Essential Tremor | Causes, Pathophysiology, Symptoms, Exacerbating Factors, Diagnosis, Treatment

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@tonygorman9462 10 ай бұрын

67 yr old male, had essential tremor most of my life, my mother had it after age 60 and one of my brothers has had it for at least 20 years. Ten years ago I changed my diet from a plant based high carb to high animal fat/protein diet, also changed from working indoors high stress job to working as a bush regenerator, low paid, outdoor low stress job These changes improved my health in many ways including no more essential tremors even in high stress conditions! I think, changing from high carb to high saturated fat diet changed the chemistry of my brain and removed the trigger for the tremors in my hands.

@dombarton2483 10 ай бұрын

Yes yes a carnivore diet will do wonders. If people only realised how bad carbs and seed based oils are, they would be so much better off.

@jordanslingluff287 10 ай бұрын

@@dombarton2483Carbs aren't bad for you. Eating and drinking heavily processed garbage for every meal is.......

@dombarton2483 10 ай бұрын

@@jordanslingluff287 all carbs are very bad for you. Non essential and are the leading cause of t2 diabetes. You unfortunately are addicted, but I urge you to try a carnivore diet. It's our optimal species appropriate species specific diet.

@TomeRodrigo 10 ай бұрын

@@dombarton2483 Absolutely nothing wrong with carbs, talking carnivore nonsense as usual. There are of course certain plants or antinutrients that can irritate people, but there is nothing wrong with carbs. I would be more worried about your heart and arteries health on that high saturated nonsense diet.

@pamsmithson6830 10 ай бұрын

I have had the same experience with diet change. Essential tremor runs in my family and mine was getting bad enough to affect my handwriting and ability to draw and paint. Switched to carnivore and now all is well!

@DSR299 10 ай бұрын

When mine came into existence, I had an awful time playing the violin because even a little bit of performance anxiety makes it worse. I discovered a long time ago that Inderal (Propranolol) helped. So, I asked my physician for a prescription and like magic I was able to perform without shaking. I had read way back in the early 1970s in the newspaper that a lot of professional violinists take Inderal to help with this condition - because you cannot shake at all while performing. It worked like magic - really.

@ginger6582 10 ай бұрын

I am picking up these meds today for my tremors are just starting. Hands and head at certain times. I have a leaky heart valve and that worries me. Any advice for me?

@Teak701 10 ай бұрын

Singers too! ❤

@parafoxlouise5097 10 ай бұрын

So my mum has essential tremor in her hands … she takes propranolol tiny dose … I get migraines and cluster headaches I take propranolol at a much higher dose. Both work for us.

@lindawilkov6476 8 ай бұрын

I am now 65 and have had ET for as long as I can remember. A doctor diagnosed me with it, and told me it was nothing to worry about. It is still not a severe case. Just don’t ask me to carry a hot cup of coffee or tea across a room! I was adopted at birth, and met my birth mother when I was 18. She confirmed that she, too, had ET. (She is now deceased.). Her brother’s daughter has it, too. No one in my adoptive family had it.

@tommygreist9560 Ай бұрын

Best explanation I've heard.. I lost my TIG welding skill slowly. You have to free hand both hands and I was very steady from 18 to 36 when a co worker was watching me weld and asked how am I welding, shaking?Well I couldnt tell...Till it got worse Ishake so bad especially welding. I miss welding aged 48....working at a Walmart now😢❤

@drsuessl 10 ай бұрын

I like how you outlined it all. I noticed my ET shortly after I had a massive upper G.I. bleed. I thought I was internally nervous and it was just coming out. But it never went away and overtime was getting worse. Sometime this year I will have the surgery at the Brigham And Womens Hospital.

@normagwilliam8160 10 ай бұрын

I inherited essential tremor from my dad-my sister as well. I had 14 cousins affected the same. My sister didn’t medicate before she passed, but I found a doctor who prescribed Propanalol. Sadly, the side effect of asthma hit me hard. That was last of that drug. Some years later, I heard about DBS. I had surgery at age 80 and wished that I had heard about it many years earlier. Since my thalamus was misshapen, they weren’t able to fully tame my left hand, but they were able to tame my right hand to have zero tremor. Since I am right handed, I am totally fine with it. Three weeks ago I had to have minor surgery to replace the battery, since I never turn it off. I am now 87 years old and would do it all over again. My daughter in law can adjust my tremor by making changes in the battery when needed. To say the least, I am a very happy camper!

@ellenlewry2274 8 ай бұрын

Yes DBS was a life changer for me to. I had my surgery 8 years ago and am now 65. I never turn mine off either , but I did let the battery go flat once (chargeable battery) I will NEVER do that again. So glad you are doing so well .

@JerryRea 10 ай бұрын

I had essential tremors but they have gone away since I retired and stopped taking antidepressants. I have also been diagnosed with dementia so I believe that the medication was not necessary since I no longer am depressed.

@brianpan6453 8 ай бұрын

I have an essential tremor of my right hand which I've had for many years. Since I'm a world traveler, every doctor I encounter diagnoses it differently: alcoholism, parkinson's, brain disorder, epilepsy, on and on. It's just crazy! The irony is that I barely notice it.

@cloudweemes4885 10 ай бұрын

I have the beginnings of it. My grandfather , mom's side had it as well as did his father. My dr said it can run in families.

@kiwipics Ай бұрын

I'm 62 now and have had essential tremor for the last 15 years. My tremor started after I had been taking an anti-depressant (Citalopram) for about 3 years after which I stopped taking it. The tremor remains, but is slighly less obvious now as the frequency is lower. The tremor is still 24/7 and on the left hand side only. Propanalol helped, but caused an increase in lipid production and a incease in cholesterol. Stopping Propanalol eased lipid production but the after effects have stayed with with as has the essential tremor.

@ashikhossain6535 10 ай бұрын

Loved it. Thanks for making it so simple

@loyalopposition-us 10 ай бұрын

Essential tremor. So that's what it's called. I always called it the skizzers. It runs in both sides of the family so I got a double whammy. No escape for me. Some days are good and some days not so good, but physical exertion almost always brings on a bout of the skizzers. But you know, I look at my 94 y/o dad and think ...it's going to be OK. He's happy, healthy and doing just fine even with the tremors. We just don't let him salt anybody's food.

@lynnthomas5795 10 ай бұрын

Love your term for essential tremors.

@glennso47 10 ай бұрын

Those essential tremors seem pretty nonessential to me! I can’t do a lot of things with my hands and it’s messing me up.

@ellenlewry2274 8 ай бұрын

Neurologist and I worked backwards in my case (ET , head no no, arms hands etc) had it for 28 years. I'm now 65 , no family history that I know of. I had DBS 8 years ago and it has helped my ET and dystonia greatly. Best decision I ever made was to have the surgery.

@afsanalipi568 4 ай бұрын

What is DBS. I am suffering from ET. What can i do?

@MB-te1yj 10 ай бұрын

My 95 yr old mother has had an Essential Tremor diagnosis for twenty years. Initially misdiagnosed as Parkinsons and that led to prescribing too strong meds that she could not tolerate. She has managed her symptoms with one tablet a day at bedtime of generic Benadryl (doctors will argue this can lead to memory loss or result in falls but this has not happened with her and such concern must be balanced with the enormous benefit of taking it).

@BLFulle 9 ай бұрын

Thank you. There was so much good information in here.

@cloudweemes4885 10 ай бұрын

I remeber my grandpa's hands shaking everytime he went to drink coffee,tea or eating. My mom noticed mine when I was eating, just grew accustomed to it.

@roberto9719 6 ай бұрын

I am 51 years old. I have essential tremor since I was little child. My grandmother and her brothers, had it.

@prunelle19 10 ай бұрын

I'm surprised that ketogenic diets are not mentioned in this video as many people are reporting that their tremors have greatly improved or even stopped on a keto or carnivore diet.

@zappamann 4 ай бұрын

I’m 46 and was diagnosed. However, my memory and cognitive skills have been worsening. How are we in 2024 and there is no cure. It’s an absolute shame and travesty

@Countrybro80 2 ай бұрын

I hear ya I'm the same exact way

@Katherine_02 4 күн бұрын

Same here as well.

@Juju-wk7yv 3 ай бұрын

We have a history of this in my family. It makes eating and drinking difficult.

@annisechetelat9026 10 ай бұрын

I get tremors but also I get body spasms or jerks. The spasms shows up especially when stressed or thinking about something that is bothersome. What causes this.? I have inner ear tumor, severe neck and lower back issues.

@HTJB60 9 ай бұрын

Thank's, helped a bit. Had it slightly for 35 - 40 year's just got real bad ... Nice to know 'what's going on'. Better than just being given pill's.

@bellakrinkle9381 10 ай бұрын

Stress exasperates my ET. I have ET on only the left side of my body, fingers, hand and leg. I do not have Parkinson's Disease. I was given Dilantin to prevent seizures, following brain surgery. Instead I had an anaphylactic shock and it was believed that I would die. I was placed in two different hospitals. The second hospital placed my in a room with a woman clearly dying. Her groans and moans woke me up. I am lucky to be alive. Subsequently, I never took the shot, or booster. No drugs or pharmaceuticals eliviate my tremors.

@tomvt1704 9 ай бұрын

Yup, I remember my grandfather having it and when he'd come over for Sunday dinner and ask for coffee, my mom would give it to him with the cup about half full and a saucer to catch the spill over from shakes. My dad had it and his head would bobble a bit at times in his 80's. I don't remember either of them having a quavering voice. But they were both good guys so we loved them just like anyone would love their family and it didn't seem to interfere much with their lives. My son and I both have it and it can be annoying as now that I'm in my 70's my penmanship is deteriorating as well as some guitar playing but most of that may be arthritis. I don't write out birthday or Christmas cards in the morning after coffee. Like my cousin who inherited the tremors as well would say, "If it gets too bad, I'll just take a job in a donut shop putting on the sprinkles." Katharine Hepburn had it and I remember her head having some involuntary movement and a tremor in her voice but I remember thinking she was very cool for going on a talk show and just carrying on with her life rather than letting it keep her from doing her thing in public. ( I remember some comedian doing an imitation of her and I thought that was pretty tacky.) But some comedians have been mocking people with disabilities for a long time and the strong ones make light of it. (Stevie Wonder - Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith- Chris Rock, Michael J. Fox in Rescue Me).

@elizabethpeterson455 8 ай бұрын

Katherine Hepburn had Parkinson's...

@tomvt1704 8 ай бұрын

@@elizabethpeterson455if I Google th question, I get answers saying both conditions.

@elizabethpeterson455 8 ай бұрын

@@tomvt1704 if I wanted to google I would. Why don’t you just supply the answer….and not the rude and snarkyLook it up…how super rude of you.

@tomvt1704 7 ай бұрын

Hey. Elizabeth. If you’re going to disagree with someone, it doesn’t hurt to name your source. It doesn’t have to be thought of as a cheap shot, right?

@tunglam5113 10 ай бұрын

thanks for sharing

@lizzytodd 9 ай бұрын

Can antidepressant cause tremors. I'm noticing it since being on meds??

@sarahmulrennan3601 10 ай бұрын

Ive started getting tremors after getting a intercranial stent for Intercranial hypertension. Originally starting in my right hand then to left hand now i get tremors in my hands, thighs, jaw and occasionally torso. All started april last year. Still not diagnosed but sounds like this except for the fact it started after intercranial surgery. I was on topiramate for iih but now been taken off it.

@joshkirby3297 5 ай бұрын

Excellent video!

@taylormalikov7182 8 ай бұрын

Im 29 and I've had a tremor noticed by someone when I was 23 and getting an eyeglass exam. I didn't know what to do about it at the time.

@nbasavage2523 5 ай бұрын

Hey, could you give an update on this, I'm now 23 and it's been a year since I've been going through tremors, and I don't what to do?

@LvcIvsLIcInIvsLvcvllvs 3 ай бұрын

@@nbasavage2523Im also 23 and I have been dealing with hand tremors for a few months now that have only gotten worse. My right hand is also very weak and numb and I have trouble holding things or doing manual things that need dexterity.

@LvcIvsLIcInIvsLvcvllvs 3 ай бұрын

@@nbasavage2523have you been checked by a doctor?

@Waterplanening 10 ай бұрын

Thanks

@glennso47 10 ай бұрын

I have essential tremors so I need this video. How am I supposed to write, use tools, eat, and other things if my hands shake when I try to do something? I’m 77.

@Anne_Onymous 10 ай бұрын

I'm sure it's difficult. Are you taking medications? They definitely make a difference. Also, I personally know someone that got a pacemaker like device implanted for their tremors and the results were INCREDIBLE. They had to jump through some hoops with insurance but it was actually covered.

@glennso47 10 ай бұрын

@@Anne_OnymousI’m taking gabapentin on the prescription of my doctor at the VA. I’m a veteran btw. I also have a device called a Cala Trio. It is a therapy device that looks like a wrist watch and is supposed to provide some kind of support for my wrist but it’s not working so well.

@Anne_Onymous 10 ай бұрын

@@glennso47 Oh I've actually read about those and was always curious! So does the arm with the device have ANY decrease in symptoms after an hour of use? I don't want you to settle with not being able to write or eat properly. If you haven't gone through trying all the different meds and combos of meds yet, please start requesting them! There's like 5-6 different classes of drugs approved for it that are worth a try. I have a muscle disorder and it took me years before I found a med routine that worked for me.

@Anne_Onymous 10 ай бұрын

@@glennso47 Forgot to mention... A few months ago I was reading a study in a med journaI where they blindly rotated essential tremor patients through the common meds (like PropranoloI, Primidone, AcetazoIamide) to compare them all. The results were that AIprazoIam was most effective and had the Iwast side effects. Just FYI.

@glennso47 10 ай бұрын

@@Anne_OnymousI found out that I was using the wrong size wrist band. The company recently sent me a replacement band that is a bit smaller. So I’m trying to use that to see if it works better. You are supposed to see some relief after using it but unfortunately it was not working well for me. As I said the company is trying me out with a different size band. So we will see how that works.

@deborahgrimes7172 10 ай бұрын

Betty Grimes here got it from my mother's side.

@OzSteve9801 10 ай бұрын

I can remember tremors going back about 60 years and it was just as bad then as now. There's always been good and bad days and I can't find triggers. Good days I'm fine. Bad days I can't even lift a glass of water without spilling most of it and typing can be ... interesting. I have an aunt who's the same. We used to put it down to asthma medication but I've had so many different ones over the years I can count that out. I've had people assume I'm alcoholic or that I have Parkinson's but I was diagnose with essential tremor so I know it's not Parkinson's and I never really acquired a taste for alcohol. I take metoprolol daily for my heart (propanolol gives me horrific nightmares) and take diazepam (1mg). They help a little.

@karmatik9626 9 ай бұрын

I've had it in my left hand since my early 20s. I'm in my 40's now. Luckily it's mild.

@jteal6251 10 ай бұрын

My dad had ET so badly that he had an electrode implanted in his brain that stilled his right hand. My younger sister has it, but at 65 my hands are still steady so far.

@cryan7198 10 ай бұрын

Is Cala kIQ (aka Cala trio) a good treatment option? I've had essential tremors for over 65 years with a strong family history of ET. Propranolol is diminishing in effectiveness.

@tommiller8650 10 ай бұрын

I was able to stop my tremors when I started taking zinc with vitamin C C is needed to help the body break down the zinc. Try it and see I have struggled with this for some years but not any more Just like he is speaking was my experience and it was explained to me like I had a low internal low battery. And it’s easy to try and I noticed a fairly fast change!

@florgutierrez6778 10 ай бұрын

how much zinc and C?

@claudiocaporegime 7 ай бұрын

Ive been taking vitamin c and zinc for a few months and i still have a tremor in my hands

@mapmanlxii1715 5 ай бұрын

Excellent summary here any thoughts on my situation: i have essential tremor of the head a yes yes tremor, i cannot even feel this or sense it, but as soon as someone mentions my head is shaking it stops instantly! Stress, focus on small tasks, and posture head looking down focused on something seems to make it worse, any thoughts out there?

@vaidyanathankrishna6565 4 ай бұрын

You are right. Posture plays a very important part. Head drooping downwards exacerbates it.

@sdilluminatigrandfounder3807 4 ай бұрын

Tremors in ET are Kinetic tremors. That means they happen when you use the muscles, and are not at rest. When you stop to look at the person who says this, you may be using different muscles, and are actually resting the ones with the tremor. I have a No no tremor, and some positions stop it, make it less, or make it worse. It all depends on which muscles are effected.

@mapmanlxii1715 4 ай бұрын

@@sdilluminatigrandfounder3807 Thanks for your input, I'm learning more on my condition constantly!

@TomeRodrigo 10 ай бұрын

Essential tremors can be also caused by ordinary Gluten - gliadin which is the typical one, and also by any prolamine protein in grains, in oats - avenin, in rice - orzenin..etc. Gluten can actually even cause chorea, as there is such a thing as gluten induces chorea, so maybe try completely gluten free, eventually oat free and rice free and perhaps in some people tremor could disappear.

@mycatspethooman5590 10 күн бұрын

60 y old f I stared with essential tremor in my left hand just over a year ago, stress and anxiety make it worse i can now feel a tremor in my neck/head when i turn my head to the left, there is no family history of et

@bepassa12 10 ай бұрын

I had focused ultrasound and it stopped my tremors.

@NroVen 2 ай бұрын

Does that really help ?

@bepassa12 2 ай бұрын

@@NroVen 100% YES

@karenharris3183 10 ай бұрын

prescriptions I am on if I not take will give shakes. It a with withdrawrel

@doritattias3404 10 ай бұрын

can a tumor can start with hit in the head hard? On the arm

@SuperCaliforniaBarbi 8 ай бұрын

No one in my family has had ET. At almost 70 stress is the worst acting almost immediately to cause a marked increase. I try to deep breathe and relax but have medication that I hesitate to take

@wmchia2000 5 ай бұрын

What medicine to solve this tremor

@johntyjp 10 ай бұрын

I was lucky in having someone who at social gatherings she would see it coming on me and would take my cup or glass from my hand. She just knew somehow it was about to happen! I m now on medication thank goodness 🧐

@gilaolahraga5792 8 ай бұрын

Apa nama obatnya?

@johntyjp 8 ай бұрын

@@gilaolahraga5792 Propranolol modified release !

@trudyadams2595 8 ай бұрын

My doctor has me on primadone. I still have my moments But it is better I haven’t tossed any coffee cups in a while I still have balance issues and I have to be careful about falls. I average about two a year

@kamranshaikh1870 4 ай бұрын

How can this be stopped? I am very young and this problem has been going on for quite some time since my childhood. What should I do? Please tell me the treatment that will permanently fix it. It is connected to the brain, which I think means. The body starts to move according to this calculation, it starts to tremble, the heart becomes anxious with strange fear, it becomes a state of fear in front of someone, which means social anxiety, which is also like this. Everything is normal. I do everything calmly alone, but I don't do it in front of everyone. Those who are free have been with me for a long time. If the patient is having a problem, there is such a solution fee, then what should be done, what medicine should be taken, what should be done to get permanent treatment and permanent solution, please please, I request friends to help me. I am very worried I belong to Pakistan

@terrioestreich4007 10 ай бұрын

My grandfather and my daughter have this, so I would agree that there is a genetic connection

@partdeux992 10 ай бұрын

spike injection and infection both can cause this FYI. scary as heck. be careful of the new strain. experienced it. getting better but really scared me.

@glennso47 10 ай бұрын

Have you ever heard of a Cala Trio that is a therapy device that resembles a wrist watch that is supposed to help with tremors? My doctor recommended one for me but I don’t see any evidence of results in its use.

@YaYaPaBla 9 ай бұрын

My mom had this.

@Waterplanening 10 ай бұрын

Be 73 in August started tremoring at 70, started in left hand then head! Have to hold arm to pick up and hold glass! No mental symptoms, perfect memory, food to mouth head stops! They say I have dementia! But no effects except tremors! When will I see mental problems?

@juicer52 10 ай бұрын

Get another opinion.

@prunelle19 10 ай бұрын

Try a ketogenic diet

@RayReed-m9h 10 ай бұрын

Are you on any medications? If you are check for side effects. I was on some medication and still am but the ones I was on I believe was causing the tremors. Also caffeine. I cut back on the caffeine and started taking more vitamins and supplements for my brain and energy. The tremors disappeared .

@Waterplanening 10 ай бұрын

@@RayReed-m9h thanks, again

@Paul-p1p6m 10 ай бұрын

Funny, had a tremor of the hands since the age of 6. I adapted my life. And now at the age of 69 it is not worse.

@vincewolfe1184 10 ай бұрын

I had DBS and it was like night day, it works very well. Both hands are fine now.Check out West Virginia University Morgantown

@il3mendo 10 ай бұрын

30 years old with babinski, hofmann and Romberg signs ( neurodegenerative disease) it s horrible

@abelincolnparth 10 ай бұрын

Interesting alcohol helps with tremor. Even small doses of alcohol when cleared from the body leave neurons in a hyper excitable state for several days. That is why people with epilepsy should not drink alcohol.

@theamused8705 4 ай бұрын

The tremor that comes and goes in my hands drives me nuts and makes me really embarrassed when people can see it.

@sdilluminatigrandfounder3807 4 ай бұрын

I have it mostly in my neck, which makes my head shake. People accuse me of being drunk, and say I should not be driving. People are horrible.

@AarronS 10 ай бұрын

I have this. It's just horrible. I have had it for 50 years and my whole body shakes. It is much worse now .

@WVgrl59 10 ай бұрын

Have you looked into ultrasound treatment?

@AarronS 10 ай бұрын

@@WVgrl59 no. I have never heard of that.

@Lucyfur2022 10 ай бұрын

I have them also and it’s not fun. I’ve recently been getting Reiki treatments and I highly recommend trying it. The tremors are becoming less intense 😊✌🏼

@CovenantAgentLazarus 10 ай бұрын

@@AarronSall you need is benzodiazepines. Too bad doctors are a bunch of losers and don't prescribe it

@CovenantAgentLazarus 10 ай бұрын

@@Lucyfur2022lol nonsense. Gtfo.

@wardka 9 ай бұрын

It's embarrassing to have been an artist and all my friends keep asking me what I'm working on. It's a struggle to draw.

@divatodye 8 ай бұрын

I'm sorry to hear that. I am a 72 year old artist and my Dad had essential tremor. I am hoping that I will not get it. I did not know that there is a 50% chance I could get it. I am hopeful that if I have not gotten it yet I may be ok.

@janburch3923 8 ай бұрын

When I took up serious drawing (60 years old) my tremors reduced significantly. So I maybe different than your case. Also a ketogenic diet has stilled my ET. Both of my siblings and I have ET. When young I was the worst but now I am far less affected while they are seeking medical solutions. If you still enjoy drawing you might consider an iPad and a drawing app like Procreate or Fresco. The learning curve might be frustrating but most digital drawing apps have adjustable stabilization. I’m 73 now and work 90% of the time digitally. Makes my work even more portable than plain air!

@FaridSoleymanzadeh 9 ай бұрын

When i was 15 years old it started come in to my life i inherited fr9m family some situation my friend laughed but i use prapronol to cotrol in university. It make me coward

@JWIA67 9 ай бұрын

Has everyone been able to master driving without issues?

@lindawilkov6476 8 ай бұрын

I am 65, been driving since I was 17, and have ET but no issues whatsoever with driving, thank Goodness!

@seesharp81321 10 ай бұрын

Really dude? There's no treatment only suppression of symptoms. The pharmacological 'treatments' seem rather problematic

@glennso47 10 ай бұрын

My doctor has me taking Gabapentin for the tremors.

@kalayne6713 10 ай бұрын

Do some research on that medication, please. Some studies say it can cause dementia. Sorry.

@ginger6582 10 ай бұрын

Agree, do research on gabapentin, please.

@glennso47 10 ай бұрын

@@ginger6582I hope the doctor does the same research. It only helps if we can be on the same page about Gabapentin! 😮

@douglaswatt1582 10 ай бұрын

@@kalayne6713significantly higher risk in relationship to Alzheimer's disease from benzodiazepines rather than from gabapentin. Both are gabaergic but one is significantly more risky than the other. Dose-dependent also

@GirliestMammy 10 ай бұрын

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@marilynharrison3829 9 ай бұрын

I find your videos interesting, but i get lost in all the medical terms and words. Can you please explain this in more plain words, please .

@GaryBradbury-b3p 9 ай бұрын

As a retired health care professional I prefer the correct technical terms - it avoids errors and confusion about what is being discussed. There are many posts on the same topic meant for general consumption by the public and you may prefer to try that route. The alternative is to learn medical terminology, as it make these presentations much easier to follow and understand.