What causes you to get shaky?

Have you ever experienced a sudden, unexplained onset of tremors in your hands or legs? It can be quite unnerving and even embarrassing when it happens in public. In this article, we’ll dive into the various reasons that can cause these shakes, from the innocent to the downright concerning.

Shakiness 101

Before diving into causes, let’s first understand what exactly shakiness is. Medically known as tremors, it refers to involuntary movements of one or multiple body parts that oscillate back and forth rhythmically at varying speeds. Although most commonly seen in hands and fingers, other body parts such as arms, legs, head or even vocal cords may also experience trembling.

Trembling sometimes come with explicit triggers while other times there seem to be no apparent causes; they may only last for a few seconds or stretches on for days at end. To get shaky all of a sudden without warning can sometimes feel compared with suddenly seeing flashing red lights behind you while driving – alarming!

The Types Of Tremors

Not all tremors are created equal. Tremors are categorized depending on how they occur:

Resting Tremor

When resting (in an unsupported position), some people develop rhythmic shaking usually resulting from certain neurological disorders like Parkinson’s disease.

Signs Symptoms
Unintentional movement
Symmetrical moving

Action Tremor

Occurring during voluntary muscle contractions/movement

  • Intension: At the start/finish of any movement
  • Task-Specific: Warning signs happened purely focused

Postural (static) tremor

A result/involuntary contraction before restoring balance after answering

Pro tip: You might want (neurologist check-up ) if experiencing tremors

It’s important to note that tremors are not the same as involuntary twitches or spasms. Twitches usually manifest in short-lived muscular jerks; they don’t last long and aren’t necessarily shaking. Conversely, there can be a delay between your desire to move your limbs and movement when you experience shakiness.

The Causes Behind Shakiness:

1 Panic/Anxiety Attacks

We all know someone who is always on edge, nervous about anything and everything. Anxiety has tendencies to make shakes come at random times throughout the day without even realising it! These tremors occur because of root causes being excess amounts of adrenaline present in your bloodstream leading to muscles reacting due to anxiety which affects breathing .

2 Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar)

Blood sugar levels play a very crucial role ensuring self-running energy supply for our body which helps us feel energized for daily activities rather than feeling lethargic but low blood sugar means less fuel resulting into racing heart/muscles working too hard causing fine tremor movements

Level Symptoms
Mild: H – Unsteady gait/dizziness A- palpitations/Sweating
Moderate: Shaky/trembling
Severe: Agitation/anxiety

Pro tip: Arrange some sweet snacks incase word comes out about low blood sugar!

3 Medications

Although considered extremely helpful in treatment people may have side-effects while taking medication– including uncontrolled quivers.

Common Medications causing Tremors

● Asthma medicine : Salbutamol

● Antidepressants such as SNRIs/SNRIs/Paxil

● Drugs used during chemotherapy like cyclophosphamide

Essential Tremor(ET)

One of the more common tremors is known as Essential Tremors. This mainly genetic and results in rhythmic tremor movements affecting hands/fingers(head or voice) which occur even when not doing anything! It can cause additional problems like Head bobbing troubleSpeaking

Pro tip: Yell at a family reunion about any history of essential tremors

5 Overactive Thyroid

Another medical reason for hand-shaking, trembling is Diffuse adrenal tumor causes by hormonal imbalances that could result in excessive adrenaline leading to excess sweating, increased heart rate and also uncontrollable shakes!

The Bottom Line:

Shakiness can be unsettling and feeling judged all while experiencing them publicly just builds on the anxiety you feel about them already. While most shakiness subsides without any intervention it’s important to understand why they’re happening to make better-informed decisions.

With the various sources mentioned earlier ranging from basic reasons such as low sugar-levels to complex ones like Essential Tremor (uncles-grandfathers region?) we should remember there are multiple diagnoses like those caused by medication. As best practice visit a physician/medical professional if continuous patterns start recurring/become concerning.

unknown territory but could ring true for some 😀

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