Essential tremor

Update I called the hospital neurology dept. It's currently a one year wait for a first appointment. They can do nothing unless my GP pushes for an earlier appointment. Will have to pray I manage to stay upright until the telephone appointment on the 20th.

If you don’t have details ring the hospital and ask to speak to the neurology department secretary. They are usually very helpful and try not to worry. It doesn’t help.
If your dizziness continues the tablets I took are called serc or betahistine. I don’t need them now but they really helped me, my problem was/ is inner ear related.

Thank you all for your kind replies. I'll see if I can find a number for the neurology department and give them a ring. Falling has left me feeling both scared and foolish so I think I'd like to know what I'm dealing with. Parkinsons runs in my family (maternal grandmother) and I'm praying it's not that but best to know, I suppose. I'm glad there are tablets available; I didn't know that. I do remember Gran being diagnosed and she went downhill very swiftly. I'm only 64.

The tremor is in both hands, but more pronounced in my left. I'm right handed, so that's a bonus I suppose.

Again, thanks to you all for being kind.

I have this and take propranolol which stops it. It’s only in my dominant hand at present, two of my children also have it, again in their dominant hand. DD also takes propranolol but at a lower dose than me.

My BIL has this and his shakes are very bad at times. He can only have half a cup or glass of drink because it goes everywhere.

He is 75 and we have noticed he also gets a lot more tired than he used to. I think he has also mentioned being dizzy sometimes.

My dh has essential tremour and think I have too, but a lesser extent. He hasn’t had any tests or been referred anywhere . He was told it’s very common and it definitely wasn’t Parkinson’s which was a concern. That was it.
Stress can bring lots of things on, including dizziness. I take meds fir vertigo so understand how horrible it is, but think you are stressed (24 hour shifts in difficult situations is stressful) so just rest, try not to worry and phone the secretary to see if you can be seen earlier on a cancellation.

Could you phone the consultant's secretary and ask if you could be seen if they have a cancellation?
They often do have one at fairly short notice.
And tell her how things are progressing and that you are very anxious.

I can't tell you how lovely my consultant's secretary was with me.

My friend had this but it didn't progress from spilling the tea.

I can’t offer advice only sympathy.
My friend’s H suffers from this, has done as long as I have known him.
Apart from the tremor it has affected his speech and it is painful to have a conversation with him.
However he is over 90, leads a very full life , he had to have a GA when having cataract surgery and another procedure which I can’t remember just now.
I know he has had injections of some kind to help the tremor.
I just wish you well and a satisfactory consultation when you get one.