# Inabiltity to recognise passage of time **URL:** \ **Category:** Symptoms and Treatments\ **Created:** [October 25, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/inabiltity-to-recognise-passage-of-time/8163 "2020-10-25T11:53:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cross\_eyes](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/cross_eyes/32/1648_2.png) [@cross\_eyes](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/cross_eyes)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/inabiltity-to-recognise-passage-of-time/8163/1 "2020-10-25T11:53:29Z")
Friends may be interested in this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyschronometria#:~:text=Signs%20and%20symptoms%20Common%20signs%20of%20dyschronometria%20are,symptoms%2C%20while%20not%20completely%20understood%2C%20involve%20time%20perception.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyschronometria#:~:text=Signs%20and%20symptoms%20Common%20signs%20of%20dyschronometria%20are,symptoms%2C%20while%20not%20completely%20understood%2C%20involve%20time%20perception.) See also the various links ---
**Author:** ![Beryl\_Park](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/beryl_park/32/5716_2.png) [@Beryl\_Park](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Beryl_Park)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/inabiltity-to-recognise-passage-of-time/8163/2 "2020-10-26T09:31:37Z")
Generally speaking I’m aware this isn’t actually a problem but, when it comes to cooking things can differ… I can see that having a limited daily routine can cause problems when it comes to the passage of time, routine becomes automatic and mental focus drifts… ---
**Author:** ![cross\_eyes](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/cross_eyes/32/1648_2.png) [@cross\_eyes](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/cross_eyes)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/inabiltity-to-recognise-passage-of-time/8163/3 "2020-10-26T10:41:27Z")
Mmm. My problem is that it takes me 20 minutes to do something, but it _feels_ as though only 5 minutes has gone by. ---
**Author:** ![Patsy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/patsy/32/3_2.png) [@Patsy](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Patsy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/inabiltity-to-recognise-passage-of-time/8163/4 "2020-10-26T13:28:12Z")
Interesting but doesnt apply to me … this maybe because I am very aware of routine which I share with my husband. The day and week is very much divided into sections. I do sometimes feel panic that I have completely overlooked an event. ---
**Author:** ![Eric](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/eric/32/517_2.png) [@Eric](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Eric)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/inabiltity-to-recognise-passage-of-time/8163/5 "2020-10-26T23:59:33Z")
This article \*\*needs more [medical references] I am not one for self diagnosis on the Internet. Always see your doctor in the first instance if you have any concerns ---
**Author:** ![Beryl\_Park](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/beryl_park/32/5716_2.png) [@Beryl\_Park](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Beryl_Park)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/inabiltity-to-recognise-passage-of-time/8163/6 "2020-10-27T09:14:09Z")
Cerebellar ataxia can affect virtually any body part causing movement abnormalities. … movement in (1) the rate of initiation and cessation called dyschronometria, Copied from [www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) ---
**Author:** ![cross\_eyes](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/cross_eyes/32/1648_2.png) [@cross\_eyes](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/cross_eyes)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/inabiltity-to-recognise-passage-of-time/8163/7 "2020-10-27T14:48:04Z")
Eric Of course ask your specialist. Except that he seems to know even less. The reference to more information being needed often appears in wikipedia. It’s a technical thing meaning that the article doesn’t meet their requirements. I doubt it means that it’s necessarily wrong.