Is My Shaking Caused By Benign Essential Tremor
Why I Should Spend Time On This Site
Most people stumble across this site by searching for one of the following - causes of uncontrollable shaking, morning tremor, head nodding up and down, head shaking from side to side, hand tremor, body tremor, jaw tremor or even thumb tremor.
Many of our visitors have already had a neurological diagnosis of their tremor and just want to read up on the condition.
Could My Shaking Be Due To Benign Essential Tremor
1. Do your hands shake uncontrollably while lifting things or performing strenuous tasks ?
2. Does your head shake either from side to side (no-no motion) or up and down (yes-yes motion)?
3. Do either your head or hands shake while performing every day tasks? i.e applying cosmetics, shaving, answering the telephone, writing, working on your computer etc. ?
4. Is your tremor at its worst on wakening ?
5. Does a small amount of alcohol reduce the severity of the tremor ?
6. Does anyone else in your family have a history of tremor ?
7. Did your tremor begin or become noticibly worse around the age of 40 ?
8. Does your head shake from side to side or up and down?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions then you may have Benign Essential Tremor - an easily controlled, but as yet incurable, medical condition
Please take the time to read through this website. I, as a sufferer myself, hope to help people come to terms with this socially embarrassing and slowly progressive illness
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Also remember to pass the link for this site on to any of your friends and family who have told you that you are 'just a nervous person' or 'over sensitive' etc. 
