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Remedies Needed for Benign Essential Tremors

Posted By Regine (Sydney, Australia) on 05/09/2008

Sorry, this is a question not feedback.Just wanting to know if anyone has any comments or suggestions regarding Tremors. My son is 18 and has had benign essential tremors for the last 5 years. Doctors offer no cure. Anything is better than nothing. tku

Replied by Joyce (Joelton, TN) on 05/10/2008

Hello Regine, l8 years old & benign tremors x 5 yrs!!! Ouch! First, lets take a look at what he is most likely to be missing in his diet. I would first give him one multivitamin/mineral supplement every day + a good stress tab (B complex with Vitamins C & E added. The bottle will tell you take 1 per day - I would give him l at mealtimes and bedtime (totals to 4 per day) and if misses a meal, make sure he takes the stress tab at the time he should have ate that meal. Another supplement I would definitely be looking at is magnesium - you can go buy magnesium oxide 500 mgm tables and give one morning & evening (or you can go the cheaper route of buying a 2 lb box of epsom salts ($l here at dollar stores)& start with giving 1/2 tsp. in water or juice 3 times a day. If you see no improvement increase by 1/2 tsp each time until he complains of having loose stools & back off a little in how much you are giving him each time.

Next google monosodium glutamate & aspartame. Print out (or write a list) of all the names they hide them under. With this list in hand go into your kitchen (I'm assuming he is still at home with you) and read the ingredients listed on everything edible or drinkable there. Be sure to include your raw meat package ingredients. This will give you some idea of how much of both he may be eating daily. Remember any meals eaten away from home are likely to be even worse. I don't know what school lunches there in Sydney are like, here they are heavily laden with grease, sugar & both of the neurotoxins mentioned above. Can you believe that schools here petitioned for & received permission to count a little individual packet of tomato ketchup as one serving of a vegetable! All but 1 of the ketchups I checked here were full of MSG & the packets in school can't be more than l/2 ounce, if that much is in there.

Another thing I would try to get him to do is stop all carbonated beverages - water & fruit juice is healthier. You should be noticing some improvement within a month or two - maybe even sooner. One of our long time, older TV fitness gurus is quoted as saying, "If man made it, don't eat it" and that pretty much says it all! Good luck & God bless! Let us know how his is doing.

Replied by G (Buffalo, NY) on 05/14/2008

This question is for "Regine from Sydney, Australia"...What do you mean by "tremors" that your son is having? My (now 19 yr old) son's hands shake all the time. He is a welder, so he sometimes has a hard time with some jobs. I don't believe it is from too much caffeine. Sorry I do not have a solution for you, just a question that hopefully someone can help us both with.

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