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Does anyone's affected hand or arm shake at times?

Yes mine does... but less since I have aged. I don't know why but it shook quite a bit when I was young. I tried to use the touch pad on laptop and I find I can't control the right thumb to do it because it shakes too much.
Kath

My daughters hand has shook since the beginning. Anytime she tries to do anything fine motor, it shakes, sometimes as badly as you would find with Parkinson's disease. We're all just used to it now.

Mine shakes when I reach the extent of what I can do. So if I try to fully extend my fingers, then they begin to shake. Same is true with raising my arm. If I take it to the highest point (for me, now around 100 degrees) and hold it there, it is ok, if I try to raise it higher, it begins to shake.

Nancy

ditto the above. If I try to go too far, it will shake. My BPI arm exhausts easily too.

im 14 and my arm is always shaking. alot of the time when i get nervous... it just goes crazy... but more than normal. my hands are really shaky... but at least i know im not the only one