And by talking about it, others can let you know what worked for them!!!
I also have ET. There is a website for the International Essential
Tremor Foundation if you want more info.
For me, though,*tinting my glasses green made a HUGE difference!!! *I've
had it over 15 years and at onje point I had people worried about me
having Parkinson's and asking me to go to the Dr. The Dr told me I had
ET. Drink wine before dinner to calm your hands enough to eat they said.
Then while I was at an art class, someone told me about a book they were
reading and it said red lenses increase tremor and green calms it. So I
went home and talked to my optometrist. They were happy to do an
experiment with me and tinted my glasses. I went from being unable to
hit the holes with my needle in cross stitch, to back happily stitching!!!
Ten years later I can see my tremor increasing again, but fine tuning
the green color has worked wonders.
Prepricking a pattern has helped me with getting pins to the right spot
when making lace with my tremor. But the green glasses help the most!
Please pass this on.
Lauren Snyder in Snohomish WA.
On 6/1/2012 6:40 AM, Nancy Neff wrote:
> My biggest problem is a gradually worsening tremor--"essential tremor",
> inherited from my father's side of the family. My Dad's tremor is very bad,
> so I can see where I'm headed and it's scary. I'm already having trouble
> putting pins in (hitting the hole when your hand is shaking all over the
> place is a challenge), and there are times when I have trouble keeping my
> bobbins (Continental) under control. Parallel to the lace problems, I also
> did a lot of off-loom bead-weaving and now have to wait until I have a
> particularly calm spell to do that anymore. Embroidery is also getting
> harder, since I like to do the fine work on linen. At work I have trouble
> controlling the mouse, and at bad times even typing.
>
> There is no effective medication for the condition, only brain surgery
> ("deep-brain stimulation"), which I'm sure the insurance won't pay for until
> it really badly affects my ability to work. I'm not sure there is any
> immediate solution except reducing stress (deep breathing, meditation, etc.)
> but I appreciate the opportunity to complain about the problems a little bit.
> Also, hearing what others go through puts my lesser problems in perspective
> since at least the tremor isn't physically painful. Thanks, Jean!
> Nancy
> Connecticut, USA
>
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