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12 Jul 2010, 11:16 am

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

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I have days where my hands appear to be absolutely useless and I drop things constantly. It seems like my brain's not making the usual connections it needs to make with my hands in order to hold unto things. I trip over myself, too. Limp? In a sense, with my hands anyway. Not sure if it's the same as what you're experiencing. I've had these moments since I was a kid.

For me, I think it's mostly a coordination thing. Some days are worse than others.

Now, I have various physical health issues, so i.e., I understand that when my jaw goes limp or feels weak, it's because I have TMJD. What freaks me out sometimes is electrical pulses going down my arms and legs at once, as it puts me in mind of MS symptoms (as do some other physical sensations I have). That can coincide with a numb feeling, but not so much "limp". It's probably related to my beaten up spine, or maybe it's a nutritional deficiency (like vitamin D, which I take, but I'm not sure it's enough). Once it happened during a panic attack.

Sorry, It's probable that none of this was helpful at all.

I have what feels like electrical pulses randomly go through my body sometimes. It goes down my arms.

I've had migraines since I was a kid, and have scoliosis. I never really looked into MS but I doubt that's my problem. I don't know how to explain it, but it's more my brain forgets how to control my muscles for a second or two.

Then again, there's that neck twitch that I recently developed.

I had "zaps" like this when I was on SSRIs. I would get them really badly when my feet hit the ground.

I'm not on any medication. I haven't been for 9 years now.

Could be a neurological thing, then. Sometimes having very mild seizures that you aren't aware of can cause things like this. I sometimes wonder if I may have been having mild seizures when I was on Effexor, but I've heard that other people experienced the "zaps" as well, but whose to say that they weren't also prone to seizures because of some underlying neurological condition? You should really get it checked out.

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12 Jul 2010, 11:05 pm

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Do you ever find yourself randomly dropping things? What about leg muscles just going limp while walking, running, or standing?

yes, both, occasionally. i have thought it was a bit odd, but not odd enough i worried about it. it's like the muscles forget what they're doing and "unlock" for a second. my ankles collapse on me like this as well.

at this point i just accept that a lot of things misfire or shut off briefly and i don't worry about any of it anymore. i have given up trying to make sense of every single thing that happens to me physically (i.e. do we have nerve endings inside our esophagi?? why?) - i would never think of anything else. my take. maybe those who have suggested a neurological work-up have a more practical point of view, but i now just chalk all these things up to strange wiring.

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13 Jul 2010, 1:27 am

katzefrau wrote:

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Do you ever find yourself randomly dropping things? What about leg muscles just going limp while walking, running, or standing?

This is exactly what happens to me and exactly how I see it. I was just curious if this was a common problem for people on WP. lol

This has all been a pretty consistent thing ever since I can remember, so I highly doubt there's anything wrong. Maybe I'm being naive, but so far it hasn't posed any real problems.

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13 Jul 2010, 1:30 am

Sometimes I'm clumsy, other times I'm extremely precise.

Muscles do give in and go limp sometimes. I don't think it's something neurological though.

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13 Jul 2010, 11:06 am

I don't know if my leg muscles have ever randomly gone limp, per se, but I can definitely relate to dropping things. Sometimes objects I'm holding will just fly out of my hand for no apparent reason. I'm not sure exactly why this happens, but I know that my motor skills are pretty abyssmal across the board, significantly worse than most people on the spectrum. I really haven't figured out any way of remedying this.

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13 Jul 2010, 2:04 pm

I drop things all the time sometimes I even drop food off my fork before I get it into my mouth. I make a lot of messes because I drop things and spill things and I even drop things when I have a grip on them. So yes I drop almost everything its an everyday almost every hour occurrence.

My legs aren't that strong to begin with so they get tired and hurt after standing for long periods of time and sometimes fall asleep after sitting for awhile but most of that has to do with being overweight.

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13 Jul 2010, 2:05 pm

Chronos wrote:

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

Do you ever find yourself randomly dropping things? What about leg muscles just going limp while walking, running, or standing?

I've been known to drop things though if your muscles are suddenly going limp you may want to see a neurologist. You could be having seizures.

Or a cataplexy. People with narcolepsy often suffer from these.

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13 Jul 2010, 2:18 pm

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

Do you ever find yourself randomly dropping things? What about leg muscles just going limp while walking, running, or standing?

Yes all the time. I also have trouble catching things thrown to me like keys or a ball. I also have a hard time tracking thrown objects flying past me.

when I walk I stagger and the cops have stopped to see if I am on drugs or drunk. :lol:

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13 Jul 2010, 2:26 pm

jmnixon95 wrote:

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TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

Do you ever find yourself randomly dropping things? What about leg muscles just going limp while walking, running, or standing?

I've been known to drop things though if your muscles are suddenly going limp you may want to see a neurologist. You could be having seizures.

Or a cataplexy. People with narcolepsy often suffer from these.

I'm not narcoleptic.

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13 Jul 2010, 2:28 pm

Todesking wrote:

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

Do you ever find yourself randomly dropping things? What about leg muscles just going limp while walking, running, or standing?

Yes all the time. I also have trouble catching things thrown to me like keys or a ball. I also have a hard time tracking thrown objects flying past me.

when I walk I stagger and the cops have stopped to see if I am on drugs or drunk. :lol:

I have a very awkward walk, myself. It's generally pretty straight, though. I've been told all my life I 'walk like a boy'. Whatever that means...

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13 Jul 2010, 2:29 pm

I was told I walk like a duck and I dont know why and I cant catch or throw very well myself always get made fun of for that.

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13 Jul 2010, 2:38 pm

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I was told I walk like a duck and I dont know why and I cant catch or throw very well myself always get made fun of for that.

I've never been able to catch or throw very well, either. When I was in elementary school, I lived in this foster home with a few teen girls. One of them pointed out that I bounced as I walked. She made it her mission to break me of this quirk. I still find myself bouncing sometimes, but for the most part she was successful. She made me very self conscious of it.

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13 Jul 2010, 2:45 pm

TeaEarlGreyHot wrote:

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I was told I walk like a duck and I dont know why and I cant catch or throw very well myself always get made fun of for that.

Im glad its not just me who cant catch or throw and I am glad she tried to help you even if she had a mean start to helping you.

The girls who told me I walked funny I was in 6th and they were in 8th grade and after they said it they proceeded to show me how I walked by walking by me laughing it hurt and I can still remember it to this day but no one else has ever mentioned anything. So I always wonder from time to time if I really do walk weird I mean oh well if I do but still makes me self conscious every time I think of it.

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13 Jul 2010, 2:53 pm

I'd be willing to bet you don't walk funny if it was only one group of girls that said it and proceeded to bully you over it.

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13 Jul 2010, 6:18 pm

My daughter does this. She falls to the ground for apparently no reason then says she can't get up (goes limp). She also bumps into things a lot. It was explained to me that it is poor proprioception/vestibular issues. It's sensory in nature and very common with AS children apparently. The poor tracking is related. My daughter has trouble "crossing her midline" in other words she can't track an object from right to left or vice versa without losing it at midline, which is neurological in nature. OT can help with these issues. You can google OT exercises for things that can help with this.

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13 Jul 2010, 6:29 pm

Mama_to_Grace wrote:

I used to do that as a kid! It's been years since I just fell, though.

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