I'm only 30s and keep having "falls"

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AIBU to worry something is wrong with me?

I'm only in my early 30s. I've got 4 children including a baby, my partner left so I'm on my own. I don't know if I'm just extremely tired or if I should worry?

Some recent ones-

I slipped in the shower and fell hard on to tiles. 2 days off work as I had such a bad head.

Tripped up the pavement, while holding baby who luckily was in car seat and uninjured. Cut one hand open and both knees. Very bruised and sore luckily not broken.

Slipped down stairs and hurt back.

Tripped/slipped in kitchen and dropped glass I was holding, with a piece going through my foot and causing an injury.

I've never been clumsy. This is the past year or so. I don't drink/smoke/take drugs.

Otherwise healthy, normal weight etc.

I have anxiety and depression.

Could it be tiredness causing this? Or do people normally have these things happen frequently and I've just been lucky so far in life?

Tiredness could be causing clumsiness, but without wishing to scare you when this kind of thing started happening to my MIL in her 30s it was caused by MS. She is on very effective treatment now and well more than 30 years later, but with this in mind I would get looked at.

Could be tiredness, could be bad luck, could be anything. I don’t think there’s any way we can know.
maybe book a gp appointment to discuss if you can?

4 kids, one a baby, a job and on your own is going to be exhausting though. You’re a hero.

I had a few falls and clumsy mishaps a couple of years ago. Ages mid 30s. I needed glasses! Haven't fallen since I got them

It could definitely be tiredness, stress etc. But I would go to the GP so they can rule out anything more serious.

Agree that you’re a hero!

Get it checked out.

Could be all sorts of things, but if there are even more than your examples in a year that is a lot.

Get yourself to the GP urgently. Happened to someone I know and ended up as MND

Tiredness and exhaustion can affect our depth perception so we are more likely to be clumsy.

However if it is happening so frequently you may want to see your GP and just be checked for anything neurological.

Go to GP.
I doubt anyone on MN can diagnose you.

Definitely worth getting checked out.

Do you go wobbly or anything beforehand or are you just falling over?

Could be tiredness, but could also have various neurological causes if it's a sudden and really noticeable change to coordination and well worth getting checked out

Oh my goodness Ms, MND who needs doctors when we have our professional Mumsnet parents. Dear me try and understand the worry you are putting into others heads.

Could you have any historic ligament damage or any ligament changes following your pregnancy? I had the same, I had some damage to the ligaments in my ankle when I was in my teens and this was exacerbated by the body changes of my pregnancies. It makes me really clumsy.

Can't recall going wobbly or anything like that.

I had one suspected "non-epileptic seizure" about 18 months ago... at least that's what the drs told me when I was in hospital but I think they just weren't sure what happened so just gave it that label?

All I recalled at that time was the sensational of going stiff in my arms and not being able to move before I must have passed out.

No episodes like that since.

I just feel like I have sudden onset clumsiness.

I know no one can diagnose me I just didn't want to feel silly going to the GP if this is normal.

I lost some strength around my core with pregnancy which made me more likely to fall over. I had a few falls when my kids were little as a result. Did pilates and it helped.

Don’t feel silly OP. It’s definitely the right thing to go to the GP, especially with the seizure too. Hopefully everything is ok but you’re definitely not wasting anyone’s time by going.

I kept falling a couple of years ago. I went to the doctor and they did a few neurological tests and I was fine. Stopped falling. I had just moved house so perhaps it was stress.
It's worth getting checked over, but I wanted to reassure you, just to balance out some of the more worrying suggestions.

I wouldn’t worry yet but definitely see your GP soon. Personally, I had a ‘clumsy’ phase and it got better when I started working out, I think my fitness (muscles and tendons maybe) wasn’t bad but it wasn’t great either. But GP, asap.

Low blood pressure too could be a cause. I used to faint, trip and fall and drop things often when I had low blood pressure.

Yeah - could be lots of things - my daughter went like this about aged 18-20 - we thought it was to do with going out and partying - but turns out she had Fredrich's Ataxia....

Always best to get checked out!

Definitely see your GP OP,

Among whatever your GP recommends ask for bloods done and ask for a paper copy of the results. These show your readings against the recommended ranges and you can see, for example, if your B12 is in range. I don't think looking at your blood results are the whole story by any means but they are a starting point.

Are you looking after yourself and eating properly OP?

I’m a GP and I think it would be sensible for you to see your GP. You need to be examined and have some tests arranged.

Was the pavement uneven? Did you spill stuff in the shower/kitchen? I had a series of inexplicable falls I think it was due to having shoes with an overly good tread. Literally be upright one minute and looking at the sky the next.. what do YOU think is happening? Was there an explanation each time?

Definitely get checked out x

If you had to have 2 days off work due to head pain after the shower fall you should have gone to A&E - relatively minor falls can cause brain bleeds - that’s what happened to Natasha Richardson.

It could be fatigue + stress of 4 kids in your own, but the possible fit could indicate something more is going on. I would list all these incidents to your GP and get evaluated.

Good luck.