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gruvingal · Sep 22, 2013, 05:39 PM

I have always believed that God never gives you anything you can't handle. Well, I'm not feeling that right now. I have had tremors for a few years. They were never that bad until lately. The surgeon called them essential tremors, which I already knew. I also knew that beta blockers are used to help. I had an appointment with my primary on the 9th of this month. We changed my blood pressure meds because I was taking Atenol with Hydroclorothiazide. The first one is a beta blocker and the second a water pill that made me pee all the time. She changed this to Norvasc. Less than two weeks later I was shaking so badly I could hardly speak or walk. Then the light bulb went on! I had stopped the beta blocker and my tremors got worse. I called the Doc, she said take 1/2 the Atenol I was before and no Hydroclorothiazide. It has been four days and I am better but still a little shaky. If I were the average Joe it wouldn't have been too bad, but I have Fibromyalgia so any change in meds adds up to two or three weeks of hell on my body. I had also had the flu just before this happened and was barely recovering from that. I try so hard to keep a positive outlook, but I have had enough. I finally went to see my Dad yesterday (remember he had a brain tumor removed). He has been doing radiation, chemo pills and on a diet with no carbs. I guess cancer likes to feed on carbs. I have never seen him so weak and frail, even after his heart attack. I really want to check myself into the funny farm and do the Thorazine shuffle for a few days. I just want to be numb long enough to regain my composure. I cry all the time, in the car, the grocery, where ever. I don't want to go off the edge, but if one more thing happens...