Sometime around the time that I turned 40, I started having a problem controlling my right hand when playing highly competitive modes in StarCraft II. The more tense the match, the more that my hand would twitch. When I started playing Overwatch, the problem was not as pronounced, but started cropping up more often. More than once, other players would comment on how "twitchy" or "shaky" my Play of the Game videos would seem to be. I hadn't even noticed that I was doing it.
When I mentioned this to my doctors (I've had five or six now in the past six years), they all said that this is a common reaction when adrenaline kicks in and then lets down. Thus, I didn't worry about it to much. Aside from adjusting my mouse sensitivity and avoiding more intense types of matches (especially 1v1 StarCraft multiplayer), it didn't really impact my life--until a few years ago when it started happening even when I wasn't playing a game.
The shakes have been more frequent this past year in particular. They don't happen all of the time and usually only occur when I am holding up something (like a coffee mug or a phone) in my right hand. However, they also happen when I'm not holding anything and can now occur in both hands. Normally, I can "reset" by placing my hand(s) on a solid surface, waiting a moment, and trying again--but not always.
Such was the case today as I was trying to use my phone to scan a reading for one of my classes as a PDF. Despite "resetting" multiple times, I kept having to retake the scans because they were coming out too blurry from my shaking. Granted, I was a bit hungry, and I think that could have been a factor.
My most recent doctor reassured me like the previous ones that this is not likely to be a serious problem--just a common occurrence as some people get older. Still, she asked that I take note and keep her informed. Benign or not, I don't like it.
When I mentioned this to my doctors (I've had five or six now in the past six years), they all said that this is a common reaction when adrenaline kicks in and then lets down. Thus, I didn't worry about it to much. Aside from adjusting my mouse sensitivity and avoiding more intense types of matches (especially 1v1 StarCraft multiplayer), it didn't really impact my life--until a few years ago when it started happening even when I wasn't playing a game.
The shakes have been more frequent this past year in particular. They don't happen all of the time and usually only occur when I am holding up something (like a coffee mug or a phone) in my right hand. However, they also happen when I'm not holding anything and can now occur in both hands. Normally, I can "reset" by placing my hand(s) on a solid surface, waiting a moment, and trying again--but not always.
Such was the case today as I was trying to use my phone to scan a reading for one of my classes as a PDF. Despite "resetting" multiple times, I kept having to retake the scans because they were coming out too blurry from my shaking. Granted, I was a bit hungry, and I think that could have been a factor.
My most recent doctor reassured me like the previous ones that this is not likely to be a serious problem--just a common occurrence as some people get older. Still, she asked that I take note and keep her informed. Benign or not, I don't like it.
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