Shaking/Tremors in my head for many years

[alee520]

Hi to all, I am a 30 year old male and I have been having this problem for many years now. I have some sort of shaking/vibration in my head and I am not sure where exactly it comes from. It severely affects my concentration and I have been unable to hold down a job. Sometimes it results in a crippling headache, other times I feel nauseous. I have tried to do some face exercises like clenching my jaw tightly and shaking my head but it wouldn't relieve the shaking.

Due to the shaking/vibration i my head, I find it very hard to focus and do even some simple tasks. I ever had a CT scan done many years ago but it showed nothing. Basically I just feel like I will just have to live with this all my life. The problem becomes more servere when I am subject to stress. I am really at a lost as to how I can find a way to allievate this incessant shaking in my head. I can't concentrate on doing something for any long period of time. I also have a history of depression/OCD but I don't think it is the cause of this shaking. I almost feel like there is something shaking/shivering in my head and I am sure its not psychological. Many people tell me it is but after suffering for 10 years, I am sure its not. I am a very light smoker and these few days when I try to stop smoking completely, the shaking comes back.

I sometimes feel so alone, and I know not many people understand what I am going through because I look normal on the outside. I also have problems doing some simple tasks at times like having enough focus to hold up a bowl of hot soup and place it properly on the table... It feels like there is this cloud over my brain that disturbs my focus...

The shaking/tremors stops when I sleep, lie down, or rest my head on something... I am not sure why this is so and I hope it may present a clue on my condition.... When my head rests against something, I seem fine and my brain seems to work....

Please share any ideas or suggestions that you may have. Take care.

[alee520]

Can doctor please advice..

[alee520]

Can the doctor please give some advice..

[alee520]

I am considering going to see another neurologist but I am afraid that nothing will come out of it again...The first neurologist I saw about 9 years ago just did a CT scan and then sent me packing... he did not even do anything else...

[alee520]

The shaking doesn't seem to subside..... Nowadays I am also very stressed because I have been out of a job for many months....Can someone give some advice

[ggreg]

Well, it's hard to pinpoint what might be your problem based on what you've said, but could be you've got a simple tremor, plenty of folks have it, like Kathryn Hepburn had it and her head wobbled.  That would be something drugs would help.  Also could be a pinched nerve in your neck is misfiring, producing these shakes, because you said it didn't do that when you rested your head.  Could also be you have a type of seizure going on.  You should indeed go to a new neurologist group, they should do a CAT scan of your head and neck, and they should also do a 24-hour EEG on you (tests brainwaves), and they should also do an EMG for you (tests neuromuscular activity).

In the meantime, you could get a soft neck collar at the drugstore, and if they don't have any there, ask the pharmacist where you might get one.  If you'll wear one for, say, a week or so, could be it will help those tremors until you see your doc.  That way you'll know it's probably a spinal nerve doing this.  I'm thinking in this case of how you said your head doesn't shake when you lay down or otherwise support your head.

Another that comes to mind is perhaps some sort of vertigo, where you think things are moving around you when they aren't.  Usually people feel like they're going to fall over, they become unbalanced, and it's kind of scary.  If you think this makes a little sense, you can go to an ear nose throat ENT doc, and he can diagnose and treat you for this sort of condition, he'll check out your ears where the balance system is located.  In the meantime, if this seems possible, you can take motion sickness tablets, you can buy them over-the-counter at the pharmacy.

Lastly, it's also possible a medication or aspirin or some vitamins you've been taking has the side effect of causing this sort of palsy thing, or maybe it's "brain zaps" that SSRIs can cause, that sort of thing.  You can go to a general doc and have him review your meds for any problems they may be causing you.  He can also draw blood and see if you're deficient or overdosing with any vitamins or minerals, as that can also cause some strange symptoms in people, with the lack B vitamins causing some neurological sorts of problems, altho lack of minerals can also also do a number on a person's nervous system, and also an imbalance or too much of vits and mins can do this to you.

Hope this helps a little.  But get thee to a doc and get a checkup, at the very least, if none of this rings a bell.  He can refer you to a neurologist if he thinks that's what's going on.  

[alee520]

Maybe it isn't neurological..... Sometimes I feel that my jaw has internal tremors,..... Or could it be the neck that has a problem....... When I feel the tremors in my jaws, I would just tighten my jaw and try to fight the tremors...

Is it possible the jaw has a problem that could be causing this