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Subject: Essential Tremor My father suffers from tremors that were diagnosed as Essential (Familial) tremors. His mother also suffered from this. He is 61 years old and now can barely prepare a meal. He ended up turning to alcohol because it decreased the tremors and is now in rehab. I was wondering what the surgeries involved and what this Deep Brain Stimulation was all about. He has taken various drugs (Propanolol, Primidone and I think Clonazepam) none of which helped enough. His condition is now quite severe. If surgery might help I would like more info so he won't go back to the alcohol to help the shakes. Please let me know whatever you can on other possibilities and whether the medication in conjunction with the alcohol may have been the reason the medication didn't work. | |
