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Have had this a LONG LONG time
by: Deb on Thu, Jul 09 2009
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My first experience was the 4th grade. I went to get my Cheerios off the counter and spilled them all over the floor. My dad popped me in the head and asked my why I was shaking. I didn’t know. Now I do. He and 4 of his brothers and sisters had the same thing. I was recently (and finally) diagnosed with Familial Tremors I had no idea what it was. My blood pressure meds help some but alcohol seems to be the only thing that makes them stop.

I’m 58 now and they are worse than ever. I’m going to see a Neurologist next month and am praying something else can be done. This is humiliating and embarrassing to say the least. People just don’t seem to understand and those who know me seem to think I’m an alcoholic, yet they’ve never seen me drunk. I drink just enough to make the tremors stop. I guess there’s nothing that can really be done so I’m just getting on with it as I have for the last 54 years.


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  1. Thu, Aug 20 2009
    I have ET of the head and I also drink to subside the tremors. I have had this for as long as can remember and I am 30 now. I recently found out that ...Read

July 2009

  • Essential Tremor - by Zamil - (Wed, Jul 29 2009)
    Hi, My name is Zamil and I am 48 years old. At the age of 34, I felt that I have tremor on my hand. I went to doctor and the doctor suspected of having essental tremor as my brother and my mother have the same problem. [more..]
  • essential tremors - by tracy - (Mon, Jul 13 2009)
    i am 34 year old nurse who first noticed my symptoms in nursing school. a twitching in my back…my arms..hands and legs. sometimes visible to others and sometimes i am the only one aware. i tire very easily and if i over exert i pay for it with the onset of more shaking. [more..]
  • Is it or isn’t ET - by p.k - (Fri, Jul 10 2009)
    I am 3rd generation famial tremor. Up to this point it has been relatively mild. However within the last couple of months it has progressed to the point where I have been told not to drive(makes sense I know but how to clip the wings) [more..]
  • Have had this a LONG LONG time - by Deb - (Thu, Jul 09 2009)
    My first experience was the 4th grade. I went to get my Cheerios off the counter and spilled them all over the floor. My dad popped me in the head and asked my why I was shaking. I didn’t know. Now I do. [more..]

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