[livingwith]

Hi,I have been suffering with E.T for about the time I reach 50 years old and could not understand what was happening to me.I knew of no one in my family that had the problem. and as time when on it never got better. The main hand affected is my left hand. and the problem is I;am a lefty so you can understand how I feel. Every thing I do is from the left, There have been a lot of embarrent moments befor I was diagenois. like forinstant writing on line in a grocery store was very hard fom so I h...Read the full article

[seattle]

I'm very sorry you have to deal with this. I have yet to be diagnosed by a doctor about having ET, but I firmly believe that I have it. It has worsened in the last 4 1/2 years or so, but has gotten to the point where rarely use a credit card at the store or put myself in a position where I have to sign my name or fill something out in the presence of another individual. The bad thing about it is when I was in school, I use to take extreme pride in my handwriting(It did not manifest itself until I was 31-32). Now I am petrified to even sign a credit card receipt. I purposely drink alcohol sometimes to relax so it doesn't bother me as much to write in public. I truly can relate to what you are going through. Last night when I was at work I had to fill out paperwork, and it took twice as longer than normal simply because ET took over and I could not steady my hand to write.