High Temps and Hand Tremors

[chriscurfman]

Like BFShopeful, I tend to worry about the hand symptoms the most. They tend to be the most apparent and look similar to more serious conditions. I was curious if others have noticed high temps cause a very mild increase in tremors/twitching of the hands. I tend to notice that if I work out hard, like running in warm weather that I see a mild hand tremor in both hands for a few hours afterwards. I'm not new to the forum, nor do I think the neuro was wrong. I have no issue accepting BFS, but I am curious how others deal with the hand issues that are more pronounced typing or handling a fork or maintaining a static position. At 32 I also asked if essential tremor cpould be part of the problem, but the answer was no because the tremors are transient and not observable. The neuro said that fact that they do not appear on a emg would suggest anxiety brought on by my obsessing over my hands was the cause. I'm sure others have watched the fork while eating, or maybe I'm just weird. I mostly notice the tremors while in a stressful situation. They come and go without medication, and are not bad enough for most people to even notice. The better rested I am the less I have them, the more stressed I am, the more I notice them. The overall twitching has gotten better and seems to continue to improve, the hand symptoms however, seem to linger. The weirdest part of the hand tremors is that I only notice them when the hand is in certain positions. If I hold a cup or a heavy object it is very rare to feel or notice them, but if my fingers are crossed like when you hold a fork then I notice it. I can actually see the muscles fasc. when it happens. Is this pretty much the experience of the group or is my situation odd???

 

[priorityhigh5]

No, your situation is not odd. In fact, its very "normal" (for lack of a better word).I have hand tremors as well, yes more so when I'm stressed or after doing something like exercising. There are days when the tremors are very noticable (at least to me) and other days when I dont notice or think about them at all. I mentioned these the one and only time I saw a neurologist and he said begnin essential tremor is alot more common than people think, and would be even more common if everyone that had it cared enough to get it checked out. He meant that while it bothers some of us, like me, and we ask about it, there are just as many people out there that have slight tremors and never give them a 2nd thought. Although, I would say your tremors sound more anxiety, stress, and fatigue induced. There was a previous post, I believe it was by Ed if you wanted to search his posts, that said he at one time had a tremor that made it even difficult to write, and that too has passed for him...and it will for you too. Your tremors dont impress me much hun...come on bring on somethin more interesting...

 

[beensuggested]

Yes it is pretty typical for us. When I was tremoring the worst it also ratched. Of course then when I was looking for it and nervous and worried about it it made it waaay worse. Tremors are part of this condition, and are made even worse by stress. I think you are going to be fine with this as well stop watching your fork so much unless it has an amazing piece of something chocolate on it ) Be well,Kit

 

[chriscurfman]

Thanks to the two veterans for answering the question. I tend to answer questions based on what I've learned from the doctors and independent research, but it was first time I asked a question for myself. I had noticed that others posted questions about shaking,buzzing, and tremors but none described the symptoms exactly like mine. My twitching started when I went back to school. At first I was getting several headaches, for which I took exedrine migraine. I was also drinking a hefty supply of soda, not getting much sleep, eating poorly ect. The twitches were wild over the entire body, but I think it started in my fingers and went from there. The family Dr. was concerned and ordered the MRI and sent me to the Neuro. I have seen him three times, and each time he shares stories of med school and nameless patients. He mentioned that he was on a similar caffeine plan and also thought he had als while in medical school, but his Dr. told him to stop drinking soda and get some sleep and it would resolve and it did. He mentioned people coming to him about tremors was very common, but in most cases, benign. It's been about 1 year and it does get better for me each week, but if miss too sleep or stress the little things I will get a flare-up. The last piece of advice from the good doctor was to expect 1-2 years before things really improved for me. He said once you disturb you CNS it cfan quite a long time to restore normal function as psychological stress maintains the dysfunction. He said, "if it makes you feel any better, I never had a patient present with only tremors or twitches that turned out to be pathological or serious. A serious neurological disease always presents with more sinister symptoms. For example, someone with MS will most likely not even notice the fasc., but seeks medical attention because of vision problems, loss of bladder control, trouble walking and so on."I admit it did make me feel better to hear him say that. It also has helped for others on the forum to share similar stories of similar symptoms with the Drs saying the exact same thing. Thanks for taking the time to share,Mike