Rubral tremor

I have just seen a man who suffered a stroke 2 years ago at the age of 43 (originating in the brain stem and going on to injure the thalamus and cerebellum).

After 2 months in a coma, he seemed to be progressing fairly well until, at the 6 month mark, he developed a rubral (midbrain) tremor that affects left arm and left leg and, most distressingly, a "3rd nerve" injury that affects his facial (speech) muscles and eye control (may have been caused by drugs during hospitalization).

If he is awakened at night from sleep, none of these symptoms is present. He can speak clearly and has no tremor. I suppose thaat his conscious mind is not engaged at this time and wonder how this hypothesis might be put to use. Is it that the conscious mind is experiencing no stress that allows his thalamus and cerebellum to process movement? Is it that his conscious mind is involved very minimally that he can speak and move smoothly?

My plan right now is to help him learn to enter trance quickly and easily in order to calm the conscious mind.

Any ideas that I might try?

Penny Robinson, M.Ed.

p_robinson@sympatico.ca

Replies:

Re:Rubral tremor, by Lindsay Smith, 11/05/01 Re:Rubral tremor, by Steve Lankton, 11/10/01 Re:Rubral tremor, by Ed, 11/10/01 Use Catalepsy, by M. Ameeri, M.D., 11/15/01

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