By William I am a retired ophthalmologist with essential tremor (ET) first diagnosed about 27 years ago. I was educated at UCLA Medical School and did my ophthalmology residency at the UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute. I practiced ophthalmology for 30 years and did thousands of eye surgeries. I developed ET in both hands and […]
By Michael I first noticed my tremor while I was in elementary school. It was especially noticed after I was baptized and was to take communion for the first time. I could not handle the little cups of the wine (grape juice) nor could I take the wafers out of the containers that were passed out. I was taken […]
By Conor Hi, my name is Conor. I’m 36 and from County Down Northern Ireland. Since I was a young child I’ve had hand tremors that were noticeable but I never addressed the issue. Two years ago when they started to progress rapidly. Then one day, I suffered an FND seizure and was rushed to […]
Judy’s Story Sometime in the 1970s my sister asked me, “Why is your arm twitching?” Since I had always seen her as a bit of an alarmist, I shrugged it off and forgot about it. Whether that was a precursor to my essential tremor (ET) I would never know as I was not diagnosed for […]
IETF scholarship recipient Elizabeth Carroll shares her experience of living with essential tremor.
March is National Essential Tremor Awareness Month and throughout the month we will be shining a light on people who have essential tremor. Everyone has a story to tell. We hope that these stories will resonate with others, validating the everyday struggles people with ET feel physically and emotionally. As we shine a light on […]
March is National Essential Tremor Awareness Month and throughout the month we will be shining a light on people who have essential tremor. Everyone has a story to tell. We hope that these stories will resonate with others, validating the everyday struggles people with ET feel physically and emotionally. As we shine a light on […]
(This is an article from a past issue of Tremor Talk magazine. It’s just a sampling of the stories we include in this printed publication. Annual donors to the IETF receive Tremor Talk magazine in the mail three times per year.) By Arif Dalvi, MD, MBA Director of the Comprehensive Movement Disorders Program Palm Beach […]