Sticking to exercise

Since the last appointment, my mum's hand's tremor was lessening but later because she stopped exercising for a while (grieving over the death of her beloved dog), it worsened a little. Then it got better after she gradually got back to exercise and still have room to improve when it was time to meet the psychiatrist again.

This time, a senior psychiatrist (in terms of experience, not age) attended my mum. She asked the usual questions e.g. "Any problem? Anything disturbing you?" Mum told her that she was still grieving over the death of her beloved dog and that she stopped exercising for a while. She also had trouble with getting good sleep i.e. took sometime to fall asleep and sometimes couldn't really sleep. The doctor advised her to adopt better sleep hygiene e.g. use bed only for sleeping (and not for watching shows on phone), don't watch drama at least 1 hour before bedtime. At the same time, she told mum that it's normal to sleep less as one ages. Quality of sleep is more important than the amount.

I was puzzled as to why the psychiatrist had yet to ask about the hand's tremor. When the opportunity arose, I mentioned it in relation to previous appointment but she still didn't ask. I guessed since mum didn't bring it up as one of the problems, she might had assumed that it was under control?

In any case, prior to this, mum had already confirmed that she would continue with the physio exercise to manage the tremor and avoid altering her psychiatric medicine.