Reviewer: PaxGeist, 55-64 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

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I took a 50 mg dose the first night and it made me very sleepy, I then took 50 every other night for a few days then stayed on 100 mg per night. Tremors in my hand subsided, I can use a spoon and shave without shaking. Dreams are very vivid and quite good at times. Aside from that no side effects. Take it with or after eating and all is well.

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I took a 50 mg dose the first night and it made me very sleepy, I then took 50 every other night for a few days then stayed on 100 mg per night. Tremors in my hand subsided, I can use a spoon and shave without shaking. Dreams are very vivid and quite good at times. Aside from that no side effects. Take it with or after eating and all is well.
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Reviewer: Gramma RosaLee , 65-74 Female (Patient)

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71 yr old female. 50mg TID. Essential Head Tremors. Embarrassed when many children asked why my head shakes. Side effects: nightmares lasted a week or so. Numbness of hands occurs occasionally. Very effective. Head only shakes when I am trying to do something very quickly. Primodone works for me.

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71 yr old female. 50mg TID. Essential Head Tremors. Embarrassed when many children asked why my head shakes. Side effects: nightmares lasted a week or so. Numbness of hands occurs occasionally. Very effective. Head only shakes when I am trying to do something very quickly. Primodone works for me.
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Reviewer: RosaLee, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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I tried Primidone 4 years ago. Because of side effects I stopped and changed to Propranolol for my essential head tremors. After too many friends and family commenting on my head shaking I went back to Primidone 50mg tid. I was determined to get pass all the awful side effects, nausea, night mares, tingling and coldness of extremities and more. After a few weeks the side effects subsided and my ... Show Full Comment

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I tried Primidone 4 years ago. Because of side effects I stopped and changed to Propranolol for my essential head tremors. After too many friends and family commenting on my head shaking I went back to Primidone 50mg tid. I was determined to get pass all the awful side effects, nausea, night mares, tingling and coldness of extremities and more. After a few weeks the side effects subsided and my head tremors decreased. Head tremors are not eliminated because my head shakes when I concentrate on something like reading instructions. Sometimes I know my head is shaking and I tell myself to calm down. Rarely does anyone comment on me having head tremors. I recommend Primidone.
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Reviewer: jitterbug, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Patient)

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This made a significant difference in my tremors, they are not gone but are considerably less noticable. I work in an office, typing is a large part of my day and I have noticed I have to correct less double letter errors caused by the tremors.

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This made a significant difference in my tremors, they are not gone but are considerably less noticable. I work in an office, typing is a large part of my day and I have noticed I have to correct less double letter errors caused by the tremors.
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Reviewer: Bill, 65-74 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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It seems after taking the medication for two months the tremors had returned some. I had also started to develop headaches and dreams that were scary as if hallucinating. Also developed constipation even with increasing fiber and fruit intake. Had to stop taking the medication. Tremors have retuned 100% but side affects were worse for me.

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It seems after taking the medication for two months the tremors had returned some. I had also started to develop headaches and dreams that were scary as if hallucinating. Also developed constipation even with increasing fiber and fruit intake. Had to stop taking the medication. Tremors have retuned 100% but side affects were worse for me.
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