i was sitting in the neurologist's office waiting to see her about migraines. i picked up a magazine and the cover was about essential tremors. i noticed as i was reading, the magazine was bouncing up and down. i have to hold it far enough away due to presbyopia and the combination sometimes stops me. i love going out to eat, not. i have hit perfect strangers with peas and corn. i now know to always get a 'sticky' vegetable so i can eat the smaller ones without sharing across the room. i have arthritis in my hands too, and i swear by the accuquilt. i buy a die every now and then when they go on sale. i can crank some out for friends too. there is a lot of confusion about et and parkinson's, but to be honest, they seem practically the same. if it is progressive and involves all body parts and the voice, where's the difference? i wonder if , when i was in 6th grade and tried to do the balance beam, and nearly shook myself off the beam, if , in fact i had it then? not that it makes a difference. has anyone noticed a relationship of weather and shaking with et? i am amazed how many of us on this board have it, and fibromyalgia, and bad backs, and arthritis. i feel right at home! and the people who have indulged pets. there are so many more similarities than differences! birds of a feather flock together! lol