No Sense of Direction

[SueAB]

I never did have a sense of direction. I can remember ending up on the wrong end of my high school building, not being able to find my car in a parking lot and heading downtown when I wanted to go uptown, It is SOO worse lately! I wonder if anyone has experienced this, or am I on the verge of Alzheimers?

[greaterexp]

SueAB , I think some of us are more challenged with a sense of direction than others. I thought I had a pretty good sense of direction. But at the beginning of my relapse, I came out of a store and felt sure I had just come out of a different store. I felt disoriented and couldn't think where I'd parked my car. That was a frightening symptom that was a precursor to the real cognitive fog that came later. Fortunately, I haven't experienced that particular disorientation again, but I think it's wise to let our doctors know when we see a new symptom like that. I sure hope your cognitive issue is only temporary.

[erash]

SueAB i was seeing a patient in a building that I was familiar with but when I left their room I couldn't remember whether to go left or right. I went left, sure that was correct and dead ended into a wall. It was a weird disorienting feeling (and I usually have a good sense of direction)

[melack01]

Lately my sense of direction has been pretty good, but when I was younger it was my son's job to remember where I parked the car. My husband, however, has an excellent sense of direction. But on leaving the grocery store a few months ago, we searched and searched the parking lot for our car only to finally remember we had driven my mother-in-laws car.

[ssdw1958 in reply to melack01]

Thank goodness 😅 you remember that. I always look up at the building and if it has the store name I try to remember which letter/lane my car is in

But when I go to the hospital parking garage you know those little cards they have by the elevator that says what floor your on. I always take one you never know if you'll forget the floor your on. That would not be good.

[Iona60]

SueAB My neuro has said that people with MS often have spatial relationship issuses, which is why we bump into things. Maybe a sense of direction is related to this.

[jackiesj]

Sometimes when I find myself opposite I think to myself.......find a reason and call it an act of GOD! I always find something where I'm at(not suppose to be) that makes it worth it then makes sense...its a gift....