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This is hard to explain. Does anyone experience light headless and feeling. When walking you feel l8ke your walking side ways and going up a hill but your walking straight. Does everyone always have a walk drunk or when they feel like they are off balance?
I often have difficulty walking straight as I wander to the left as if I am intoxicated. Drift not stagger. I also have no difficulty with distances and endurance, but rather course. I try to walk every day at the health club on either the treadmill, elliptical or the stair climber where I can have a hand hold. Usually get in 6 - 7.5 miles. To cool down I try to walk a few laps on the track, but need to be sure it is not being used by many and that I can hug the left rail or wall.
Open spaces are very difficult.
Lol. You are right. Drunk without alcohol.
I deal with a lot of balance issues. The way I first explained it to my neurologists was it felt like I was trying to walk across a waterbed even though I'm walking on flat, hard pavement and when I'm standing still I have the sensation that I'm on a boat in choppy waters. I thought it would be hard to explain but she acted like what I was experiencing was completely normal. The walking sideways feeling even though you're walking straight is a symptom I actually experienced just a month or two before I was even diagnosed and them with treatment of coarse it cleared up and I didn t have another problem with it until last August or September when I had a relapse which is when I had the waterbed/rocking boat symptom. Since my last relapse though I've progressively gotten worse and now I actually have to use a cane most of the time. When I'm feeling fine and not using my cane, especially when standing, I'll suddenly lose my balance and fall to the side. I just had this exact situation happen to me last Thursday and I pretty much have it happen periodically several times a week.
Lol drift, not stagger @A MyMSTeam Member.
I'm a drifter, at least 3 times accompanied by light headed feeling...good thing I wasn't in the wine aisle :)
My usual balance difficulty is when I cannot see or when I'm tired, so I would likely fail a sobriety test because tipping my head or closing my eyes and tandem walking would be like walking a slack tight rope.
Thanks 4 the share this has happened quite often with me lately. Went to my neuro yesterday and Primary today together they think its related to an ear infection now on amoxicillin will see in a week or so.Hope they figure out whats up with you soon and you feel better soon,
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