{"id":1040,"date":"2013-09-24T14:57:37","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T18:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehopenet.org\/blog\/?p=179"},"modified":"2013-09-24T14:57:37","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T18:57:37","slug":"personal-stories-shirley-age-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehopenet.org\/blog2\/personal-stories-shirley-age-70\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Stories – Sheila, age 70"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are starting a new series of personal stories of people\u2019s experiences with Essential Tremor, generally including age of onset, symptoms, neurologist\u2019s diagnosis, medicine prescribed, alternative therapies tried, how people respond to their ET, how ET affects them mentally and emotionally, coping, and family history of ET.\u00a0\u00a0 The individuals interviewed below are from ET support groups.<\/p>\n

Sheila, age 70<\/strong>
\nSheila\u2019s tremor started with a couple of episodes while living in Korea around 2006. She went to the emergency room \u2013 they did an EEG but symptoms had gone away by the time the doctor saw her.\u00a0 She remembers trying to sleep and feeling the tremor start, without knowing why.\u00a0 Seems when she gets urinary tract infections, it triggers the tremor. If she gets busy in the morning and can\u2019t find time to eat, the tremor gets better. She saw a neurologist for the first time in 2010, and Propranolol was prescribed. Besides Propranolol she has had other prescriptions but has taken nothing that she\u2019s been comfortable with.\u00a0 She gets angry about the tremors sometimes wondering, \u201cwhy is this happening to me\u201d and feels sorry for herself. Her hands started trembling first then her lip started trembling \u2026 emotions\u00a0 such as those caused by relationship conflict are a trigger for a tremor episode. She takes Clonazapam, prescribed for depression she attributes to the tremor.<\/p>\n

Less than a year ago she was diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s and started taking medicine for that. She also takes Zanax which was prescribed for anxiety related to the tremor, and it is the only medicine that really has helped her tremor. She feels she\u2019s been around the mulberry bush several times with doctors trying to see if something will work.<\/p>\n

None of her friends or family has acted adversely to her tremor.<\/p>\n

Next week’s story – Charley<\/a><\/p>\n

Interviewed by Lisa Gannon
\nSilver Spring, MD Support Group Member<\/p>\n

Other personal stories:
\nCharley
\n<\/a>Sheila
\nDale
\n<\/a>Doris
\n<\/a>Deb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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