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  1. B

    My symptoms, Any help is appreciated.

    hello. My name is Brianna and I'm 26 years old. I have read the stickies and out of all the symptoms I've been experiencing the main one that concerns me is atrophy. I'll try to give a brief timeline of my symptoms and any feed back is greatly appreciated. I promise not to drag anything on if me...
    • brxjenkxns
    • Thread
    • arm atrophy autoimmune back burning clothes feeling weak finger fingers foot muscles ring finger shoulder surgery symptoms timeline twitching weakness weight loss
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  2. D

    Concerned about continuing symptoms

    Hello to all, I am concerned about a couple things going on, and hoping you guys would be able to help me, or give me some ideas on my next step. Everything started about a 1.5-2 years ago. I flew up to Montana for the week to spend time with family. Had a good trip until the end when I got...
    • Deer1
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    • advice als als? anxiety back concerned family heart heaviness mistake muscle muscle twitching onset pain pressure questions stress symptom symptoms test tongue twitching vision weakness work worried
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  3. M

    25 year old. Possible ALS?

    Hi everyone; let me introduce myself. My name is Yasmin and I am a 25 year old female. I hate that I’ve come here and I wish I didn’t get to this point because I feel absolutely awful for doing so but the anxiety ended me up in the hospital and I am at my lowest point with this fear or...
    • MinFoy
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    • abdominal advice als als? anxiety atrophy back balance bfs diagnosed diagnosis emg fear female mri muscle neurologist possible als sensitivity stroke tests tremor twitches weakness worried young
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  4. W

    Questions on testing

    Thank you for taking the time to read what I have going on. I am a 44 years old mom of two adult children and a 10 year old. Last month, my boss called an ambulance and had me taken to the hospital because I was having problems talking, couldn’t swallow and couldn’t lift my leg and I panicked...
    • Walstorj
    • Thread
    • advice arm back children diagnosed diagnosis emg food heart lift mri myasthenia gravis neurologist questions stroke swallow symptoms test testing tests tongue twitching ultrasound wanted weakness
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  5. A

    Concerned

    I'm sorry to be posting this but I'd hugely appreciate your insights. I'm a 47 year old man. My first issues was noticing my watch falling off my left arm, which provoked me to notice decreased muscle mass in both forearms. This has been followed by very noticeable loss of muscle mass in both...
  6. S

    New caregiver

    So sad. Husband diagnosed end of December. He's very used to being in charge and making all the decisions. I am a RN/NP. So I know a bit about caregiving. He fights me on all the ways to do things. Slowly he is beginning to listen to me but it's frustrating. I only seem to cry when...
    • Stacygol
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    • anxiety back caregiver caregiving cry diagnosed equipment meds new caregiver night respite sad sleep worry
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Current caregivers
  7. Jshemnitz

    My right arm weakness just became right arm failure

    Please do not delete..my post from a week ago got closed (below) https://www.alsforums.com/forum/do-i-have-als-als/43811-nervous-i-have-als-just-saw-neurologist.html I previously posted about perceived left and right arm weekeness that my neuromuscular specialist ruled out 11 days ago as not...
    • Jshemnitz
    • Thread
    • arm arm weakness back eating lift neurologist risk stupid tests weakness wrong
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  8. D

    Bulbar ALS?

    Thanks to you all for taking the time to read this post and answer my questions. I'm a 42 year old Male. For the past month my tongue has felt extremely swollen and sometimes sore towards the back. Occasionally I will get tingly/crawling feelings on the side. It is difficult for me to...
    • Dadof2
    • Thread
    • als als? back breathing breathing issues bulbar bulbar als emg questions speech tongue twitch twitches weakness
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  9. J

    How are you?

    How I hate that question now. It's become almost a default greeting. I know most people are trying to be kind by asking, but I honestly don't know how to answer anymore. I usually just say "We're OK" or "We're hanging in there". But honestly, we're not OK. And I'm sometimes just hanging...
    • Jrzygrl
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    • angry anxiety back bed chair cold crying decline frustrated heart hours life meds night progression sad sling story wanted wrong
    • Replies: 153
    • Forum: Current caregivers
  10. D

    Ear “throbbing”

    Left ear seems to be quite often “throbbing” a little. I have worn hearing aids for several years and have occasionally had this feeling, but not this often and for this long. Could this be ALS related? This kept me up for some time during the night. Could not get back to sleep for awhile.
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