Benign Essential Tremor Info

Hello I did find this website very helpful. I was recently diagnosed with E.T. I sincerely appreciate all the work that has gone into this website.

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i've just joined here and wanted to say hi to all of you!I really hope to give something back to this board...

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I am new here..First post to just say hi to all community.

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Hi,
Thanks for the site. I was just diagnosed today and came on line to try to find out some information or see how other people deal with it. So, thank you!

Hello, as you may already discovered I am newbie here.
I will be glad to get any help at the start.
Thanks in advance and good luck!

I have Essential Tremor. Thanks for the site. I am thinking about Botox for the shaking of my right hand. I also get the head shaking, and my whole body shakes when I am stressed! The past 5 years have become very shaky for me. I am now just 54 years old and take good care of my health, but lately my stress in my life is abundant! Take care of the choices you make and stay authentic. Prayer helps calm me down. Praise Jesus.

I am 35 and have just been diagnosed with a benign essential tremor. Although I am gutted about this my greatest fear was that I had Parkinsons (my sister was diagnosed 3 years ago with young onset parkinsons at 36) so to be honest I was relieved to have an essential tremor instead of PD! I have not yet started any medication for this as I am still being sent for MRI scans, blood tests etc to rule out anything else but I am hoping that the meds will sort out my shaking hands (which have become worse over the last year) and especially my "wobbly head" which is definately more embarrassing.

[dale]
i can not remember not shaking......
Dale, I am sorry to tell you that it is a condition which is with us forever, although it can be controlled with medication. Although your beta blockers aren't controlling it at the min. you could ask to be put on a higher dosage or ask to try a different beta blocker. Just keep on annoying your medical practitioner until you find a medication which suits. Other avenues, such as Gamma Knife Surgery (see left hand menu) have a high success rate but I am not sure how readily available it is in your area