Posted by shadows721 on December 15, 2003, at 21:45:13
In reply to Shaky hands - how to explain to people?, posted by PhoenixGirl on December 14, 2003, at 23:00:51
Oh, I know what you are going thru. As a nurse, it is the worst. Other nurses and patients think I am extremely nervous. I have literally had it written on my job performance review. That made me extremely angry. I wrote back that I had a medical condition that no one even asked about to find out the truth. I have literally been thinking about getting out of the profession, because I am judged so harshly. They act like I have the plaque, because I shake. It's funny there are nurses with all sorts of conditions working, but shaking seems so unforgiveable. It is always assumed that I am nervous. The truth of it is that I only get nervous when they point out the darn tremor. The tremor is aggrevating to me enough, let alone having some insensitive person judging me so wrongly.
I started telling people that I have a benign tremor and it is not contagious. It helps keep me slim and gives me energy. When I say that, others say they wish they had it too. I say, "No, you don't wish you had it, because you get questioned by uncaring nosey people." Whew, that really keeps them off my back. What meds are causing yours? I have heard that taking a benzo on an as needed basis helps. Also, beta blockers help some that don't have low blood pressure.
I sure can relate.
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