Artyczar
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It's true about only having a little knowledge about tremor and neurology being a bit dangerous. I don't only have a little. I have enough to know you'll never get two neurologists to agree on anything.A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. ...and with a little knowledge about tremor and neurology I self-diagnosed Parkinson's due to the timing on one of the tremor in my forearm. Saw my PCP shortly there after and he put me through a moderately through diagnosis and concluded no Parkinson's and mild to moderate Essential Tremor. I've since seen a neurologists who confirmed ET.
I used to be able to "get around it" with 40mg of Propranolol, a beta blocker, but I had a medical scare last autumn and checked into ET with a heart rate of 25. The triage nurse who did my check-in EKG mentioned 'a block' to no one in particular. I have visions of stints being inserted. My good humor was further tested when after I was in bed with a continuous monitor that was skipping almost every other heart beat another nurse applied defibrillation pads. Thankfully they were never used. In the end, the beta blocker level dropped enough for my heart rate to return to 'normal' and I was discharged. A followup with a Cardiologists confirmed; "no more beta blockers", so I shake a lot and have limited drawing/painting abilities. Such is life with Essential Tremor.
I continue my own personal research and have participated in 3 clinical trials so far search for a treatment for ET with no promising results so far.
Edit: I had a very brief look a PNP. Oddly, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) is recommended as a treatment option. The odd bit to me is TENS is what I use to power my ET treatment device.
In any case, we are getting way off topic, and I'm happy to talk about these things in a PM.
My first doctor when I was a kid invented something like TENS and used it on me. Later, it was accredited to a different inventor. Beta-blockers should be taking your heart rate down, not up. I was able to diagnose my mom's Lewy body when everyone else thought it was Parkinson's. I've seen about 20 neurologists for my own neurological stuff and have read up on dozens of reasons for "symptoms" and how to test for various illnesses. It certainly is complicated, and there are no black-and-white answers to any of these things, so it's always hard to find treatments since everyone responds differently. TENS doesn't work for my ET at all, or any of its other recommended uses.
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