Hi everyone. Does anyone have the problem of been clumsy some days. I find myself knocking or dropping things. Spilling drinks, also lose sense of distance when putting items down. Zeesuffered Alot more during my lower dose days. Generally speaking im not known to be like this, I tend to get like this 2/3 days a month
Anyone else experience this?
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Oh yes - I stumble around like an oaf! I’m still a bit clumsy even though I’m better medicated now. And I’m worse when I try not to be clumsy!
I’m the kind of person who walks through a door and gets their belt caught on the handle; shuts doors on their own fingers; bangs their head on the car door when getting in; spills drinks - especially when trying really hard not to; trips up kerbs etc.
My spatial awareness is dreadful too. I’ve never been the best at that... and sometimes it’s like I look - but my brain doesn’t take the info in before my body makes the action - if that makes sense. I suppose it’s all part of the slow processing that comes with being hypo.
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Yes, that's definitely an effect of hypothyroidism.
Absolutely - I can identify wholeheartedly with everything you and MissGrace have written! Had no idea that this was part of undertreated hypothyroidism until I found this forum. Interestingly, found it subsided when I first started combining T3 with T4 late last year, although it's returned now (in fact I sent a glass of water flying across the table, narrowly missing my laptop, only a few minutes ago...)
Oh, yes. I knocked over a pot of cream I'd got in for visitors yesterday and then dropped a tin or sardines and trod in them. My cat was ecstatic!
You are not alone! If I rush into the kitchen i tend to crash into the side of the cupboard and the rebound causes me to stagger. Balance (especially on corners on stairs) not good. Mindfulness helps (if I remember). For me, the trick is to take my time. Not always easy or appropriate.
Hi there - I was always falling over when I first got ill before thyroid hormone it was awful and still wander when walking - this and the spatial awareness problem can be Vitamin B12 issues. As I write this I have a huge bruise on my arm as I got up to go to the loo in the middle of the night and did a wander straight into a strip of pointed beading along the wall in the bathroom - ouch is not what I said at the time.
For me, that is usually a telltale signal to increase my b12 dose. I've been fine recently (touch wood), but if I start forgetting where I park the car, losing my spatial awareness and bashing into things I take a sublingual b12 and it often resolves. I also tend to get low magnesium symptoms (back pain and spasms) when increasing b12 (or vitamin d for that matter), so I take some Epsom salt baths to make up for it.
Check your homocysteine levels as elevate ones are known to cause neurological symptoms. Then you'll know that you are deficient in b12, folate, b6 or magnesium (or a combination of them).
Kind of related to this is the subject of bad cholesterol.. and how Magnesium helps lower homocysteine.. "Homocysteine is a normal by-product of protein digestion, which in elevated amounts causes the oxidization of cholesterol—and it is oxidized cholesterol that damages blood vessels. For certain individuals who lack specific enzymes for protein digestion, homocysteine can become a real problem. A healthy level of homocysteine is below 12 μmol/L. Homocysteine levels greater than 12 μmol/L are considered high, and when homocysteine is elevated in the cell, magnesium measures low. " Taken from..
Definitely not alone, I am very clumsy especially when tired. I can't grip things or gauge stuff sometimes. Always spilling something. I can get frustrated with myself.
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