Living with Essential Tremor

October 2007

• Essential tremor made me shy - by Julie - (Thu, Oct 18 2007)
  My first memories of ET are when I was in the 2nd grade and I had to play the piano in front of the whole school and I could barely hit the notes because my hands were shaking so hard. Then came the times I couldn’t wait to read my “spelling” stories to the class and while I was standing in front of the class my paper would shake and everyone would ask me why I was so nervous. [more..]
• Starting a new job - by Bob - (Mon, Oct 15 2007)
  Unfortunately I had to start a new job because I moved to a new state. I have had an essential tremor for about 10 years, never officially diagnosed, but I know because of the symptoms. I had filled out an application, which I thought would be it, until I had to fill out a lot of paper work at the job site. [more..]
• Essential Tremor and Blood Pressure - by Jenny - (Wed, Oct 10 2007)
  For a year I have had an essential tremor which affected my head, neck hands and speech. I thought it was a recurrence of overactive thyroid for which I had received radioactive treatment and now take thyroxin treatment daily. [more..]
• Newly Diagnosed - by Adam - (Mon, Oct 08 2007)
  I’ve been newly diagnosed with ET. Before I was diagnosed, I didn’t know what it was and just tried to live with it. It first started to become noticable when I was 14 and I’m now 23. I regret not mentioning it to my doctor before because it first started in my left hand and has now spread to my right hand. [more..]