I was diagnosed with essential tremor about a months ago, it primarily affects my head and hands and I've had the tremor for a couple years but never went to the doctor because the symptoms weren't bad enough. I am only 23 and I hope this doesn't get any worse, I've been looking into deep brain stimulation surgury. I'm sure you all can attest that social anxiety and essential tremer are a horrible combo to have. This freaking sucks, it severely restricts my quality of life and to make it worse I've been in the army for the last 4 years and I'm constantly forced into social situations that make my tremor worse.. and noticable. I'm getting out in 3 months thankfully. I feel like my life is over because of this, if I can't find something to make my head tremor stop then my life is pretty much over because I will never feel comfortable around anyone. I still have things I want to do, I want to travel all over the world and experience other places (which ive done in the army just not in the way i wanted), meet someone I can be comforatable around and fall in love, go to school and get a good job and be satisfied with my life but now I feel like those opportunities are impossible and have been taken from me. I feel uncomfortable and nervous every freaking time I go out in public.