How bad is YOUR handwriting?

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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.
 
My handwriting is really bad. Alot of people tell me that my handwriting looks as bad as a doctors handwriting.:embarrassed:
 
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...
 
I still write old-fashioned snailmail letters, so I have to keep my handwriting in shape.
 
Rae, I gave up script for cursive, hoping people would at least be able to read that. However, even that became illegible with time. :-(
 
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/AED/Surgery/VNS has improved their writing. only decreased or not changed. but decrease is the majority.
 
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!
 
My parents' generation (and older) all have lovely script handwriting. I think hardly anyone writes like that now.
 
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.
 
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
 
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.
 
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 :roflmao:
 
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
 
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! :-(
 
Thanks for your reply, the humor was well recieved and required today.
Always open for interesting discussions.
Edward.
 
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.
 
My handwriting isn't bad, I just have my own font.
 
My handwriting is horrible. Then again, it's been that way ever since I was little. I was always the one coloring outside the lines when everybody was coloring inside of them when I was in preschool.

As for spelling, I was a 2-time spelling bee champion in middle school. First 6th grader to win the competition at my middle school. Runner up in 8th grade though :(
 
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