http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/feed http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/feed en-us Copyright (C) MDJunction.com. All rights reserved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:58:38 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/general-support/10757169-dad-has-et#10760172 First of all...Welcome to the group. Your father is lucky to have you for support. He needs to be honest with his doctors. If he's not honest some of the meds could be making things worse. I have always questioned what came first, the tremor or the anxiety. The two seem to go hand in hand, like what came first, the chicken or the egg. Being tired, or overall not feeling well also seems to add to the tremors. Opening up to the doctor and chipping away at some of the issues may help his trem... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:42:51 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/general-support/10582028-weakness-with-et#10756418 I have the same issues, my left arm goes weak and I've been having weakness in my left leg. It's a real pain in a@$ since left is my dominant side.... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:24:17 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/general-support/10725844-interesting-articles#10740544 Thanks for sharing, Very interesting read :)... Sun, 09 Jun 2013 09:49:16 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/general-support/10678989-will-changing-my-schedule-help-my-tremor#10740127 Hi nicurn. It is generally recognised that people who work at night on a long-term basis have problems due to the reversal of the circadian rhythm. For that reason, hospital workers and long-distance airline staff often use melatonin to offset some of the difficulties. For long-term night workers, it can be difficult to switch back to a daytime waking schedule so I hope you manage. Again, melatonin at bedtime can help.Post edited by: TopGeek, at: 06/09/2013 04:39 AM... Sun, 09 Jun 2013 04:38:35 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/introductions-personal-stories/10734814-essential-tremors-and-the-ubiquitous-problems-new-to-me#10737890 Thank-You very much @ LighterLife, I find your advice and strength very encouraging. I will share the list of notable people with ET to my daughter, as well as your wonderful view regarding coping with ET how you explained it to your children. Thank-You also for welcoming us to the group. @ Kevin I hope you are feeling better today.Post edited by: Mickey73, at: 06/07/2013 10:53 PM... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:53:04 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/introductions-personal-stories/10734810-essential-tremors-and-the-ubiquitous-problems-new-to-me#10734810 Post edited by: kevin85704, at: 06/06/2013 07:43 PM... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:37:50 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/general-support/10237543-pain-with-et#10733036 Hi Dana It makes sence. Its a form of non stop exercising. It's a workout. I have other painful conditions that I dont know where 1 statrs and the other leaves off.:-O... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:58:11 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/general-support/10525321-help-for-spouse-to-understand#10733024 Hi The best is to take him to your neurologist and then a family support group group.... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:52:44 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/general-support/10703741-essential-tremor-emotional-verbal-abuse#10727084 Hi and welcome We all have the potential to shake. Most have a hight tolerence so they don't. Becomming extremely firghtened will do the trick. Essential tremors is caused by a condition in the brain.... Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:35:25 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/introductions-personal-stories/10665402-et-in-wisconsin#10705336 I empathise with the swearing laweinberger. The air is often blue around me when I slosh my tea all over the table or fail to transfer my side salad to my dinner plate. When I was younger, I never swore but this condition really gets under your skin.... Fri, 24 May 2013 15:34:16 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/general-support/10691320-new-to-support-group-and-doing-this#10703285 I was diagnosed several months ago but have had them for probably ten years had a lot of misdiagnoses from low blood sugar bad nerves. Then started having problems with my lower back and walking sideways long story the short way I had three bad discs in lower back a large cyst in the brain and believe it or not after my brain surgery I was tremor free for three months then they came back. I hope that you find something that works for you I am on a combination of Topamax and primidone the are so ... Thu, 23 May 2013 16:27:16 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/introductions-personal-stories/10691738-dont-know-what-to-expect-could-use-some-advice#10691738 I'm thirty three and was just diagnosed with Effective Tremor last week. I've never been sick in any way and was the epitome of health. In the past six months, I started shaking. I thought maybe it was nerves or a result of playing American football or racquetball the day before. It got to the point where I couldn't even eat a bowl of soup because I would shake all the soup out of the spoon before it got to my mouth, and one of my favorite past times of playing video games became untenable becau... Sun, 19 May 2013 00:30:27 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/introductions-personal-stories/10615418-i-am-so-upset-with-my-head-shakes#10690166 Well, a few weeks have passed and my tremors have reduced dramatically. This week I went through another big attack of stress and my tremors increased again. They are definitely linked to stress. I do feel very optimistic that they will reduce to a manageable level once the stress has completely gone. I post this respectfully acknowledging the huge struggles some are going through and in respect to the new people who are un diagnosed and arrive here looking for an answer and information in sheer... Sat, 18 May 2013 02:32:36 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/general-support/10671685-selegiline-hcl-deprenyl-eldepryl-etc#10674044 Yes, that has happened to me. I'm just experimenting with different meds because it seems clear that the neuros don't have much idea how to treat it. If you test negative for Parkinson's they just call it ET and prescribe drugs that make you feel like a zombie. The last suggestion was clonazepam and that is where I decided to go my own way. Fortunately, my family doc is happy to prescribe what I ask for and selegiline is the latest. So far it seems to be helping. In particular, it has taken away... Fri, 10 May 2013 16:13:26 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/general-support/325874-thyroid-disease-and-essential-tremor/limitstart/20#10673384 thanks for the heads up... Fri, 10 May 2013 10:43:55 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/general-support/10647569-tremors-and-uti#10653475 thanks TopGeekPost edited by: Ginag, at: 05/01/2013 06:29 AM... Wed, 01 May 2013 06:28:40 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/general-support/10642302-parkinsons#10646785 Hi My heart goes out to you. My Dad had Parkisons. I hope it's a misreadig. I have essetial tremors. They assure me it's not P, but oe ever kows. Gina... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:20:23 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/general-support/10593724-is-et-associated-with-muscle-pain#10636488 I would think cotinual shaking and the stress of it play a part in muscle pain. I have FM besides ET.... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:08:32 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/general-support/10468392-things-ive-learned/limitstart/10#10625338 Thanks for the tips. I am 25 years old and was diagnosed with ET about 3 years ago. I mainly have it in my hands and legs and sometimes my head, I have had to get my boyfriend to hand feed me a couple of times cause I couldn't hold my knife and fork. I tend to try and stay away from caffeine, I had 9 no doz tablets to keep myself awake and afterwards I couldn't even walk and when I layed on the bed in the hotel I couldn't even lift my head let alone get up again... Safe to say I learnt my less... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:55:33 -0700 http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/essential-tremor-discussions/general-support/10554966-so-propranlol-really-does-work#10625326 They have taken propranolol off the shelves over here so I am on something new called oxprenolol, they seem to help but am still trying to work out when to take them cause they make me sleepy and can't take them of a night as they interact with my depression tablets.... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:47:40 -0700