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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lamont D" data-source="post: 2600071" data-attributes="member: 85785">Hi [USER=570466]@Laura1978[/USER] and welcome to the forum.I just can't imagine what the tremors have been like for you all your life.My essential tremor started after a breakdown during covid, when my life was turned upside down. I was diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety. This affected my nervous system and my neurological state.Of course, since counselling and meds, which I have now stopped, for a few reasons, my anxiety and depression have been much more manageable. My essential is much worse first thing, everything shakes as I get up,, it does take a  while to calm down, but my left hand shakes all day, and other symptoms develop, depending on my anxiety.The shaking happens as well, if I do too much work, pottering about, housework.When my neurologist suggested I look at dietary recommendations on the essential tremor internet. I told him that there was no way I could eat a low GI diet, because of my RH. Which is a condition that means I am carb intolerant. So no carbs for me.He replied that, I should discuss it with my endocrinologist.I told him, that my endocrinologist agreed with me!. He then asked how I was doing, I showed him my latest hba1c, my latest full  blood panel results. He was impressed. He then told me, to carry on with what is working, and he would look at others who are using low carb diet and or a keto diet.The keto diet has become a treatment for other neurological conditions such as epilepsy.I won't add to [USER=401801]@JoKalsbeek[/USER] post, but I agree that how you treat the essential tremor, is to what food doesn't give you symptoms, my glucometer has helped so much, along with my food diary which I have been keeping since 2012.  I have also heard of food anxiety, with essential. I mean, I can't hold a fork or spoon in my left hand and even though the grandkids laugh, it can be discerning when in company, embarrassing at times. So it is understandable that anxiety is a part of essential and on top of that with the prediabetes, to make it even worse, the correlation between nerves, food, anxiety, blood glucose levels are something to be controlled and treated.I have found with my conditions, that intermittent fasting helps with the anxiety with food and decisions around my choices.Eat to your metre. Is a great way to advise someone, with blood glucose levels issues.And the knowledge you get from it.My best wishes.Keep asking.</blockquote>

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