About a month ago I hurt my back and had to find a new chiropractor, so I ended up with Dr. Joan O'Connor in Tigard, Oregon. She is so gentle, no popping, unless that's what you want, I don't. She is very attentive, listens well, she understood immediately what I needed. My back issue was fixed in one session. So, I thought I would just toss out the tremors and other issues on my follow up visit and see what she said.
The morning after that visit was like I had rolled back the clock on my OT to before my diagnosis. I'm now off the gabbapentin altogether. I can stand for, I don't actually know, but long enough to put my coat on, to talk to people at the door, to put things in the cupboard, to pick clothes out in the closet and so on. I used to immediately begin waving my arms around, for balance, not even a second after not holding onto something. And the panic of looking for a place to sit.... was horrible! That panicky feeling is almost nonexistent. Now, I just sort of think, hmmm I think I should sit down, I'm sort of tired now.
I think the tremors are still there, but they are so faint, I'm actually not sure.
I've had three visits and one of those was focused on my back, not even about the tremors. I'm now using a walker only, not a wheelchair at all. I have hopes that I may even be able to let that walker go soon. I even went shopping today for several hours and found myself standing still and looking at things, even dawdling. I still have a lot of spatial unsteadiness, but that has also improved a lot, I am eager to see just how far we can go with it.