The Orthostatic Tremor Forum (archive)

Answer to your question Gloria , one reason I work out at the gym is yes it is hot in Florida and people want to stop and talk which I cannot do and seeing other people also work out, time goes by faster and easier to workout when others are doing it the same time ...I did full marathons all over la...

Finally bought my stool with the back and wheels and is adjustable to different heights.....so far love it....I use to wash clothes and sit on the floor and go from washer to dryer now I just roll from the washer to the dryer and sit and fold the clothes from there....also going thru the closets to ...

Have not been on this site for a while and Good to see more people have been on since you have posted and requested people to say what they are doing and Mike I enjoyed watching you explain what OT is all about , very interesting......I am from Bradenton , Florida , have had OT for many years , can ...

it has been a while since someone has a update on Prisms glasses, would love to hear if this has helped
With OT recently.

Finding it harder and harder to get my daily cleaning done in my home and do not have the funds to hire someone on a regular basis to help and family all live out of town, does anyone have any suggestions? Is there anything out there that there are services to help, I myself do not know of any and w...

Sorry when I did send something asking about the PT did not see your other post showing the exercise, just wish I had a copy of it, would love to try them...

Would love a copy of these exercise and I do not know how to print this. How can we get them?

What kind of exercise do you do in PT that seems to help as I have not heard of any exercise. I also had tried many pills with no help so now I am not on anything.but
my tremors are not good either, wish there was some relief with prescriptions.

I have given Carbidopa Levodopa a fair try and did not help me at all besides not helping me I was very tired so have even taken off of that, not taking anything right now as going away and did not want to be so tired while I am away. Has anyone found something that really helps them, please post. I...

Hi, it has been some time since I posted on this site, I am now seeing a new doctor in hopes that I can find some relief as have problem standing for just a few seconds, he put me on a drug less than a week ago called Carbidopa -Levodopa , has anyone ever tried it for O T ?

it seems that my tremors have gotten worse , I have been in a lot of stress with my son in law having ALS and the family going thru hard times financially ... I feel stress really makes it worse..try to keep my spirits up, just need to get back to an exercise program... Many of you have talked about...

I think if anyone finds something on the Internet and it is not harmful why not discuss it, even if it is some advertising and it worked for some , that would be great , we all are looking for help, like acupuncture worked for some and I know it did not work for me, but why not give it a try, I am a...

Have tried gabapentin for three months , with no good results , did not help my tremors and also made me very tired, weaned myself off of them this passed Wednesday , feeling still light headed, has anyone found that it takes a while to get out of their system? (My doctor weaned me down from three ,...

I am on Gabapentin and have gone up gradually , now up to 900 per day with no help with my tremors and started taking them almost three months ago and also Propranolol one daily two months ago, with no help with my tremors, can I get some feedback from someone on these drugs. Went to the doctor last...

I have gone back to my Neurologist Dr Zesiewicz Professor of Neurology in Tampa, Florida, as she has tried me on Gapapentin 100 mg and I had started at a low dose and up to 900 mg per day along with 1 propranolol 60 mg per day and do not seem to get any relief from the tremors at all, it feels the s...