Hi, Glad you are back, you have been missed!
I have just started to experience the stiffness but am not in any real stress situations now so I am not sure. I like you though experienced a big increase in the tremors during stressful situations when I was still working. They would get to the point where my coworkers would constantly be asking if I was ok. Sorry I am not much help on the stiffness but am curious to see the responses for future reference.
Heres hoping that you can start to relax and loosen up.
Tim

Hi PSullivan, hanging in there and strong as ever i see. I am glad you are here. When i get anxiety my right arm gets stiff and curls inward toward my body.

peace,

"Loveliest of shrubs the cliffrose now
Is hung with bloom along the bough..." (Ed Abbey)

I can relate to stiffness, left hand & arm, and leg is bad under stress for sure. Sometimes if I have a hard stressed day at work, adding a little something extra to help sleep the next night can be a big help the next day. ND

Lovely to see you Paula,

I know exactly what you mean about stress affecting tremors and stiffness. My Tremor goes beserk with any emotion and like BP when I get stressed my arm tightens and curls inwards.

I've noticed a sharp increase in stiffness with stress, the tension held in the body stiffens the muscle. To make matters worse when I'm overly stressed my exercise schedule usually goes to pot too so this lack of movement only exacerbates the problem and I completely seize up.

I really feel for you, hang in there.

Julie

Hi Paula,
It has been my experience that stress makes every aspect of PD worse. Stress really is our biggest enemy. I know when I am stressed or under pressure of any kind, everything falls apart and goes from bad to worse. The body movements, the rigidity and fatigue all just go way over the mark. And I don't usually suffer with tremors but when I am put under stress, I shake like I can't believe. And it seems to me that the harder I try to bring things under control, the worse it gets. So, i have learned to go get in my recliner and concentrate on relaxing. OK, now to make a long story short, yes, I do think your stiffness gets worse with stress.
Take care,
Joanee

Amen to all the above. Stress and/or emotions cause my symptoms, which worst is stiffness, kicks in and I walk around like a puppet on a string! I try to avoid stressful situations but they still find me!

Best wishes to you.

Amen to all the above. Stress and/or emotions cause my symptoms, which worst is stiffness, kicks in and I walk around like a puppet on a string! I try to avoid stressful situations but they still find me!

Best wishes to you.

Amen to all the above. Stress and/or emotions cause my symptoms, which worst is stiffness, kicks in and I walk around like a puppet on a string! I try to avoid stressful situations but they still find me!

Best wishes to you.

Amen to all the above. Stress and/or emotions cause my symptoms, which worst is stiffness, kicks in and I walk around like a puppet on a string! I try to avoid stressful situations but they still find me!

Best wishes to you.

Amen to all the above. Stress and/or emotions cause my symptoms, which worst is stiffness, kicks in and I walk around like a puppet on a string! I try to avoid stressful situations but they still find me!

Best wishes to you.

Sweet Paula - I am sorry your stress is c ausing other problems, I too, have a problem with stress but I don't have pain or stiffness, currently at least. I do have trouble with clenching and tightening of my body, sleep issues and just lately, on/off.

I am sorry for anyone on here that has pain. Desert rat - how stiff are you? I know you were and are very athletic. Does that factor in?

Someday soon guys - the CURE

Sorry for my post showing up multiple times. DS server was acting up I guess.

And yes Schells I do believe there is a correlation to my athletic activities and my PD stiffness. I always had problems with pulled muscles even back to my high school sports. As I look back I bet the ol' PD was working on me way back then.

Hi Paula, I'm really sorry that you've had a bad few days & a funeral to cope with too, so upsetting & traumatic. I like many other people with PD have a terrible time with the tremours especially when under stress of any kind... I tend to worry & fret about certain things, I know I shouldn't and try to fight it, but at times they get the better of me.

As for stiffness, just recently I have started with a pain on the left side of my neck real painful. Over the past few weeks I've treat myself to a few sport massage sessions which have really helped ease my painful neck and the stiffness in my shoulders,back,arms & legs. Stess of any kind is bad for triggering PD symptoms, I've found that even when I'm startled and elated can set off the tremours too.

Yours Sincerely Dirky !!;O))xx

Thank you all for your responses to my post... Don't you all wish we could pick up a remote, find the stress button and push it off??? I sure do... then go take a hot bath with music and candles... oh sorry (slapping myself in face) got caught up in a beautiful fantasy there for a min... But for real.. the concensus is stress is the devil... and needs to be avoide but when we can't maybe we need to learn coping mechanisms that work for us... i have to figure mine out...
With me there is no doubt it makes my tremors go burzerk... i wasn't really sure if it was causing the stiffness or if that was just a result of stopping the exercising for a week... i'm finding now i can differentiate the stiffness i get from exercising (i call that the good stiffness) and the stiffness from the devil.. i seem to experience that every night at same time and it's like you described backpacker but with my leg and my foot curls inward... when my daughter sees it she comes over and massages it for me (i try to turn it in on my own just to get an awesome massage sometimes but she sees right through that... somehow she knows when it's real or i'm faking lol)
Thank you all again for your comments... keep moving... and stay well... love paula