Just got back from a neurological exam. I will have a CAT scan in August (can't schedule it now) -- "just for the record" -- and that's cool as I'll have a current baseline.
At any rate, I seem to have essential tremor I inherited from my father, praises be. It is not caused by any of my medications.
It is SEVERELY exacerbated in me by stress, and as indicated, this got bad (after two years of a minor intention tremor -- not a resting tremor) after my close friend took her own life, and I made my recent move. Also having a colonoscopy under full anesthesia -- have to talk with the anesthesiologist first -- in July. Doesn't make me happy.
I have calmed down, used my CBT/DBT a lot, and the DP/DR hasn't spiked despite all this garbage.
Link to ET -- IT IS INHERITED in probably all cases, and in mine from my description of my father, he did not have Parkinson's which includes rigidity. Unfortunately this may get worse with age as it did with my father, but there are treatments of various kinds, and hopefully in the future, better ones.
http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic129.htm
The neurologist knew exactly what DP/DR were and said "There is no specific treatment", as I suspected. He noted it comes in many types with many co-morbid illnesses, psychiatric and neurological. He deals mainly with the neurological. I.E. a head injury that has DP/DR as a result.
Also, re my surgery, he wasn't comfortable with Versed as I am already on a benzo. I remember from two surgeries in 1993 I had them skip the pre-anesthesia cocktail, as in a surgery in 1984 it made me "disappear from the face of the earth." I will wait until the last minute for anesthesia, hopefully without ketamine.
Brand Name: VERSED
Generic Name: MIDAZOLAM HYDROCHLORIDE
Drug Class: BENZODIAZEPINES
Also, since I'm already on a benzo, there is no more need for another benzo. Also, my other meds are calming enough. This would be unnecessary -- even though I'm a hairball of anxiety. 8)
So latest update. Things are going smoother since my move. The stress of that and my friend's death nearly did me in, and as the neurologist said this would cause an essential tremor, or ANY movement disorder to get worse. Anxiety exacerbates problems with the nervous system... well it is part and parcel of a normal nervous system. Fight or flight.
OK, end of report.
Will have report of CAT. Curious what it will look like, and I will ask for a copy to keep for future reference.
Best,
D, per the neurologist, clearly the Greatest Hairball on Earth. Just a stressed out person. :shock: Not that I look it, but from my health history, well, he was ... intrigued, LOL.
I have a new sofa coming tomorrow! Small pleasures. On the other hand, I still can't find the connection from my Boston Accoustics to my computer, YET.
At any rate, I seem to have essential tremor I inherited from my father, praises be. It is not caused by any of my medications.
It is SEVERELY exacerbated in me by stress, and as indicated, this got bad (after two years of a minor intention tremor -- not a resting tremor) after my close friend took her own life, and I made my recent move. Also having a colonoscopy under full anesthesia -- have to talk with the anesthesiologist first -- in July. Doesn't make me happy.
I have calmed down, used my CBT/DBT a lot, and the DP/DR hasn't spiked despite all this garbage.
Link to ET -- IT IS INHERITED in probably all cases, and in mine from my description of my father, he did not have Parkinson's which includes rigidity. Unfortunately this may get worse with age as it did with my father, but there are treatments of various kinds, and hopefully in the future, better ones.
http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic129.htm
The neurologist knew exactly what DP/DR were and said "There is no specific treatment", as I suspected. He noted it comes in many types with many co-morbid illnesses, psychiatric and neurological. He deals mainly with the neurological. I.E. a head injury that has DP/DR as a result.
Also, re my surgery, he wasn't comfortable with Versed as I am already on a benzo. I remember from two surgeries in 1993 I had them skip the pre-anesthesia cocktail, as in a surgery in 1984 it made me "disappear from the face of the earth." I will wait until the last minute for anesthesia, hopefully without ketamine.
Brand Name: VERSED
Generic Name: MIDAZOLAM HYDROCHLORIDE
Drug Class: BENZODIAZEPINES
Also, since I'm already on a benzo, there is no more need for another benzo. Also, my other meds are calming enough. This would be unnecessary -- even though I'm a hairball of anxiety. 8)
So latest update. Things are going smoother since my move. The stress of that and my friend's death nearly did me in, and as the neurologist said this would cause an essential tremor, or ANY movement disorder to get worse. Anxiety exacerbates problems with the nervous system... well it is part and parcel of a normal nervous system. Fight or flight.
OK, end of report.
Will have report of CAT. Curious what it will look like, and I will ask for a copy to keep for future reference.
Best,
D, per the neurologist, clearly the Greatest Hairball on Earth. Just a stressed out person. :shock: Not that I look it, but from my health history, well, he was ... intrigued, LOL.
I have a new sofa coming tomorrow! Small pleasures. On the other hand, I still can't find the connection from my Boston Accoustics to my computer, YET.
