Essential Tremor

[livingwith]

I am a 64 yr young divorced woman. I have worked most of my life along with raising my family. When I was 30 I noticed my hands trembling. Sometimes I did not notice but my daughter or son would grab my hand and say don’t shake mom.
I have been diagnosed with Essential Tremors and General Anxiety Disorter.
They seem to work against each other.
I have lost jobs and a lot of self confidence. The jobs I have held need to be able to multi task,priortize, and use many computer skills. I en...Read the full article

[Unicorn71]

I'm sorry I can't really relate to what you're going thru except that I live with my tremors everyday and I try not to let them control me but some days it's not easy. I have been on SSI for about 3 years and you're right it's not enough to live on but I can't work and my husband and I live with his parents and some days I feel like I'm going crazy because I want my own place because I'm beginning to hate my inlaws. I can tell you that I am on 200mgs. zoloft and that helps with the depression. I just wish that I had more to help you with. If you need to vent you can leave me email and I will try to help if I can. Sometimes it helps to vent. [moderator note: e-mail address has been removed]


Laurie Faust