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I was diagnosed with essential tremors because my sister has them so the doctors assumed that is what I had. Severe tremors in my left hand and some mild tremors on the left side of my face. I was referred to a motion specialist (I didn't know there was such a specialist). He did a DaTscan to rule out Parkinson which thankfully it wasn't. He diagnosed me with dystopia tremors and put me on Propanadol. Sadly I had severe side effects to it so now I take Primidone 2x a day which helps. He also tried botox which sadly didn't work for me. It stopped my tremors but I lost total strength in my hand for 4 months so I will no longer take those. The tremors have returned but I can live with them. I have a 2 handle mug and special utensils which belp.

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I like it when members post about their adaptive strategies! 2-handled mug and special utensils.