hmm! interesting

But coffee relaxes me! Yeah... I know.

Heh. Your line work is very smooth and fluid. I think this may just be a thing that's specific to my physiology. I just have these memories of my grandmother barely being able to lift her coffee cup without spilling it because her hands shook so much and that was when she was only in her 50s.

Now that I am thinking about it more, I decided to do a search and found this: http://www.freemd.com/tremors-and-s.....ying-cause.htm

So alcohol and cirrhosis are possibilities, I suppose. I never saw my grandparents drink but I know they did at least a bit.

Benign essential tremor is of course the one that I fear. Hereditary, you grandmother shakes, so will you. (Along with all the other more serious diseases that also cause shaking) Although AFAIK, hyperthyroid is the only one of those that might be present in the family.

She was on a lot of medications so drug side-effect is a possibility.

Insecticide poisoning is also a possibility I suppose. My grandparents ran a farm and my grandfather worked in an oil refinery so they were exposed to lots of chemicals that could cause long term nerve damage. Though symptoms seemed to get worse even after they retired.

Unlike everything else, I know she had a lot of caffeine. Also, caffeine would amplify any of the other issues. So it's something I can remove from my life.

shaking due to stress is also a possibility, especially when in the process of dealing with your issues

also if you need a boost but don't want caffeine, you can try mint teas. they don't have caffeine but mint is a different kind of stimulant - i never have any trouble at all sleeping on it. it doesn't give you an extra 3 hours or so like coffee but it buys you a good 30 minutes or so

Yeah. I drink mint tea fairly often. Also chickory doesn't seem to bother me in the same way. Though if I really need a boost, I have provigil. ^_^ Generally speaking, I'm not very stressed though. I meditate and do yoga nearly every morning.