Walking difficulties

Betsy55437

My mom has been telling us that when she walks she feels like she is running. I experienced it firsthand this weekend. We went out for a walk and started out slow, she then started going faster where it was almost hard to keep up. When walking she is leaning forward. If I was not holding on to her, she would have fallen. Her spatial awareness is not there as much she walks to the side and seems to be dragging her right foot. When walking around the house she is very slow moving which is why this walk was so alarming. Is this just a case of her brain not communicating with her legs? We are not sure if we should be alarmed and have her check in with her neurologist?

AmandaF

Hi and welcome. This happened to my mom too - she was out on a walk and said it was like she couldn’t stop her legs from going faster and faster. It sounded very disconcerting, and in her case she actually did fall and bang up her face pretty badly. This experience was early in the diagnosis process for us, and eventually led to medication that helped with several of her symptoms. Her walking isn’t great these days but as far as I know she hasn’t had a recurrence of the weird running problem. All this to say, I would not hesitate to check in with the neurologist. Good luck and I hope you can figure something out.

Quilting brings calm

Is it time for a walker?

H1235

What type of dementia was she diagnosed with. I think I remember that lewy body dementia and maybe vascular dementia is more likely to have motor function issues. It wouldn’t hurt to check in with the neurologist.

Betsy55437

Thank you all for your help. We are going to check in with her neurologist to see if there is something that will help.