I have familial essential tremor. Had them since I was 12 but wasn’t until 2000 that I knew their name. Then at some point my father made an off hand remark that his dad shook like I did. Turns out a paternal uncle did as well.
If you are thinking Parkinson’s, it’s the same type shaking but cause is not similar. Actress Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003) had an essential tremor, which she inherited from her grandfather,[61] that caused her head—and sometimes her hands—to shake.[62][63][64]The tremor was noticeable by the time of her performance in the 1979 film The Corn is Green, when critics mentioned the "palsy that kept her head trembling".[65] Hepburn's tremor worsened in her later life. if you ever saw one of her first movies and On Golden Pond you do notice a significant difference.
I had not developed it in my head but I could but my hands had gotten much worse this last year. I use to have a pretty handwriting but now mine looks like a 5yo‘s.
Anyway, as a result, I keep an extensive medical history as a word document to print out as needed. I needed it this week cause I was seeing a neurologist for the first time since 2006. It was for continuing care. And he prescribed a drug I had not heard of. Dh calls it a wonder drug. It has calmed my tremors down about 95%. There is one side effect I discovered that made me change when I take it, bedtime rather than in my morning meds. The side effect as close as I can figure since I have no personal experience is being stoned. Not a feeling I’m fond of apparently.
If you are thinking Parkinson’s, it’s the same type shaking but cause is not similar. Actress Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003) had an essential tremor, which she inherited from her grandfather,[61] that caused her head—and sometimes her hands—to shake.[62][63][64]The tremor was noticeable by the time of her performance in the 1979 film The Corn is Green, when critics mentioned the "palsy that kept her head trembling".[65] Hepburn's tremor worsened in her later life. if you ever saw one of her first movies and On Golden Pond you do notice a significant difference.
I had not developed it in my head but I could but my hands had gotten much worse this last year. I use to have a pretty handwriting but now mine looks like a 5yo‘s.
Anyway, as a result, I keep an extensive medical history as a word document to print out as needed. I needed it this week cause I was seeing a neurologist for the first time since 2006. It was for continuing care. And he prescribed a drug I had not heard of. Dh calls it a wonder drug. It has calmed my tremors down about 95%. There is one side effect I discovered that made me change when I take it, bedtime rather than in my morning meds. The side effect as close as I can figure since I have no personal experience is being stoned. Not a feeling I’m fond of apparently.
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