wheeler641
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I have posted before and most of you have assured me my symptoms do not point to als. I just have a few more questions and then I will go away. I suffer from muscle cramps in my legs at night, I tried tonic water and it does help a little, I also have widespread muscle twitching. I am a diabetic, I have some nueropathy in my toes, i can move my toes, but sometimes they are numb. I ache all over when I first get up in the morning my knees are very stiff, for the last few days I have been getting nightsweats and wake up soaking wet, I feel weak, even though I can still lift things, exercise, do yard work, etc. My doctor has been runiing test for about a year to come up with a diagnosis, the only test that comes back high is a sed rate of 96 which I was told was caused by some kind of imflammation, He finally told me he thinks I have poly-something rhuematica and put me on prednisone 10mg a day, since I started taking it I actually feel worse. I also had a test for lyme that came back positive about a year ago and took doxycycline for 2 months. I just do not know what to make of my symptoms, I seem to be getting worse, feel horrible in the morning, but as the days go on I feel better. I do not want to dwell on als, I am just hoping that someone on this forum has had symptoms like mine and maybe could give me some answers. I do not even beleive my doc thinks I have this rhuematica thing, but just does not know what I have. He told me before it is probably an immune disorder of some kind. Do you think I should see another doctor for a second opinion. thanks to all who reply I am just really confused, also what is babinskys? thanks