DLynnS
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- Lost a loved one
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- Little rock
My late husband passed away in 2007 at age 52. His father also had "probably als" and passed away in his fifties, so we are assuming it was familial ALS, although his father's diagnoses wasn't definite.
My son is a college student, age 19, and under a great deal of stress. He recently began working out and eating a ketogenic diet. He said though, about two weeks before his keto diet, he started noticing both of his pinkie fingers tingling, much like they were asleep and just waking up. This would be during the day.
Then at night, his hands would jerk and wake him. Since then, (about 6 weeks) he has also been woken up (only happening at night) by sudden jerks in his body, either in his feet, thighs, face, or hands and cannot seem to sleep.
He had blood drawn last week, and all was normal except it showed he had had mono at some point, which we were unaware of.
Of course, as a Mom I am very worried, and as a son who could have FALS he is just as worried. His primary dr. seemed to think it was stress related and blew off the early onset of anything, saying it would be so rare.
I just want to get into a neuro, but wondered if anyone could read my post, and give me another opinion. I have convinced him to come off the Ketogynic diet for a while and to slow down on his workouts. Hoping this is causing the jerking movements at night. I also put him on magnesium supplements, along with valerian tea and melatonin to help him sleep. They haven't helped much thus far though.
Thanks for reading
My son is a college student, age 19, and under a great deal of stress. He recently began working out and eating a ketogenic diet. He said though, about two weeks before his keto diet, he started noticing both of his pinkie fingers tingling, much like they were asleep and just waking up. This would be during the day.
Then at night, his hands would jerk and wake him. Since then, (about 6 weeks) he has also been woken up (only happening at night) by sudden jerks in his body, either in his feet, thighs, face, or hands and cannot seem to sleep.
He had blood drawn last week, and all was normal except it showed he had had mono at some point, which we were unaware of.
Of course, as a Mom I am very worried, and as a son who could have FALS he is just as worried. His primary dr. seemed to think it was stress related and blew off the early onset of anything, saying it would be so rare.
I just want to get into a neuro, but wondered if anyone could read my post, and give me another opinion. I have convinced him to come off the Ketogynic diet for a while and to slow down on his workouts. Hoping this is causing the jerking movements at night. I also put him on magnesium supplements, along with valerian tea and melatonin to help him sleep. They haven't helped much thus far though.
Thanks for reading