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Whoa, this is potentially a pretty cool device. I don't have Parkinsons, but I do have Essential Tremor[0]. I'm only in my late 20's now but I've had it since
by spike021 6y ago
Whoa, this is potentially a pretty cool device. I don't have Parkinsons, but I do have Essential Tremor[0].
I'm only in my late 20's now but I've had it since at least my early teens, and it hasn't improved. In some ways it's possibly gotten a bit worse over time as well.
When I last saw a neurologist about it about ten years ago, they could really only recommend prescription medicine with nasty side-effects, so I decided with my parents at the time that improving the tremor at the cost of depression and other issues wouldn't be worth it.
I'm hopeful in the next decade or so there'll be something like this that could resolve it before it gets to the point where I'm unable to feed myself; I believe in the past there were companies that invented eating utensils for people with severe tremors, but that's not ideal.
[0] https://essentialtremor.org/ https://essentialtremor.org/
- RhysU 6y agoTremor sufferers are a wildly underserved community from a technology perspective, if anyone wants to jump in. I hope usability advancements outdo my personal ET decline as I age. And if not for me, for my children which will have the same as my father has before me.