Essential tremors and a new diagnosis.
I’ve been dealing with a tremor in my left hand since the summer of 2020, when I first noticed it. At the time, I was dealing with mental health issues, and my psychiatrist wanted me to try different anxiety medications until we found one that worked for me. While trying these medications, I started developing side effects, and one of them was severe shaking and tremors.
The shaking became so bad that I could barely pick up a pen to write, and I experienced shaking in other parts of my body as well. Once I stopped taking the medication, the widespread shaking stopped, but I continued to have a tremor in my left hand.
The tremor only happens when I hold my left hand out in front of me; that's when the shaking starts. My right hand isn't affected.
My concern is whether the medication could have somehow triggered or "activated" an essential tremor that I may have already been predisposed to, or whether the side effects from the medication could have caused some type of long-term damage. My neurologist doesn't think the medication caused it, but because the tremor started while I was taking the medication and has remained ever since, it's hard for me not to wonder if there could be a connection.
Another thing is that I am not sure if it's hereditary and when I asked my dad about it he could not recall anyone with tremors. I also do not know anyone on my mom's side of the family so that's another issue. As of right now it doesn't bother me but I am worried about what the future will hold when it comes to when and if this tremor will develop.