Does anyone else here have extremely bad handwriting?? My handwriting is that of a Kindergartner.. I kid you not. Ive been told this by all my teachers from Middle school up untill college.. Its really bad. And I ask my self if this is due to my ADD and my impatience?

( This allong with inatentiveness was the two main reasons why I failed 2nd grade)
-k

I kid you not. Ive been told this by all my teachers from Middle school up untill college.. Its really bad. And I ask my self if this is due to my ADD and my impatience?

It very well could be... there are many associations of bad handwriting with many traits beyond what was listed. My handwriting isn't too bad, but then again, I don't write very much, and when I do, it's not very much, and it's printing. It is painful for me to write for a long time. There was a thread a while back that included samples of member's writing, and not everyone had bad handwriting.

Yea, my handwriteing can kinda resemble a dislexic rat on cocane if im just a little careless,

I can write better than that (always print) but I have to go, very, very, very slow....

I don't think it is uncommon at all. For DS and I, it is terrible handwriting with the death grip on the pen/pencil. For some, handwriting is a hand-eye issue, or a fine-motor, coordination, dexterity issue. This seems to be one thing that I am seeing the children undergoing the Dore program having less of an issue with through the treatment, seeing their handwriting is improving, along with other areas of fine motor, dexterity, eye/hand coordination. It seems to be part of the package for a lot of us with ADHD and other primaries and other tagalongs. As the primitive reflexes that were present become inhibited as they should be, and the part of the brain that affects these things gets stronger and does what it is suppposed to do, all of these issues start to peel away like onion layers through the treatment. I am finding it all very interesting.

in high school one of my teachers descibed my handwriting as a chicken knocked over a bottle of ink and proceeded to walk across the paper. i've since made a concious effort to make my handwriting legible, which means no cursive and slightly improved. it wasn't easy though.

My child and I both have atrocious handwriting. I attribute this to our visual/spatial learning styles, as well as to ADHD.

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Likes complex ideas and tasks and does well on them, yet often fails at simple things
Is physically sensitive, often has acute hearing and intense reactions to loud noises.


Poor listening skills, often seems not to be listening


Has difficulty finishing tasks/school work
Has poor handwriting or difficulty keeping in the lines or grips the pen very hard and presses on the paper when writing
Loves Lego, puzzles, jigsaws, computer games, television, making things
Likes art and/or music
Has a poor sense of time
Is extremely sensitive to criticism
Is emotionally very sensitive
Has difficulty with spelling/times tables
Can remember the way somewhere after going there only once
Has a vivid imagination and/or disturbing dreams
Is distractible
Is very disorganised.

I have great hand writing when I want to . When I am in class, taking notes and the teacher doesnot have a powerpoint up , and I am racing to get what the teacher says down on the paper that is when my handwriting gets sloppy.

I'm like Vhan. My writing is terrible but I can write neater. Its just that it take a really long time and a lot of concentration.

I think my handwriting is pretty good, so I didn't really unerstand why my doctor asked how my handwriting was when I was being assessed for ADHD.

Although when I'm very unfocussed my handwriting is terrible no matter how hard I try, it's like another person is writing.

Some ADDers/LDers have Cerebellum problems that cause handwriting issues.

Try a keyboard or a fat foam pen grip thingy.

Some ADDers/LDers have Cerebellum problems that cause handwriting issues.

Try a keyboard or a fat foam pen grip thingy.I usually stick to strictly the keyboard, but I will give the foam pengrip a try soon...thanks for the advice :).

For a while when I was writing quite a bit, I put the pen between my 2nd and 3rd finger, which took a lot of the pressure off of the structure of the hand that is "overused."

QueensUGirl, the cerebellum has been implicated in the handwriting issues in those with ADHD and LD's. This is the part of the brain that Dore and Learning Breakthrough and other movement based neruotherapies target and treat. Don't want to sound like an advert, but just to let folks know there sometimes is a solution to these issues, along with all the other issues that accompany them that are often more prevalent. :)

I have really good handwriting. I always looked at it in an artistic way. I can draw very well also. Now, spelling.....:eyebrow:

I think there is something to be said about the use of computers and keyboards for the majority of our “writing” and how that effects penmanship.

Reminder is of topic;

Does anyone else here have extremely bad handwriting??


And I ask my self if this is due to my ADD and my impatience?


Brief explanations of possible causes and possible solutions / helpful tips are a welcome part of this discussion but lets not go over board. Saying my ADD treatement which is "XYZ" also helps with the hand writting problem is more than fine but can we leave it at that please.

This is just a general reminder to all participants; in no way it this meant to be an accusation of any kind. I am just trying to prevent trouble before it has a chance to prevent this discussion from being productive that is all.

There was a thread a while back that included samples of member's writing, and not everyone had bad handwriting.


handwriting samples (http://www.addforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36239)

My every day hand writing stinks but oddly enough I can do calligraphy. . . .one more paradox in my neurodiverse universe.

hmm Ill need to scan or take a digi pic of my handwriting lol

I also do calligraphy, but have abysmal handwriting. I can't even read it sometimes. I know a lot of calligraphers who say the same thing.

With calligraphy, I'm in the same place most of the time, with a slanted board or drafting table, I have a certain pen with a certain nib, and I'm holding the pen a certain way. It's like drawing, and I really concentrate and go one letter at a time. This often leads to spelling mistakes, but that's a different story.

For handwriting, I used to really wrap my fingers around the pen, and it took a long to relax my grip. Still, I'm not comfortable with a regular pen. Strangely, I sometimes feel more comfortable with a pen in my left hand, but then I write backwards.

mine sucks :o

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n302/mjpm_92/scan0001-1.jpg thats actually printing but i don't handwright much... i can never read it and go too fast so i mess it up