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So Much I Learned at UCLA of CP

Hello all! It's been a while! But as many of you that follow me on Instagram or Facebook may have recently saw my latest post about my shaky hands and I wanted to pop on here and describe more in detail so here we go! I have talked before about the therapies I went through as a kid and one thing I have not mentioned is I got Occupational and Physical therapy through the state called CCS and the way the state works is they provide you services until you are 21 and then you are kind of left to "adulting" with CP where you have to find new doctors and therapies to work for your body. Roughly 6 months ago maybe even longer I started noticing that my hands were more shaky than usual. When reaching for a glass or cup my hands are having a difficult time grabbing the cup or I spill the contents of the cup more easily. Now I take two kinds of medications Baclofen and Artane that are to help with my shakiness. I started these medications in high school and have had several adj