[willie002]

I'm one of the lucky people that has a lot of tremors both at rest and during movement. My doctor maintains that the only tremor that indicates Parkinson's is the at rest and as soon as you start movement the tremor goes away. In several publications lately their saying that Parkinson's tremors aren't just at rest but their finding folks are having Parkinson's Tremors during movement also. I'm getting a little confused here as which tremor is which so I can understand what's going on. Any information?

[lurkingforacure]

Originally Posted by willie002

I'm one of the lucky people that has a lot of tremors both at rest and during movement. My doctor maintains that the only tremor that indicates Parkinson's is the at rest and as soon as you start movement the tremor goes away. In several publications lately their saying that Parkinson's tremors aren't just at rest but their finding folks are having Parkinson's Tremors during movement also. I'm getting a little confused here as which tremor is which so I can understand what's going on. Any information?

Like many, I am becoming cynical of these new "scientific" "findings". This sounds like someone is widening the net to include more people in the group they call "PD" so they can sell more drugs.

Absurd? Examples:

Normal blood pressure used to be (and "normal", again a term someone defined) 130 and even further back was higher...now it's down to 120...why? The more folks that creep over the 120 mark, the more HBP drugs can be scripted. Keep in mind that our blood pressure naturally goes up as we age, no matter how healthy we may be-it's because our arteries lose elasticity with time.

Another example: blood sugar. Used to be "normal" was 140, now it's been dropped down to 130 I think, meaning more and more people can be "diagnosed" as being diabetic.

And really? After all these years of "the four cardinal signs of PD" including resting tremor, the main one, actually, now it is not just resting tremor but also action tremor? What about the fact that there are hundreds, literally hundreds, of causes of tremor? Sheesh.

Maybe this is good, because it shows how little is known about this collection of symptoms that has been called PD. But what would we do if they came out and also discovered that cogwheel rigidity is also not definitively linked to PD? What do we take away from announcements like this?

If you have cites to the articles saying this, I know we'd all be interested to read them.

[dilmar]

Originally Posted by willie002

I'm one of the lucky people that has a lot of tremors both at rest and during movement. My doctor maintains that the only tremor that indicates Parkinson's is the at rest and as soon as you start movement the tremor goes away. In several publications lately their saying that Parkinson's tremors aren't just at rest but their finding folks are having Parkinson's Tremors during movement also. I'm getting a little confused here as which tremor is which so I can understand what's going on. Any information?

Like you Willie 002 I am one of those lucky people with tremors though not constantly but when I have them it can be both resting and action tremor. I believe we can have both types in PD. I recently read EPDA information on tremor.
http://www.epda.eu.com/en/parkinsons...or-parkinsons/

This part might be helpful when talking with your doctor


In the Consensus Statement of the Movement Disorder Society on Tremor, four types of Parkinsonian tremor are described:

type I – classical Parkinsonian tremor, that is a rest tremor and postural/kinetic tremor at the same frequency, i.e. the rest tremor in this group persisting as a postural tremor
type II - rest, postural and kinetic tremors at different frequency
type III - pure postural kinetic tremor. This is seen particularly where there is rigidity. This tremor is very similar to the more common ET (See also: Diagnosis)
type IV - the monosymptomatic rest tremor, that is a pure tremor at rest which reduces with movement.
Due to the fact that almost any tremor phenomenon can be seen in someone with Parkinson’s, it can be difficult for doctors to distinguish between Parkinson’s tremors and tremors arising from other conditions.