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I have had PD 13+ years and my tremor has always been "intentional" (i.e. activated by movement), not resting. And I do have PD: I have rigidity, bradykinesia, etc. etc. etc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "S" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 5:24 PM Subject: Re: One side is worse than the other, why? > Hi Raj, > Thanks for your reply. My husband has PD - but does tremor while > sleeping on occasion. He thought perhaps it's while he's dreaming...or > during the time he's not in a deep sleep. > > Thanks again. > > Shirley > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brightline" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 6:39 AM > Subject: Re: One side is worse than the other, why? > > > > Hi! Shirley: > > > > All the text books say that the main difference between Essential > Tremor > > (ET) and PD is that ET is characterized by action tremor (hand tremors > when > > you do something with it - the more force you apply to your fingers, the > > tremor gets worse- either writing or lifting smething, while people with > PD > > display resting tremor (tremor when you are not doing anything, constantly > > shaking eg. Ali's case). But there could be some exceptional cases. If > you > > just have action tremor and no other symptoms of PD and if your tremor > > dissipates under the influence of alcohol, it is considered ET and not PD. > > But, according to Dr. Lieberman about 10% fo PWP do show action tremor! I > > have not read that anywhere else. May be Dr. Bob Fink can clarify this. > > You should check with an MDS. > > With best wishes, > > Raj > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn