Unsteady hands?

[MotF Bane]

I'm guessing plenty of people have them, but does anyone have ways to deal with it, as in make your hands not twitch so badly? I can't take pictures unless the camera has image stabilization, and soldering is absolutely disastrous.

My Google-fu has failed, and AT search didn't yield any reposts.

 

[Turin39789]

I get it more if I've been exerting myself. I assume I'm a defect

 

[JohnCU]

a girl at work has the same problem, it's just something she lives with
hers goes away with a few drinks

(no she doesn't have the shakes)

 

[JM Aggie08]

Masturbate more.

 

[Baked]

Smoke some weed. Maybe you have MS.

 

[destrekor]

I haven't found a singular reason why my hands get shaky from time to time.

Sometimes, if I'm super wired I just can't sit still, but depending on substance of choice I might not really be shaky, just twitchy, i.e. I can steady my hands.

With photography, it was hit or miss. Some days I had trouble, other days my hands were like gifted.

I know for sure one of my chief reasons is anxiety or stress, so maybe stress for photography projects got to me some days.

If I've been working out hard, I definitely tremble. Or if I've been writing a lot or something, it gets hard to even write.

 

[Q]

Parkinsons? I don't mean that as a joke at all, I mean it could be a possibility depending on your age

 

[SlitheryDee]

Xanax? My hands got WAY steadier when I quit drinking.

If that's not a possibility all I can say is take a few deep breaths and maybe find something to prop your elbows on so the trembling can't move your whole arm.

 

[DrawninwarD]

If I haven't slept in a very long time, then I get slightly shaky hands. If I finish writing some epic exam, then I get shaky hands. But otherwise, I do not have shaky hands.

I do know a couple of people with very shaky hands. One guy especially has extremely shaky hands. Apparently his dad has it too. Go figure.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
a girl at work has the same problem, it's just something she lives with
hers goes away with a few drinks

(no she doesn't have the shakes)

Drinking is probably what's causing it.

 

[Mo0o]

Take a beta-blocker

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: JohnCU
a girl at work has the same problem, it's just something she lives with
hers goes away with a few drinks

(no she doesn't have the shakes)

Drinking is probably what's causing it.

Yep. If it goes away after a few drinks that's a full blown alcoholic.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: JohnCU
a girl at work has the same problem, it's just something she lives with
hers goes away with a few drinks

(no she doesn't have the shakes)

Drinking is probably what's causing it.

Yep. If it goes away after a few drinks that's a full blown alcoholic.

alcohol is a depressant anyway, works on the same receptors that xanax does (or any other benzo), so that's not really conclusive.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

If your hands always shake it is an Essential Tremor. The only treatments are an experimental surgery on your brain (implanting something like a pacemaker), alcohol, and anti-epileptic medications.

 

[MotF Bane]

Originally posted by: Quintox
Parkinsons? I don't mean that as a joke at all, I mean it could be a possibility depending on your age

19.

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
Xanax? My hands got WAY steadier when I quit drinking.

If that's not a possibility all I can say is take a few deep breaths and maybe find something to prop your elbows on so the trembling can't move your whole arm.

Never been to any sort of therapist, so I obviously haven't tried anything like Xanax.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: JohnCU
a girl at work has the same problem, it's just something she lives with
hers goes away with a few drinks

(no she doesn't have the shakes)

Drinking is probably what's causing it.

Yep. If it goes away after a few drinks that's a full blown alcoholic.

alcohol is a depressant anyway, works on the same receptors that xanax does (or any other benzo), so that's not really conclusive.

I was ganna say the same thing but I'm sure you've learned a lot about alcohol after the fact.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: JohnCU


alcohol is a depressant anyway, works on the same receptors that xanax does (or any other benzo), so that's not really conclusive.

True, but shaky hands are most always withdrawal from some sort of depressant. But what do I know - I love alcohol and xanax.

 

[Elderly Newt]

Originally posted by: Quintox
Parkinsons? I don't mean that as a joke at all, I mean it could be a possibility depending on your age

The tremor in Parkinson's is a resting tremor; it goes away when you actively use your hands (or whatever has the tremor).

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: JohnCU


alcohol is a depressant anyway, works on the same receptors that xanax does (or any other benzo), so that's not really conclusive.

True, but shaky hands are most always withdrawal from some sort of depressant. But what do I know - I love alcohol and xanax.

that's probably true, sleeping pills are bad for causing shakiness

 

[nakedfrog]

I've always had shaky hands, but it must not be as bad, because I can still solder and take pictures.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I've always had shaky hands, but it must not be as bad, because I can still solder and take pictures.

Start drinking! It will take care of that real quick.

 

[SammyJr]

Originally posted by: MotF Bane
I'm guessing plenty of people have them, but does anyone have ways to deal with it, as in make your hands not twitch so badly? I can't take pictures unless the camera has image stabilization, and soldering is absolutely disastrous.

My Google-fu has failed, and AT search didn't yield any reposts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_tremor

Its familial... anyone else in your family unsteady?

Propranolol helps, if you can deal with the side effects. Booze works really well, too.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I've always had shaky hands, but it must not be as bad, because I can still solder and take pictures.

Start drinking! It will take care of that real quick.

Who am I to argue with science?

 

[Auggie]

Unless there's a pathological reason behind your shakes, it's probably diet-related. Write down what time of day you are getting these shakes, then write down what you've eaten so far that day. For me, I found that when I didn't eat much for breakfast, then ate lunch with a sugary soda, my hands were almost always shaky. I work in a lab with micro pipetters all day, so shaky hands are really farking annoying.

Anyhow, after you eat lunch, especially if you have a soda or some kind of dessert, your insulin levels are extremely high for a few hours afterwards. This insulin signals your liver to absorb much or nearly all of the sugar that you consumed from your blood, so you end up with low levels of blood sugars, which isn't good for muscle function.

My two cents But write down when you get the shakes and what you've eaten, and see if there isn't a correlation!

 

[hiromizu]

luckily chuck norris doesn't have parkinsons or else we'd be in a seismic catastrophe.