Problems with spatial perception anyone?
 

Hi guys

At the end of another exhausting day, I am wondering if any of you have problems with judging things like where door frames are, parking spaces, distances, how close the kerb is, and exactly when to step from one step to another on the staircase.

Starting to think I am losing it. Today, I scrubbed the you-know-what out of a new and expensive alloy wheel against a kerb (man am I in the doghouse at home).

Anyone else?

Thanks for any input

Lyn

happens for me when I am tired. I mis judge where things are. its really frustrating. :(

Yes, I do this, too. Especially towards the end of the day or when I'm really tired. It's very frustrating. I remember my Mom complaining about the same thing as she aged. I'm wondering how much of it is age (in my situation....I'm 50) and how much is the MS. I'm thinking it's mostly MS. :rolleyes:

My depth perception started to go, I misjudged where things were and at what distance and knew to take myself off the road. Also my reflexes had slowed. A combination of MS and aging (I'm 55).

Yep, and it's all MSes fault. and since I quit driving at 64 (6 yrs ago), I know, at that time, it had nothing to do with age.

Age has crept in since then, so I may not be able to start driving again, even if my MS is cured.:D

Hi Lynn,
Sorry to hear of your difficulties right now. That's a frustrating symptom.

I tend to slam into doorways all the time (always on my right side too) I'll get myself even with the doorway and as soon as I start it BAM! slam the whole right side into the door frame.

On those days, I stay away from cooking in the oven because it will LOOK like I have 6 inches until the pizza is touching the rack, when really my hands have been sitting on a 400 degree rack for 3 seconds before I realize what's going on, I also do not get behind the wheel on those days, as it's much like being drunk, car looks like its 3 blocks away however its a couple of yards. SCARY :eek:

and I most definitely have almost knocked all of my front teeth with a coffee cup thinking I had inches before I was at my mouth when really I have already slammed this thick piece of hard clay through my front 4 teeth.

I find I am hazardous to myself at times. :thud::thud:

Sally,
We'll both be in the back seat and say to each other "I thought YOU were driving"




Another aging lady,
kicker

PS - c'mon. it'll be fun.

IDIOT!!! *smack* :D:p:D

Thanks guys

You have made me feel a lot better - nice to know that I am not alone, although convincing my DH will be a lot tougher than that.

:)

Lynn, I have had so many bruises and broken toes from running into coffee tables, door frames, refridgerator, etc...just can't judge distance anymore.

What the others have already confirmed, down to the various bruises. I manage to bash my elbows more times than I can count on a daily basis off door frames, furniture, etc. I stub my toes tons as well, or injure other areas. I'm lucky I've yet to break a bone!

Even though I'm klutzy with that stuff, I can balance like a professional (yay Nintendo Wii Fit balance board training!) which is crucial if you're a walker (I walk at least 4.5 km x4 a week) in Canada, the winter can be quite brutal with all the ice and snow after our storms (and we live in the snow belt of Atlantic Canada...!), so balance is key when you hit a slippery patch, or have to scale a snow hill caused by a plow, or trek through mountains of sidewalk snow because the plow hasn't been around yet. :p

I wonder sometimes if my depth perception is tied to MS alone, or perhaps migraine in part? I find on days that it's really bad, I'm also sometimes getting optical tossed into the mix. I sometimes will experience the 'shrinking' sensation (like things are getting smaller, or swirling into a center point - I don't know how else to explain it!), or floaters more pronounced/spots before my eyes. I find I'm definitely more depth-perception impaired when I have headaches or migraines, that's for certain... but the depth perception issues have become more noticeable in recent years.

I wonder how much of my visual problems are MS related and how much are just the natural process of aging. My Mom had a terrible time with her vision after she turned 50. And she didn't have MS.

Same here. It's really bad for me as I already have depth perception issues because of my vision!