[chaos]

This week I started having what I assume are tremors. I look down at my hand and notice it's moving back and forth on it's own, if I concentrate on it, it'll calm down and stop, but I usually have to move it to a different place. I've noticed it'll do this sometimes even if pressure is put on it. It seems to happen mostly when I have my elbow on something and my hand is up or holding something. I held up a paper and my hand was shaking too much to read it. It's far more than just shaking, it's very obvious.

I stopped taking the Mirapex a couple weeks ago when the edema and hives started (which are very very slowly getting better, but I'm still itching a ton). I was only taking this for PLMD, not parkinson's. But since it is a parkinson's med, I'm wondering if maybe I would have had these "tremors" a while ago if I hadn't taken the med.

The twitches I had before aren't happening as much. I am taking magnesium. These were when I just got a jerk. It would happen, then it would be over, maybe would repeat again, but not in repetition like a metronome (which is how the tremors feel).

What's the difference between the two? Are they caused by the same thing or two totally different things? Anything besides the magnesium to help?

[mrsD]

Typically tremors come from the brain and are mostly central.

A rapid twitch or fatigued muscle may appear to tremor, so when this happens it can be confusing to define it.

Twitches are mostly in the muscle area and reflect a hyper-excitable situation at the neuromuscular junction. Magnesium is very good for twitching. Twitching can be seen as muscle with too much contractile actions without the relaxation phases. Magnesium therefore offers that relaxation response.
Twitching often shows up when blood sugars are low.

[Sallysblooms]

It was so odd about five years ago when I had a hyster. surgery. Afterwards, I had little tiny jerks all over. I asked the doc and she shrugged her shoulders, LOL! I just worked on balancing mag, potassium etc. Horones were clearly also part of it.

[chaos]

These are not rapid twitches (like I've gotten in my eyelids). These are slower, like if I was writing something with an invisible pen or stirring something.

As you mention, I did read the tremor part being related to the brain, and how often it comes along with speech issues, which I do have from time to time, still.

[chaos]

So I found this:
Cerebellar tremor is a slow tremor of the extremities that occurs at the end of a purposeful movement (intention tremor), such as trying to press a button or touching a finger to the tip of one’s nose. Cerebellar tremor is caused by lesions in or damage to the cerebellum resulting from stroke, tumor, or disease such as multiple sclerosis or some inherited degenerative disorder. It can also result from chronic alcoholism or overuse of some medicines. In classic cerebellar tremor, a lesion on one side of the brain produces a tremor in that same side of the body that worsens with directed movement. Cerebellar damage can also produce a “wing-beating” type of tremor called rubral or Holmes’ tremor — a combination of rest, action, and postural tremors. The tremor is often most prominent when the affected person is active or is maintaining a particular posture. Cerebellar tremor may be accompanied by dysarthria (speech problems), nystagmus (rapid involuntary movements of the eyes), gait problems, and postural tremor of the trunk and neck.

On this site: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/t...ail_tremor.htm

And it says these are causes:
Tremor is generally caused by problems in parts of the brain that control muscles throughout the body or in particular areas, such as the hands. Neurological disorders or conditions that can produce tremor include multiple sclerosis, stroke, traumatic brain injury, and neurodegenerative diseases that damage or destroy parts of the brainstem or the cerebellum. Other causes include the use of some drugs (such as amphetamines, corticosteroids, and drugs used for certain psychiatric disorders), alcohol abuse or withdrawal, mercury poisoning, overactive thyroid, or liver failure. Some forms of tremor are inherited and run in families, while others have no known cause.

So that means that my steroids may be causing them (yay?). But then I go back to that stupid thought of MS. But my MRI looked fine! And the things that accompany them, the speech, eye movement and head/neck tremor, I have the speech and neck thing, but not the eye movement.

Everyday I keep telling myself that I want star trek medicine!

[chaos]

My tremors got increasingly worse over the weekend. By yesterday evening my right hand was basically shaking just about every time I tried to hold something in it or when it was in particular positions. I feel like a Parkinson's patient with all the shaking. I can feel it all the way up to my shoulder.

I have no neurologist now and will need to go to the regular doc. Have to go anyway because the itching isn't all the way gone. Husband said I was kicking "violently" all night.