sudden exaggerated movement.

I'm doing some jewellery making now, not the first time I've had to pick everything up off the floor! But hey ho great sense of achievement when a piece is finished and ive made some Xmas presents too, bonus.

Good luck Janet x

Hi sdcakt,

I have a slow growing tumour in left medial temporal lobe and suffer with many of the same problems, especially the speach and hand writing.

As Kirk5w7 says, repeatedly doing the fine motor skill thing helps to improve things and with the speech I find trying not to get too frustrated by it, taking a long slow breathe and thinking about what I want to say and saying it slowly, increasing the pauses between the words seems to help me although if I'm tired, stessed or talking to strangers it becomes much more difficult to control.

I just try to look at the funny side of the silly things I do because I've found allowing yourself to get frustrated and angry just makes it worse and becomes a self defeating circle.

Best thing I find is towrite my problems down to take with me to the consultant so if my speech lets me down I can still get my questions and problems across to him and sometimes get answers and tips to help.

If there are any pelling mistakes I apologise, it too is part of what happens, what I see, writre or type isn't always what I get.

Take care

Sporan

Hi there

I have similar difficulties and explain it as my brain has forgotten where my left leg is etc!

There are lots of exercises that stimulate the 2 hemispheres of the brain to work together. You will find some on line and have probably tried some of them as jokes - rubbing the tummy and patting the head, and clapping and crossing hands to hold your nose and one ear then swop etc.

It may be a different cause for you, but it might be worth giving them a go to see if they help - important to have a sense of humour tho and r'mber that a lot of people who don't have a BI can't do theses exercises!

Thanks that's really helpful, I too write stuff down to take to my consultant, n doctors as stress makes my speach worse and use less words n spaces, I can't argue as I can't find the words fast enough, very frustrating sometime. The hand thing takes me by surprise as the hands ok on its own, then I try to put a card in an envolopes n just can do it, but don't know why,

Strange things these brains

sdcakt, it really is a matter of practice and adaptation and I'm sure you'll find, with perseverance, that your co-ordination will improve along with some acceptance that things might be done a little differently from now on.

I still get impatient with my clumsiness after 3 years, but try to laugh at myself as much as possible . . . . . . . . . that really helps stop the pattern of frustration from developing.

Best wishes for further recovery. xx

Thanks cat3 I'm sure I ll learn to adapt, it just floors me every time, as I expect to be able to do it, n can understand why I cant. Hubby will have to do xmas cards this year, phew, it has some advantages lol

I also experience similar symptoms I gave slurred speech and a sort of stutter I nearly said scat man ?! Do you remember him from the 90's I think I also am aphasic with speech and writing in that I cannot find the right words!!

Even Siri on my iPhone doesn't understand me

I hope we learn to adapt to these afflictions

Welcome to the club! See me shaving - life threatening activity once in a while. I swear a lot too.