Medically, what you describe is not “essential tremor”—a benign shaking usually involving one arm or hand, not due to any other neurologic disease, and often familial. read more
There is no First Aid Treatment for Essential Tremors. It is best to just protect the victim from self harm and notify Emergency Services as soon as possible. To help avoid your feelings of “helplessness”, I suggest a Basic First Aid Course. read more
In a randomized, double-blind, crossover study of 15 patients who had definite or probable essential tremor and poor response to propranolol or primidone, 13 showed greater than 50% improvement of upper extremity tremor with 12.5 mg of clozapine. read more