The Orthostatic Tremor Forum (archive)

It's possible that I got overloaded with MANGANESE and that caused or contributed to my tremor. 1) In the last 10ish years they have linked exposure to manganese fumes to Parkinsonism tremors, in steelworkers. 2) Note I'm NOT talking about Magnesium, which some of us need more of in order to have ha...

My OT tremors have been substantially lessened over the past year after thirty physical-therapy-type treatments in a modality called "Functional Neurology". My doctor's training was at the the Carrick Institute. Functional Neurology is practiced mostly by Chiropractors, but also by some na...

Wow, fascinating. I may have a related success story (see 2nd & 3rd paragraphs below with references to eyes), which I will post both below and elsewhere under a heading that fits better. My OT tremors have been substantially lessened over the past year after thirty physical-therapy-type treatme...

Some days are a bit better, some a bit worse. Adrenaline from fear, being startled, anxiety, self-consciousness all make the tremor dramatically worse for hours. Effects of food are more subtle, but yes, it does seem to help that I've shifted to a "paleo" diet that's generally somewhat hyp...

Nothing particularly easy. The practitioner is credentialed as a chiropractor, so I shopped for plans where he was on the "in-network panel of preferred providers". Next hurdle is that the insurance company - Lifewise of Oregon - honor the new nondiscrimination law and reimburse him on the...

Obamacare has de-hostage-ized me from the HMO I'd been in. So now I can go see a functional neurologist (a chiropractor who is board-certified in neurology) in Portland. He specializes in the cerebellum and seems to know more about it than the MD neurologists I've seen. His diagnostic process focuse...

Here's some more quotes from the article on Orthostatic Intolerance: http://www.cfids.org/webinar/cfsinfo2010.pdf Do these ideas / statements seem true or useful to you? Hot environment can make things worse. Alcohol can make things worse. High carbohydrate meals can make things worse. Dehydration a...

I sometimes find myself out-of-breath, breathing heavily, and I sit down and notice my heart is racing a bit. It's as if I'd run up a hill, when all I did was sweep the kitchen. And sometimes there's some lightheadedness or disequilibrium. These aren't necessarily just side effects arising from the ...

Could we create a poll on this website, to gather anecdotal evidence? There's professional wisdom out there about how to best create an epidemiological questionnaire: I bet a couple of us could work together to learn how (and it's probably a challenge to do it well)

Hello all - Knowing about causes probably won't help me medically, but WOULDN'T IT FEEL GOOD TO take a tiny early step toward PREVENTING FUTURE OT CASES? Genetics and stress probably play a role. It's worth noticing what else might trigger OT. Medical professionals tell us a) rare disorders probably...