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- Sat Dec 23, 2017 8:09 pm
- Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
- Topic: Dyspraxia-walk like a drunk?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4291
Dyspraxia-walk like a drunk?
I have a question about gait/walking. My wife used to say I walked funnily. I asked my stepdaughter the other night.She said not funny but wobbly . I said 'like a weeble?' . She said 'No like drunk! Anyone else have gait/walking issues?
- Sat Dec 23, 2017 11:15 am
- Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
- Topic: Asexuality and Dyspraxia
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3989
Re: Asexuality and Dyspraxia
Wikipedia describes Asexuality as Asexuality is the lack of sexual attraction to others, or low or absent interest in or desire for sexual activity I have bolded the part that very much applies to me. I have not had sex for 27 years since my late wife had a stroke. I am just not interested. Whether ...
- Sat Dec 23, 2017 11:06 am
- Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
- Topic: Fluctuating ability to think clearly
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2962
Fluctuating ability to think clearly
I wonder whether a fluctuating ability to think clearly/organise thoughts,ie better some days than others,is a dyspraxic thing.
- Sat Dec 24, 2016 8:35 am
- Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
- Topic: Just got back file from my public school
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1540
Just got back file from my public school
There wasn't much. It was mostly correspondence from my prep school headmaster to my public school headmaster. What was mentioned was that I was poorly coordinated, not a games player, and had difficulty with drawing and writing. My public school chart mentioned I was disorganised and messy/untidy. ...
- Sun Apr 12, 2015 2:40 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello all
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2893
Re: Hello all
Thanks Nicky for your thoughtful reply.
- Tue Apr 07, 2015 4:48 am
- Forum: Transport
- Topic: Poor sense of direction -possibly agoraphobic
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3778
Poor sense of direction -possibly agoraphobic
Due to poor sense of direction unless accompanied by someone I very much stay within my safe zones within the town . I did have a bus pass on account of my mental illness, but a change over of staff at my mental health centre meant I fell through the gap when it came to getting a covering letter for...
- Tue Apr 07, 2015 4:32 am
- Forum: Day-to-day living
- Topic: Housework and other things
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3550
Housework and other things
This is something throws me. I am ok when given a small part of a task to do while being helped by others, but get overwhelmed when faced with doing the whole thing. I have difficulty with knowing how to sequentially do things. The easiest thing to manage would be hoovering but I haven't done that f...
- Sun Apr 05, 2015 6:09 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello all
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2893
Re: Hello all
Thanks Tom. Back in 2008-9(can't quite remember which) my then care co ordinator,after I had talked to her,got me an appointment to discuss things with a pdoc. After asking a few brusque and irrelevant questions the pdoc steered off the subject completely! Given a past history of being labelled &quo...
- Sun Apr 05, 2015 5:13 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello all
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2893
Hello all
Hi all, I am not diagnosed officially but feel I may fit dyspraxia/NLD. For the last 42 years I have been receiving psychiatric treatment and my symptoms include anxiety(general and social),depression,paranoia, mood swings, . What makes me feel I may be dyspraxic are the following things that are ap...