shaky

[Kristina1]

I accidentally double post on here sometimes because my fingers shake and so they double click the track pad by accident. On my phone I have the same problem trying to type or scroll. My shaky fingers accidentally double click which usually brings up some type of menu option I didn't mean to open. Yesterday I tried to dip an oreo in milk and my thumb and first finger shook so badly that I couldn't hold the oreo.

Is the shakiness just the weakness or is it something else?

 

[azgirl]

For me the shakes seemed to come from muscles trying too hard too weak

 

[WendyWooG]

I am having lots of trouble typing now, I move my wrist and my fingers go mad like they are trying to play drums. It's more of a rhythmic twitch than tremor though.
I use speech to text a lot now and when I do type I wedge a stylus in between two of my fingers and fist my hand loosely. It doesn't twitch so much then.
My doctor said it was an upper motor neurone sign.
Wendy

 

[KimT]

I've had tremors for most of my life. They are no worse now than they were pre-ALS. My fingers do lack coordination.

 

[ShiftKicker]

Kristina- I have tremors too- very specifically my pinkie and ring fingers in both hands, but worse on my most affected side. I was just speaking to my doc about it today and wondering if it was driven by one of my meds. He thinks not. It gets worse when I need to grip something tighter, so it's likely a strength thing.

 

[Angiegal]

Hey Kristina.
I've noticed the nasty double-hit too. Guess I should start using the speech to text. I think (in my opinion) it's kinda like when I would write pages of stuff, and tire my hand out ("ooooooo hand cramp" and shake it off). Being as I can't use my left hand anymore, it's now happening on my right.
(And wow, I also need to relax. Can't speed text with the right hand, darn it all!! That took FOREVER to type!)

Angie

 

[Kristina1]

Thanks for the feedback! After reading what everyone wrote and thinking more on when it happens I think it is the weakness. It seems to happen when I am isolating the use of my weak thumb and finger muscles, in small fine motor movements (eg pincer grasp, using first finger, doing a button, holding a pen etc).