A home remedy for essential tremor

January 30, 2013 By

Q: I have recently been diagnosed with essential tremors. I am taking three 40 mg Propranolol beta blockers per day which do seem to help. However, I would like to do whatever I can to help improve my condition.

A friend of mine told me about you and your articles and said that I should take 100 mg of grape seed extract and 50 mcg of vitamin B50. My vitamin store person insists that 50 mcg of vitamin B50 does not exist so I was not able to buy it. Does it exist and where do I buy it if it does? Or, do I have to split the mgs that do exist?

I would appreciate your input on this because I have been fainting and ending up in the emergency room and I don’t know the cause. My primary care doctor at NYU Medical Center says he thinks something else is going on. Personally, I just want to know where to vet the vitamin B50 50 mcg and use it. Thank you in advance for your time and attention.
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When the meds stop working

August 29, 2010 By

DEAR DR. GOTT: A neurosurgeon told me that I have a genetic familial tremor. He prescribed Mysoline, 50 milligrams four times a day. Well, either I have become immune to it or it just doesn’t work. Your thoughts, please.

DEAR READER: Familial refers to a hereditary disease or disorder seen in some families and not in others — thus, your genetic tremor. Essential tremor affects millions of people across the United States. It is a disorder of the nervous system that causes involuntary tremor or shaking, primarily seen in the hands, head and eyelids but never the feet or legs. Other signs and symptoms are generally not observed when a person is asleep. It differs from other disorders such as Parkinson’s or disorders that are the result of head trauma.
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Anti-anxiety med for tremor?

March 13, 2010 By

DEAR DR. GOTT: My doctor has prescribed a light dose of Xanax for an essential tremor, which seems to help. Is this medicine doing me any harm, or is there something better?

DEAR READER: Essential tremor can be caused by several conditions, including anxiety and stress. It is often confused with Parkinson’s disease, and affects almost 15 percent of people over the age of 65.

The Xanax you have been prescribed is in a group of drugs called benzodiazepines. I can only assume your physician prescribed it because he or she believes the tremor is caused by anxiety. [Read more…]

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