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AIBU to ask you what you think if a young man has trembling hands

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ConfusedWife1234 · 23/12/2018 08:10

What is the first thing you would think of? Would you give it a second thought at all? This is just a poll cause I wanna know.

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PigletWasPoohsFriend · 23/12/2018 08:20

Can young people get Parkinson? Really?

Yes they can. It is rare but they can.

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ConfusedWife1234 · 23/12/2018 08:20

@AnotherOriginalUsername Everybody else please read this only after you answered. My husband has trembling hands because of ptsd/anxiety and he thinks that everybody will know and judge him when they see he has trembling hands sometimes... and I mentioned in another thread that I think his concern is unnecessary. Nobody can diagnose a person with ptsd because of trembling hands... and then I thought why not give it a try and do a poll here... after all there are lots of people here. So far nobody has suggested ptsd so I guess am right.

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fenneltea · 23/12/2018 08:21

My son has this and always has had, it's never held him back in life, and I wouldn't give a second thought to worrying about what other people might think anyway.

BobDobbs · 23/12/2018 08:21

Parkinsons would be the first thing that would spring to mind, but I suppose there could be plenty of other causes

IncomingCannonFire · 23/12/2018 08:21

I would assume some sort of medical condition.

steff13 · 23/12/2018 08:22

And, I'd assume a medical condition.

JustJoinedRightNow · 23/12/2018 08:22

I’m sorry for your DH and I hope he’s getting help for his PTSD x

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ConfusedWife1234 · 23/12/2018 08:22

Oh, I remember Michael J. Fox but I did not know he was that young when it started. I thought he was already In his fifties. How horrible!

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Bowlofbabelfish · 23/12/2018 08:23

Yes young people can get Parkinson’s. It’s rarer but it exists. It can be spontaneous or drug induced

I’d think the person was either extremely nervous or (more likely) they had a medical issue. Benign tremor, Parkinsonism, epilepsy, muscular/neurological condition, cerebral palsy etc.

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ConfusedWife1234 · 23/12/2018 08:24

@Justjpinedrightnow Yes, he is getting help. But thanks a lot for your concern.

Really just a poll here. Thanks for everybody’s answers.

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OneStepSideways · 23/12/2018 08:25

I'd assume too much coffee or nicoteine! Or anxiety/lack of sleep but my first thought would be caffeine.

cheesenpickles · 23/12/2018 08:25

@ConfusedWife1234 my husband has trembling hands too. They also completely seize up at random points. He thinks I don't know and tries to hide it. I ask and he'll pretend he's got cramp, I know he's super conscious of it.

I think his is a mixture of work related damage (white knuckle), neurological damage from too many whacks on the head at his job (he also has head tics) and some anxiety from his job.

Bowlofbabelfish · 23/12/2018 08:25

PTSD wouldn’t be my first thought. I also wouldn’t negatively judge someone at all whether it was physical or PTSD.

Poor chap. Is he getting treatment? Could he talk to his doc about a beta blocker?

OneStepSideways · 23/12/2018 08:27

Has he spoken to his GP? There are medications (beta blockers) that stop your hands shaking.

Christmasgone2018 · 23/12/2018 08:27

I've inherited this from my DF. It's been there forever. However I'm afraid I still wonder if someone has been heavily drinking the night before when I see it on someone else.

hellsbells99 · 23/12/2018 08:29

My nephew has this. Originally they thought anxiety related but turned out to be linked to a thyroid problem

MaggieAndHopey · 23/12/2018 08:30

"Interestingly he has a job that requires a very steady hand and he's absolutely fine with that - it's only at rest that it trembles."

Broadly speaking, tremors can be divided into resting or action types - which one you have depends on which neurological pathway is involved.

junebirthdaygirl · 23/12/2018 08:30

Talking to a 60 year old woman this week and in the context of the conversation she mentioned she has a shake in her hand. Said she has it since youth and inherited it from her dad who lived into his 90 with no known illness. She has no illness either. I think its not that unusual.

BertrandRussell · 23/12/2018 08:31

I think people will use their own experience- for example I would assume anxiety because of my ds.

zen1 · 23/12/2018 08:32

My DS (pre-teen) has a tremor in his hands, which is particularly noticeable when he’s gripping things, like a toothbrush. He’s always had it.

gamerwidow · 23/12/2018 08:32

I would think medical condition. Could be anxiety, epilepsy, fibromyalgia, Tourette’s, Parkinson’s or any number of things. I would probably notice but then dismiss it as none of my business unless he wanted to tell me about it. Wouldn’t be anything I would judge anyone negatively for.

Grumpbum123 · 23/12/2018 08:32

I have tremor due to the medication I’m on for PTSD

Dogsmellssobadbob · 23/12/2018 08:33

Anxiety
Post alcohol

MrsSup · 23/12/2018 08:33

There's a condition that causes trembling hands and nothing else. I have it - can't remember what it's called and never give it a second thought (although I wouldn't take a waitressing job, and performing brain surgery is probably out too).

Dogsmellssobadbob · 23/12/2018 08:33

Essential tremor MrsSup