I've noticed recently that I have a tremor when doing certain things. Drinking from a glass of water can cause my lip to shake, holding my thumb a certain way can cause it to shake. So of course I start googling. It's likely just an essential tremor exacerbated by drinking more caffeine than usual and the past year of living in a pandemic. Then I start googling "anxiety and parkinsons" and it turns out that anxiety could be an early symptom of Parkinson's.

This is typical of me, I find something medical to freak out about. Four years ago I thought I had a brain tumor. Two years ago I thought I had a hernia. This past year it's been anxiety about covid.

I probably don't have Parkinson's. I'm fairly young for it (35). My hands don't shake at rest, my balance is okay. I probably just have an essentially tremor. 

Still, fucking sucks to learn that Parkinson's is another one of those things that can send you into a never ending cycle of "is it anxiety or is it &lt;x&gt;".