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Recently My Hands Are Shaking Alot More Starting To Worry Me Can't Even Hold My Grandson
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Consult Dr bout the shaking for the best advice. Don't want it to continue or try to Dr yourself.

No Matter If You Are Right Or Left Hand Dominant, Does The Other Hand Shake In The Morming ?
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I appreciate all of your responses. At least I know I'm not the only one.

How Do You Put Mascara On If Your Hand Is Shaking From AEDs So That The Applicator Keeps Going In Your Eye ?
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You are welcome

How Do You Cope If You Can't Put On Mascara As Your AEDs Are Making Your Hand Shake And You Poke It In Your Eye?
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Put the wand down and step away from the mirror! You don't need a scratched cornea from an accidental eye poke (been there, painful). Do you know for sure the shakiness is AED related? Asthma inhalers… read more

Tremors Medication
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Does anyone get hand tremors from epilepsy medication?
If any, which ones and how do I handle this problem

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yes i do when i start to have a seizure of any kind on my right hand is where it begins

Tremor
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So, this is just weird. Has anyone been shaky just in one hand? My right hand is shaking out of control, while my left hand is steady like a brick.

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Now my Neurologist says mine is not a neuropathy, but what is called an Essential Tremor. It’s not unique to epileptics, but we commonly get one. It often involves one limb or a combination of regions… read more

Has Anyone Have Shaking Issues?
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I’ll get hot or hungry and I have limbs shaking for some reason if it’s both they shake like crazy on their own.

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yes I think it's part of the side-effects of our medications

Shamim Hand
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Going askMy new doctor and ask is my meds Keppra and limitacal or need to take vitamins or my age to stop my hands from shaking

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Imy Dr. Even even has me on Folic Acid .

Brief Jerks And Twitches In Left Hand And Left Leg
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Hi everyone, I was just wondering if anyone experiences brief jerks/twitches? I get them in my left hand and left leg most days. Is that seizure related? Sometimes I get the funny feeling with and sometimes it's just a brief like twitch. They happen almost everyday.

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Though the article is focusing on meds listed as antipsychotic categorized meds, many of those same meds were previously used as treatments for diagnoses such as schizophrenia.

Hand Shaking?
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Asking on behalf a friend who also has epilepsy.. she has had if all of her life she is now 23.. she had a bad seizure the other day where she just fell to the floor (normally she’ll be sitting down if she can tell if shes going to have one) but after that bad seizure about an hour later her left hand started shaking on and of for a bout 5 hours her epilepsy nurse says it was another seizure but she isnt too sure.. she has at least 3/4 a day thats why she doesnt think it isnt another seizure

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I also have hand shaking it's a indicator for me if I'm awake am about to go in2 a seizure among other things. Its my Aura as its called, l get it every time like pins & needles down the right side of… read more