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Conditions›Shaking›Essential tremor (benign)

Essential tremor (benign)

A nervous system disorder that causes small continuous rhythmic movements like trembling or shaking.

Dr. Geoffrey Rutledgereviewed this

Internal Medicine 39 years experience

Is a type of:Movement disorder, Shaking, Hand and finger conditions

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common is it?

Common

Common	Extremely rare	Very rare	Rare	Common	Very common
Baby0-2			Rare
Preteen6-13				Common
Teenager14-18				Common
Young adult19-40					Very common
Middle-aged adult41-60					Very common

Body locations

Hand

Symptoms

Muscle twitching

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Medications

Ratings show how effective doctors think these medications are at treating Essential tremor (benign)

Procedures

Ratings show how effective doctors think these procedures are at treating Essential tremor (benign)

Surgery

Deep brain stimulation

Other treatments

Watchful waiting

Tests

Thyroid blood tests

Risk factors

Personal

Cigarette smoking

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Medicine prescribed for benign essential tremor (sounds like myciline) 50 mg bid?

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A 24-year-old male asked:

Feel a head tremor even when resting on a pillow. Could it still be benign essential tremor? Cause for concern at my age?

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Resting head tremor involved with benign essential tremor. Suggest rapid progression or something else? Or might it be nothing to worry about?

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I suffer from moderate depression and benign essential tremor and want to undergo brain scans to determine brain disease. Should I and which ones ?

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What causes resting, action and essential tremors? For me to have all 3. I am taking primadone now and it is not helping.

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