# About the Symptoms and Treatments category

**URL:** <https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/about-the-symptoms-and-treatments-category/8111>\
**Category:** Symptoms and Treatments\
**Created:** [September 23, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/about-the-symptoms-and-treatments-category/8111 "2020-09-23T12:33:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![BF\_Admin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/bf_admin/32/302_2.png) [@BF\_Admin](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/BF_Admin)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/about-the-symptoms-and-treatments-category/8111/1 "2020-09-23T12:33:44Z")

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Share to us the treatments that had helped you resolve your symptoms of Ataxia.

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**Author:** ![Maddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@Maddie](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Maddie)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/about-the-symptoms-and-treatments-category/8111/2 "2026-10-21T19:04:17Z")

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Haven’t seen any posts about alternative therapies (acupuncture, etc.) Please forgive me if I missed any information.

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**Author:** ![Beryl\_Park](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/beryl_park/32/5716_2.png) [@Beryl\_Park](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Beryl_Park)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/about-the-symptoms-and-treatments-category/8111/3 "2026-10-26T17:47:21Z")

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🙂 I’ve reached the stage where Speech Therapy might be helpful…speech is notably worsening.  
I haven’t tried acupuncture for ataxia symptoms (I’d really like something to alleviate pain)…but I did try it decades ago (showing my age 😉) for PMT and couldn’t tolerate 'the needles’😬  
🤔 I did try a course of ‘Balance Therapy’…it was a group session and very sociable. I cope with mainly Vestibular issues…so it was challenging at times.  
Currently..I’m giving ‘chair yoga’ a go..mainly because I need gentle exercise due to osteoarthritis.  
😂Sorry ..I’m not much help by way of recommendations

🤔If you have an ‘enquiring mind’…you might find this link interesting..

> **[Therapeutic roles of natural remedies in combating hereditary ataxia: A...](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7841890/)**
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> Hereditary ataxia (HA) represents a group of genetically heterogeneous neurodegenerative diseases caused by dysfunction of the cerebellum or disruption of the connection between the cerebellum and other areas of the central nervous system. ...

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**Author:** ![Maddie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@Maddie](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Maddie)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/about-the-symptoms-and-treatments-category/8111/4 "2026-10-26T19:41:23Z")

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I tried acupuncture for severe leg cramps (nothing else worked). It took several weeks but it helped. Now the cramps are back again…just need to remind myself to be grateful it helped at all!

Thanks for your reply,

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**Author:** ![Beryl\_Park](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwithataxia.org/beryl_park/32/5716_2.png) [@Beryl\_Park](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/u/Beryl_Park)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithataxia.org/t/about-the-symptoms-and-treatments-category/8111/5 "2026-10-30T20:15:57Z")

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🤔 If you haven’t already tried medication, there are suggestions in this link..it’s likely others have been added since this was first issued.  
Other than that..specific stretching exercises could be helpful…seek advice from a Physio.

> **[Medications-for-Ataxia.pdf](https://www.ataxia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Medications-for-Ataxia.pdf)**
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