Changing handedness in adulthood. Any negative ramifications?

Factual Questions
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I’m thinking about doing an experiment on myself.

I was born a leftie, but I was switched when I was a small child. I’ve always felt like this was a mistake, however. I never became a complete “rightie”. While it is true that I perform most activities with my right, the manner in which I carry out these activities tends to be rather creative, for lack of a better term. Furthermore, my left hand has always been my “go to” for anything strength-related. My left arm always “remembers” to swing when I walk, while my right arm always seems to “forgets”.

I’m also strongly left-eyed and eared. It’s harder for me to judge my leggedness, but I strongly suspect I’m a leftie there as well. My thigh and buttock are noticeably bigger on the left side, and my left leg is my preferred kicker and stomper. It’s also the one with the touch of arthritis. Just like my left arm, my left leg seems like the smarter of the two.

I’m curious if at the age of 37, I could successfully re-convert myself to left-handedness. I’m also curious if I might improve my coordination by doing so. I am a klutz, but I don’t think my mixed-handedness is the cause of my lack of grace. Or is it? I know what the prevailing internet opinion seems to be on the subject, but I’m curious what the science says. What’s the straight dope?

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I was able to move my computer mouse to me left hand with very little trouble at all, despite being quite strongly right-handed. Took about 2 days to get used to it.

What kind of negative ramifications do you fear?

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I know s natural right-hander who lost his right arm to cancer. He said it took about 6 months to transfer, especially for writing. This was back in the days that we still wrote. It ought to be easier if you still have a right arm though. But he had a greater incentive.

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Why would you fear negative ramifications at all? You’d be using the brain hardware you have in a different way that doesn’t void the warranty. (hitting your head with a hammer for fun does). If you think there might be negative ramifications for attempting to use your left hand for most tasks, then wouldn’t you expect future problems if you tried to do anything new at all?

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For the OP to swick back should cause few if any problems I think. Forcing left handed children to change can cause all kinds of problems. This is what happened to my wife, who used to get her knuckles rapped (literally) for writing or drawing with her left hand.

This site here has a lot more information.

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Go for it.