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I would add, one of the key signs distinguishing ET from PD is that levodopa (Sinemet) doesn't help. Some researchers claim that ET is even more common than PD, and often misdiagnosed as the latter. It's not nearly so well understood as PD, maybe that's why you don't read much about it. Cheers, Joe J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks CA 91403 On Mon, 11 Sep 1995, Joanne Sandstrom wrote: > Catherine, > > As far as symptoms go, the tremor in ET is tremor in motion--that is, the > tremor occurs when the limbs are being used. PD tremor is resting tremor-- > that is, the limbs are OK when being used but tremble when at rest. > Katherine Hepburn apparently has ET, not PD, and her choice of treatment is > no treatment. If alcohol (in moderation, of course) quiets the tremor, > chances are it's ET, not PD; alcohol has no effect on PD tremor (in most > cases). > > ET is treated with proprandolol or primadone. Surgical treatment has been > thalamotomy; currently, the thalamic stimulation surgery is also being used. > > International Tremor Foundation, Dept. PM, 833 W. Washington Blvd., > Chicago IL 60607 for more information, including referrals to physicians, > researchers, and support groups. > > Joanne Sandstrom > and (P) Don Sandstrom, 58, 21 > > [log in to unmask] >