Shaking when I get worked up

[valeriedl]

I noticed that most of the time when I get worked up quickly, usually angry about something or nervous, my hands will start shaking. It will sometimes happen if I've been worked up for a long time. It very rarely happens when I'm very excited. And it never happens if I'm just happy. Hope that made sense. I've never had a seizure while it's happening, after it happened and I've never felt like I'm going to have one during it. After I calm down my hands stop shaking.

The last time it happened was a few days ago when I had the same telemarketer call twice, about 5 minutes apart. This same telemarketing company calls at least 3 times a month and I've told them to stop calling every time. During the first phone call I was mad and told him not to call anymore, no shaking while this happened. When he called back the second time I was furious because I'd just told him not to call anymore and started screaming at him. My hands started shaking then and my husband grabbed the phone off of me and hung it up.

I was wondering if anyone else has this happen to them?

 

[Frink]

Sometimes I get an out of proportion adrenaline response to minor annoyances, like telemarketers and dealing with companies warranty departments, or insurance billing errors...

This is accompanied by shaking hands, a racing heart, and being thankful I cannot physically reach through the phone.

 

[Porkette]

Hi Valeried,

When I get stressed up or really angry about something my hands will start to shake a little but after I calm down it stops. I got rid of telemarketers by registering with the state and now if they call me they will be fined. You might want to see if you can do that in your state. I wish you only the best and May God Bless You!

Sue

 

[valeriedl]

Sometimes I get an out of proportion adrenaline response to minor annoyances, like telemarketers and dealing with companies warranty departments, or insurance billing errors...

This is accompanied by shaking hands, a racing heart, and being thankful I cannot physically reach through the phone.

Yes, this is just the exact same thing.

I was calling this guy every name in the book plus some I think I made up as I went along. If I were able to get just one finger on him none of his body parts would have been in the right place if they were even still connected to his body at all.

Hi Valeried,
I got rid of telemarketers by registering with the state and now if they call me they will be fined. You might want to see if you can do that in your state. I wish you only the best and May God Bless You!

Being on the do not call list doesn't mean a thing here. I've told the people that I'm on it but they just call and call again. I called the government about him and they are sending me a form to fill out. They told me a web site to go to too. I hope they get fined so much that they won't have a business, or whatever it's called, left!

Thanks guys!

 

[Howll]

This sounds quite natural to me, it definitely happens to me and some other people I know. It'll happen to me when I'm angry or excited, sometimes it'll be more than just my hands. I don't deal very well with confrontation, I'm not an arguementative person and so I guess that when something gets to me that much it's almost as if I get anxious about the oncoming arguement which makes me shake. On the flip side it'll also happen when something good is (possibly) going to happen, for instance I go to bingo pretty regularly and I was a shaking mess when I called a £1000 house haha!

 

[travel bug]

Yep, it happens often, and has happened since long before I got E.

I guess it's the old adrenaline "fight or flight" response, but it happens even when I'm talking to a guy I'm attracted to, which is soooo embarrassing. Basically any time I'm experiencing strong emotion of most any kind. :/

 

[Howll]

Yep, it happens often, and has happened since long before I got E.

I guess it's the old adrenaline "fight or flight" response, but it happens even when I'm talking to a guy I'm attracted to, which is soooo embarrassing. Basically any time I'm experiencing strong emotion of most any kind. :/

I get you on the guy thing, dating used to be awful for me, I'd visibly shake upon meeting someone!

 

[StrongerThanEpilepsy]

Sometimes my hands will tremble if I'm really nervous.
I had a job interview at a restaurant and I was offered water and some water flew out the cup because I was so nervous! Can't really use my hands properly. In my case, it isn't E related.
Only happens during"nerve wrecking" social situations.

 

[resaebiunne]

My psychiatrist put me on Propranolol and Cogentin for my tremors. I notice the tremors get a lot worse with lots of physical activity or stress. Tremors can be benign or they can be a side effect of medication. In my case, I had tremors before I was on any medication, so my neurologist started me on propranolol a while back. It helps but the effects are minor.

I would mention your tremors to your neurologist or epileptologist and see if you can get some meds for it.

 

[Zolt]

Hey Valarie,

This probably won't help, but i did have some shaking in the hand when i'd get nervous or to much anxiety. But that was before my tumor had been taken out. Now i do not have the shakes anymore and i think due to the medicine i'm on, Gabapentin for my seizures, well it also works on anxiety issues and i think that has helped me a lot with anxiety.

As for those telemarketers, the best bet is to not let them get to you. I know that the federal no call list is pretty much a joke, but there are other options. Do what i started to do, which is to screen my calls. I told friends and family i do that so they will always leave a message if they want me to pickup. But there is another way, change your phone number. I got magic jack phone system with a new phone number and no solicitor has ever called me on that number. Now I think i've over done it since no one calls me now. Doh@#$ Just kidding.

PS My Magic jack had costs 20 dollars a year with free unlimited calls in the US. After getting that, i dumped At&t.

Cheers,
Zolt

iano: op:

 

[valeriedl]

I think it could very well be caused by the adrenaline rush. If something that is going to get me worked up happens all of a sudden my hands might start shaking. If I know something is going to happen and have time to prepare for how it's going to make me feel - mad, nervous, etc - then I'm usually ok, but if the conversation gets more intense as it goes along then my hands might start to shake. I may I have trouble saying sentences or words right too.

It's odd though because it mainly only happens when I'm on the phone with someone. If these things start happening then I try laughing it off with the person. If I'm able to look at the person then I'm usually ok. I'm a very friendly people person and good at having conversations and like to make people laugh in general. Many times I'm the one who starts up the conversation. At times I might not be able to think of words or names, this is something that always happens, I will joke about it with the person. I don't know too if it's because I can use my hands to describe things, which I do if I'm having trouble saying things, when I'm talking to a person face to face but when I'm on the phone I can't do this.

It happened today when I was on the phone. We are looking for companies to take our car to a junk yard. My husband had me calling around to find one that would give us the best price. The people were asking me questions about the car that I didn't know the answers to and my husband wasn't here to ask. I noticed my hands were shaking a little when I was writing their questions down so I could ask my husband when he came home. I was also having a lot of trouble saying words and sentences right. I guess you could say I was getting nervous, embarrassed and frustrated all at the same time. Plus I was angry at my husband because he didn't tell me these things. I tried make the guys laugh at my not talking right off by saying "I sound like I drank a whole bottle of whisky before I called you don't I!" They laughed too and I started to calm down a little after that. I have a feeling that if I were standing face to face with them then I might have been feeling the same way but I probably wouldn't have had these things happen.

Thanks everyone! Glad to know I'm not the only one. - :lol: