I know just how you feel. My head tremors are out of control, I am getting Botox shots in my neck but they're not working any more. I'm taking Baclofen which is a heavy, heavy drug that makes it hard to function and it doesn't even remove the tremors, it just lowers them somewhat. I work in the arespace industry too and I'm about to quit too. I have to b around people all day long and it is so embarrassing. I asked for anxiety Meds from my doctor but he won't give them for some reason. I pray and pray and pray and nothing happens. It is so frustrating

I think the issue, from what I hear from my neurologist, is that there are many different drugs for ET that you can try & you just have to see what works best for you. I am currently on a low dose of propranolol, which seems to be working well. I initially tried Topiramate, which is usually used for migraines & xanax, because we thought the ET could have an anxiety element. The xanax was also a low dose, but obviously you don't want to be on xanax long term.
Bobblehead, ask a different Dr for anxiety meds, I bet they will prescribe them. Especially if you tell them about your ET causing it. Or try taking Hylands nerve tonic. It's homoepathic, but I feel like it works.

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Bobblehead, i know how u must feel.. but thank God i am over the embarassment part.. learn not to care what others think.. thats a major stimulus for anxiety...
And i have been taking homoeopathic medicines for over a month now n they r working wonders for me.. i ll drop the names here n the method to use them.. n i would recommend everyone with et to try them once n tell me the results. :)
1. Cimicifuga 30
2. Causticum 30
3. Belladonna 30
4. Rhus tox 30...
Use these by mixing ten drops of the medicine in 120 ml of water .. twice a day, once morning once night.. n use the medicines one by one, dont mix all of them at once..
Use these for 2 weeks n tell me how much u have improved.. :)
Homoeopathic doesnt have any side effects so do try these once.. :)

Trisun, u r right, there is a wide range of medicines n some might suit some.. i started from propranolol, then i had venlafaxine, then prozac, then xylexx (bupropion) but my system always built immunity against those medicines after a month or two, n they were ineffective thereafter.. but thanks good the medicines i mentioned above are working fine uptill now n they r having a much more pronounced effect than those medicines i had taken before!! :)

I also used to feel really anxious and self conscious about my hand tremors, but I have found that simply explaining what it is when someone notices has helped me a lot. It is so difficult to have to quit a job because of a medical condition! My Neurologist prescribed Primidone starting at 50 mg. I have been on that for a year now and am just starting to get days where I get tremor that is visible to others, so I will be going up in dose a little. Hopefully it will work for awhile before I have to increase again.
I hope you can get some good help from your doctors. Maybe you would get some benefit seeing a Psychiatrist or Therapist to address the anxiety, it helped me, I was already seeing one for bipolar and have meds for that and depression...