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With ALS, MND or any neuromuscular disorder, can neuro office exam findings fluctuate from hyperactive to normal or vise-versa in early onset?
When my wife visited the neurologist for a December appointment with previous mentioned symptoms in another thread, he said that she was displaying hyperactive reflexes. She went back for a follow-up in January and when I asked him about the reflexes, he simply said "normal", however it was at this visit that afterwards he mentioned "neuromuscular" as a possible cause despite him stating the exam was normal. He then mentioned the possibilities of "neuromuscular" in a phone conversation three weeks after the January visit. I am perplexed by him suggesting neuromuscular after stating a normal reflex test at the January visit.
We're heading back soon for another follow-up because the med she was prescribed isn't working for the restless leg syndrome he suggested as another possible cause. I realize that at this stage, diagnosis of anything can be difficult when the obvious isn't so obvious. However, basically we both got the impression his diagnosis would likely be either a bad case of RLS or some sort of neuromuscular involvement.
When my wife visited the neurologist for a December appointment with previous mentioned symptoms in another thread, he said that she was displaying hyperactive reflexes. She went back for a follow-up in January and when I asked him about the reflexes, he simply said "normal", however it was at this visit that afterwards he mentioned "neuromuscular" as a possible cause despite him stating the exam was normal. He then mentioned the possibilities of "neuromuscular" in a phone conversation three weeks after the January visit. I am perplexed by him suggesting neuromuscular after stating a normal reflex test at the January visit.
We're heading back soon for another follow-up because the med she was prescribed isn't working for the restless leg syndrome he suggested as another possible cause. I realize that at this stage, diagnosis of anything can be difficult when the obvious isn't so obvious. However, basically we both got the impression his diagnosis would likely be either a bad case of RLS or some sort of neuromuscular involvement.