Tremors in hands...?

Question

Every so often, I get tremors in my hands, and I start to feel jittery. Actually, it feels like my blood sugar is low, but I've checked it the last 5 or 6 times, and it's been normal and consistent. I don't have any other symptoms. I've tried to pinpoint what causes it, whether it's stress, exercise, caffeine.. but there aren't any consistencies that I can see. It only affects my hands. I thought it might be a sodium deficiency, because it seems to get better if I eat a lot of salt or take a salt pill, but when I did some research, my symptoms aren't really consistent with a sodium deficiency (which is quite serious, from what I can gather). I'm planning to bring it up with my doctor next time I go, but wanted to get some input from anyone else who might have gone through this. Thanks!!!

No, I'm not diabetic - my blood sugar stays consistent at 85-95. No history of diabetes anywhere in my family, no precursors. I check it because my fiance has a tendency for his to be low, so we've got the little machine at the house.

Answer 1

Check your meds, I know some can cause side affects like that. One way to help counter that is taking vitamin e. I cant remember what it is called... but we put our kids on the vitamin when we put them on certain meds just to prefent that from happening. It had to do with toxic levels of the med building up in there system.

So when you take the salt it may not be the salt helping, it may be all the extra fluid you are getting in your system. That will help flush your system and may lower the toxic levels.

When our kids are haveing a bad time we will ask them to hold there hands out in front of them and keep them still. If shakeing then we tell the dr so they can adjust something or tell us to keep an eye on them.

I dont know if that even helps or not. You can google your med names one at a time and the vitimin E and see what comes up.

Hugs Kim Lynn

Answer 2

It sounds like you might be diabetic. My mother is diabetic and suffers the same symptoms any time she is low. She always feels weak and tired until she eats. After that she feels better. My guess is that you are type 2. You don't need the insulin injections but still need to check your sugar level.

Answer 3

Are you diabetic? Since you test your sugar that's a clue... could be meds you take, first guess is low sugar, then stress. How about Parkinson's Disease?

Answer 4

ok i have the same thing.. the first time it happened when i was in 8th grade.. the nurse freaked out and sent me to the hospital, i was scared.. they were trembling bad.. couldnt hold a piece of paper.. the doctor gave me a peice of paper telling me the probable reasons and they were about everything you just said.. but they gave me a name for it.. i cannot remember.. there are many reasons but you should be fine..

Answer 5

i really recomend u see a docter quick just to be safe please

Good luck and i wish u well