Need Help with a Word

[Audrey_M]

Unable to judge/feel speed, distance, problems with spatial relationships. Realized I need to include this.

I've seen people use a term to describe this, but can't remember it. Looked at the health pages first before posting.

Have an appointment tomorrow and am trying to pull together 2 medical hx.

Can anybody help me with the word? I know that it begins with a p, but can't go more beyond that.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Lulu54]

Jen is right, right and right! Don't use these big medical words when dealing with your docs before you have a dx.  Their use sends up all sorts of red flags to the doctors that you have actually been using your brain and researching the symptoms.  

There is absolutely nothing wrong with saying what you experience in plain English.  I'm glad you went that route.

Lu

[RedFlame]

Proprioception and spatial relationships (depth perception).  I would describe them the way you experience them.  

Red

[Audrey_M]

In the end, that's what I did!

Thanks for the help.

[jensequitur]

Visual-spatial relationships, maybe?

http://www.newhorizons.org/spneeds/inclusion/teaching/stockdale.html

But honestly, guys, don't try to throw around the technical terms.  It just scares doctors off.  Tell them your symptoms in plain English, and if they're worth their salt, they'll know what to call it.

[zenhound]

Yeah I have been looking for another word that describes that.  Can't really come up with anything.  Exteroception might be the broad category (the ability to sense things outside of oneself) but I can't come up with a word that describes what a breakdown in that ability would be.  

[Audrey_M]

Thanks! You pegged the word for me, but it doesn't fit what I need to describe.

Audrey

[zenhound]

Are you thinking of proprioception?  That's the ability to distinguish where your body is in space (it's what they are testing when they have you touch your nose with your eyes closed).  Not sure it applies to being able to judge speed though.