How bad is YOUR handwriting?

[PhylisFeinerJohnson]

I'm getting to the point where I can't even read my own handwriting any more. It's not just about "shaking and quaking," it's just that I don't seem to have a connection between my brain, manual dexterity and writing.

If it weren't for word processors, I'd be sunk. (Ironically, I'm a writer!)

P.S. I can't spell for beans either...spellcheck is my savior. And proofreading.

[Eve]

My handwriting is really bad. Alot of people tell me that my handwriting looks as bad as a doctors handwriting.

[Rae1889]

Printing is nice, but my cursive is not in the least.

It used to be really nice and neat *My grandma taught me how to handwrite at 5, like an old lady* and now its loopy and messy and I'll skip letters or just half scribble it. I'd rather print, but then if I want to write fast I scribble.

Lately though with my hand shaking so much since being on Dilantin, my printing is a little sucky too. sad, because my hand writing often looked just like typing. uniform and even. sans serif of course...

[epileric]

You may want to check out the Epilepsy and Handwriting thread

[Nakamova]

I still write old-fashioned snailmail letters, so I have to keep my handwriting in shape.

[PhylisFeinerJohnson]

Rae, I gave up script for cursive, hoping people would at least be able to read that. However, even that became illegible with time.

[Rae1889]

what's script vs cursive? I'm thinking handwriting vs printing for me. printing= good, handwriting= bad. lol

in the poll Eric directed us too, not one person chose that epilepsy/anti-epileptic drug/Surgery/VNS has improved their writing. only decreased or not changed. but decrease is the majority.

[PhylisFeinerJohnson]

Oh, it's script vs. printing. They used to call it "cursive" way back when I was in school. (The midde ages!)

That poll Eric directed us to was wonderful. And really revealing!

[Nakamova]

My parents' generation (and older) all have lovely script handwriting. I think hardly anyone writes like that now.

[PhylisFeinerJohnson]

My girlfriends who went to Catholic schools have the BEST handwriting of all. (Of course, they don't have epilepsy!)

[BuckeyeFan]

To put it simply - If I had to physically write to be here, I wouldn't be here. Writing is slow for me. Usually all capitals and not very neat.

[Loopy Lou]

Mine changes from day to day. Sometimes it's pretty neat, other times it looks like a spider has fallen into an ink pot and stumbled its way across the page :P

[Zoofemme]

If I take my time and really concentrate it isn't too bad except for misspellings and dyslexia (I didn't have this problem until I started taking meds), it can at least be read although I have noticed it has deteriorated with the increased doesage of lamictal If I'm in a hurry, no one can read it, including myself, lol. After I have a seizure, my writing is HUGE, wobbly and doesn't make a whole lot of sense for a couple of days. You can see the changes in my diary.

[crazychick10793]

BAD! lol last semester, i taught in a nursery school for early childhood class, and most of the 3 year olds wrote neater than me

[music man]

Hi Ed here
Shakes Oy i don't believe it. With the advent of Divalproex, sleeping meds, and Benzo's my writing looked like a chicken had walked over the page and i have to chart every shift. If i added Caffeine to the mix and i did, it was scary. Ergo ditch the sleeping meds Benzos and sigh, caffeine. I have returned to some form of normalicy. Note the word some.
Best wishes on your journey

[PhylisFeinerJohnson]

Oy. You should see what my checks look like. I only hope they'll be able to read the numbers, skip the written amount! And there's a small memory problem: Sometimes I forget to sign them!

[music man]

Thanks for your reply, the humor was well recieved and required today.
Always open for interesting discussions.
Edward.

[Duvexy]

Mine is not good either, but my typing is fast. Maybe I need to practice writing more. I know my hand shakes sometimes, but I have not been able to connect this to medicine.