Yes, me too with the droppin or letting go of things. It happens more when the hands are tingling or completely numb. I also have strong jerks that happen in my arm and hand on occasion, which can launch whatever is in my hand across a room.

Hope that you get some answers as to why this is happening to you.

With love, Erika

Thanks everyone for your replies.


It's so hard to know if mine is an actual symptom or not.


I can still remember it happened..maybe 5 times in just this one 6month period and that was it and then once a few years ago. Each time it happened I'd think "did that really just happen?" It's really odd. I second guess myself. It's just so bizarre.

Ughh......I do this, too. Drives me crazy. I especially worry about this symptom whenever I have grandchildren. I'll be afraid to hold them for fear of dropping them! :eek:

I know Kell, I make sure that I'm sitting down, when holding
a baby. ~Stinks!!~

Could be an MS symptom; or maybe not. As Snoopy said, her husband drops things due to CTS.

When I drop things it's not so much "letting go" as it is an unoticed lessening in grip. My hand doesn't open on it's own.

Yeah. It's hard to remember exactly how it happened those years go. But i would be, say, in the kitchen holding a cup. The phone would ring and while talking on it my other hand would drop the cup. Or I'd just be standing there holding it and say reading a book and my hand would just let go.

It was like my brain would forget I was holding it. My hand didn't open up either. It just would be in my hand...then on the floor. it just seemed my hand forgot it was holding something.

I tend to hold thing really tightly because of this. I use plastic cups to drink from and only certain coffee cups with a very specific type of handle.

Kitty, doing this keeps me hyperaware that I am holding something...just like lifting my foot-sometimes I have to really concentrate to avoid dragging the front of my foot and tripping:( Stupid MS..

The dropping things is not too big of a deal for me, as I'm careful and use two hands, along with two eyes when holding something that will make a mess (or get hurt) if dropped.
The jerking hand thingy, now that is mostly why I don't eat out or dine with others, or sit too closely beside anyone. It seems to be more likely to happen when I'm just resting my hand/arm, but the sweep can be pretty wide and no one likes to get a back-hander while dining or from a stranger while sitting in a waiting room. It also happens when I rest my hand on a computer mouse for too long. The 3rd finger insists on hitting the right click button when the hand is left resting there as well.

Stupid disease.

With love, Erika

So Erika

Remind me not to sit next to you at dinner! :)