The Orthostatic Tremor Forum (archive)

Thank you, Helsan
I'm going to try, my legs are very wobbly,

Michelle, France

I just would like to answer the person who reported panick attacks. I had this in the past, long before the OT. It seems to me that you experience anxiety because your legs shake when you are shopping, which is very understandable. I've been taking the famous antidepressant Zoloft (100mg in the morn...

Thank you for this quotation regarding malocclusion and balance of the body. Several dentists I came to consult shared this opinion. Perhaps some of you with OT will become aware that you have a lack of molar contact (as for me, the clue is I can't chew between my molars on the left side), and this ...

To be more precise, there is no tremor at all in my jaw. It was quite by accident that I went to see a stomatologist for a minor cause, talked about my condition, and he thought that my OT could be related to the gap between my teeth. He put some paste in my mouth, and when I walked, because all my ...

Hello Gloria , I'm back again because there have been new developments for me. I came to realize that my kind of OT may be a little different from those of our community. I reported here that my tremor had become very severe, that my legs and ankles get very stiff when I have to stand for a second o...

Thank you Gloria for your replies. I feel better already to be able to share my concerns again. Over the years, I also have developed techniques to cope with the tremor. When waiting for the light to turn green, I hang on for dear life on the post. I lean against counters everywhere, in shops, at th...

Hello fellow OT sufferers! My story is a long one as I have had OT for more than 20 years now. I used to post on this site when it was first created by our dear friend Gloria. I stopped for many years because I had other problems which made the sitting position painful (I had the Alcock canal syndro...