Neurologist, Dr. Dee Silver, discusses many medical and surgical treatments of Essential Tremor. Up to 10 million people in the US are affected. For severe cases there is a new non-ablative surgical technique called Deep Brain Stimulation, which does not destroy brain tissue like Thalamotomy. Series: “MDTV (Medical Doctor Television) ” [9/2007] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 13317]
MDTV: Essential Tremor
March 24th, 2010 
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so clear! I wish I had profs like you at my neurology course (italian university barons don’t really know what clarity means, their job is to make simple things troubling). thank you soooo much!
i have et for more then 20 years sometimes i really loss hoop en now next week i go for the 2 time make exames for de dbs but i now that if i can eat imk good hehehehehehe is terribel
I have ET as well… and let me tell you straight up, alcohol as self-medication is NOT a solution. You’ll lose your liver long before anything else. There is no “prescription” alcohol, and even if there were how would it magically not impact your liver?
Sometimes you just have to buck up and do what you don’t want to do. Who wants to have bi-lateral brain surgury? Nobody. But it *works.*
Thankfully high doses of beta-blockers seem to help me partly…
i am a doctor and i have et for 20 years it is always very difficult for me to write in front of my patients ,i pray no doctor ever have et, but we have to live with it and most effective drug is inderal
I have ET.
I have tried all the medications, I am not going to get an electrode put in my brain.
Currently I treat with alcohol (vodka) on days I know I am going to be in a social setting or am doing a job that requires steady hands.
Anyone know if there is a prescription alcohol I can get so I don’t have to worry about random drug/alcohol testing at work? Perhaps even one that doesn’t tax your liver as much as straight spirits.
I don’t know how medicals help,but the best things should be this: stop playing computer games all the time,take a lot of vitamins,fitness and don’t think about how you shake. ps my whole head and fingers shake a lil bit but in ‘panic’ mode it shakes very threateningly. I think I played too much computer over the years
I was diagnosed with ET a few years ago. I had to beg to get help and it took about 4 neurologists and a dr to diagnose me. Im taking Propanolol and it seems to help somewat now
Nobody has ET in my family. My grandfather had Parkinson during his last years, but he had never showed signs of essential tremor during his life. However I have ET since 10 and now i’m 21. I fear my children will have it too… This really scares me.
try primidone, it works. i cracked my head open in the military and the shakes really started. but i am at the end of my rope doing the implants now.
LOL I thought it was weird too, haha
Stimulant effects are ALWAYS temporary (as long as they are taken as prescribed).
It’s normal for tremors to worsen after taking a stimulant like ADHD meds, drinking caffeine, running, stress, muscle overuse, etc.
I was diagnosed with ET, I have it mostly on my dominate side. I noticed that if I make sure to stretch out all of the muscles in my arm and my hand a couple of times per day, the shaking lessens a lot. You should look into that, plus go see a movement specialist or a neurologist.
hi i have a question about inderal, does it make ur tremors only better when your on the meds, or does it have an ‘anelgesic’ effect and heal you over time if u continue to take it, i hav light tremors all over but am very very scared thanks a bunch!
i feel u man i’m very active, i’ve played basketball my whole life and have been an avid weight lifter, but now its like when i lift alot, or play alot of bball, i shake so much that it gets embarrassing, i’ve only had tremors for 1 month, and dont even know if i got et, it developed on both sides…ps..do u know if the stimulant effects are temporary, or do they make it permanently a lil worse every time?
thanks
hi all..
im 19 and have a question..i hav no one in my family wit this, and had never had the slightest shake til about a month ago, altho i did notice my legs shaking sometimes in the weight room, but now its in my face, neck, torso, legs, feet, hands and arms..it all developed bi-laterally, and gets worse depending on if i take my adderall(stimulant) and stress..its rlly akward but do you think maybe it doesnt sound like et, i havnt gotten meds yet but will 2/1/10+ r the stimulant effect temp
I’ve had Essential Tremors since I was about 12 or so. Up until recentley (I’m 23 now) I noticed that my symptoms were not getting any worse. However, recentley it seems to have spread to my neck muscles. Thankfully, my symptoms aren’t bad enough to cause any real problems in my life just yet! In regards to treatment: I’ve found the only thing that works is alcohol. I don’t condone getting drunk, but it definatley does ease the symptoms. I’m POSITIVE that stem cell research is the answer.
hmm l think l have it as well.
l’m sixteen l have known that my hands shaking isn’t normal, but l can still wright and stuff. When my hand get’s under pressure it shakes alot, and it commes to my lags after heavy weight lifting. l’m just scared it’s gonna get worse by age…
i have no prblems in writing or anything.
But my hands do shake a little bit.
I think i may have this thing.
Got diagnosed last year, i’m 16 now, but I’ve known about the tremor since I can remember. it’s getting worse.
DO NOT order anything from Betneton, it is a scam. Make a google search on Gordon’s Herbal Research Center and you will see all the products they sell with exactly the same words and studies…
I don’t know if I have it or not. I only have a little “beating” side-to-side on my index finger. It’s been like this for about 2 years. It happens when it’s resting, too though. It also beats faster and rougher when I’m nervous or scared….do i have ET or is this a sympton of Parkinson’s disease?? Please help!!!
I know exactly what you are going through. Diagnosed at age 20 but had symptoms at about age 15. Hang in there man, it gets better.
I dont know if my other comments were posted because i cant see them but anyways.
Im 15 with minor ET in fingers, hands, arms, legs, and voice. I recently found this drug called Betneton which is supposed to help completely get rid of ET after 2 months of taking it but should show change after before the end of 1. t is not to be confused with another drug with the same name which is used for skin conditions, its a prescription drug. heres the link 4 the 1st 1. Betneton . com hope it works 4 u
I have ET. I’m 16. I was diagnosed at 15. I could remember getting made fun of in 4th grade cause i would shake. Its getting worse but i gotta live with it. I developed a small studder that has been getting worse over the years. I also was diagnosed with Anxiety so they dont get along very well. I gotta make the best outa life
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