Essential Tremor Support Group

If i feel rushed or pressured then it gets worse or if i'm trying to do something carefully, I have to use both hands to drink and I can't write out a check in line at the store. I used to love to build models and paint by numbers as a kid, those things I can no longer do.

It would be hard to sit here and name all the things that I have been impaired in doing because of E.T. I can't complete daily activities alot of times that most people take for granted. Like paying for things...and writing in front of people....and the tremor only gets worse if you try to control it...sometimes I will try to hold my hand so stiffly when trying to do something, that it actually begins to hurt..

absolutely, it's hard to explain to somebody without ET what's going on, the why are you shaking? questions are getting old and heaven forbid you have to talk to a police officer they want to run you in to be tested for drugs or something.

Yes, or if I am exercising and toward the end of the day.
Blesssings, Teri

Yes it does Kitty. If I try to do thing quickly I really get way more tremor than when I take my time and go slowly. I don't understand how or why this happens but is does. My tremor gets worse if I eat even though I have taken medication for it so I avoid eating.

Yes, although mine also gets bad when resting sometimes too.

If I try to do things too quickly I hae a problem. I also have a lot of trouble when I'm presented with sudden unexpected difficulties..like someone presenting a new urgent problem abruptly at me while I'm doing somehing else.

If I try to do things quickly, I think it adds to the stress which makes ET worse.

Because I've been dealing with tremors for a short time - reading these posts doesn't sound encouraging. My tremors become worse when I'm driving.