The Orthostatic Tremor Forum (archive)

Thanks Gloria, I am going to give deep breathing a try. Sounds good to me. My heart checked out good and I bet my Pulmonary tests will come out good too. I'll practice my deep breathing. Phyl

Hello, yesterday I was sent for pulmonary testing. That was because I told my GP doctor that I got short of breath doing the simplest of things. Does anyone get easily out of breath after doing simple things? Example: after getting out of the shower are you alittle out of breath? After making 2 beds...

I was diagnosed 5/3/13. My Neurolosigt hit it right on the nail. Said I had OT and I was the 1st patient he ever had with this problem. Prescribed Clonazepam 0.5Mg. Take one pill a day or 2 as needed. For about 3-4 days it seemed to make my leg tremor better. I could stand still longer. Now it is no...

Hello, My name is Phyllis Betti, I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. While reading Nelda's post it reminded me of being at a funeral for a friend's father. It was a mass. Well you are asked to stand quite often over the course of the mass. I was so embarassed that I could not stand as everyone els...

Hello, While having all th OT symptoms I did many google searches. I would search things like "weak shaky legs when standing" or just "weak shaky legs with fatigue" Never did Orthostatit tremor come up. I am 64 now but I'm pretty sure I've had this since late 50's. I am not one t...

Hello, I saw my general practitioner 1st and she did a few neurology tests and could see how shaky I got when standing still. She referred me to a Neurologist. My wonderful Neurologist asked me, Mrs. Betti, what problems are you having. I told him that I could not stand still wihout my legs quiverin...