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  1. D

    Confusing symptoms, please I'm very anxious

    Hello there, I'm really sorry to bother everyone here with this, I have really conflicting thoughts on this. So I'm 26 year old and recently (1,5months ago) finished med school, after I wrote my last exam I started to have a twitch in my thumb, it felt weak and strange, since I knew what it...
  2. S

    Update - 7.5.18

    This is my original thread - Do I Have ALS? Is This ALS? - ALS/MND Support Group Forums /41308-possible-tongue-atrophy.html I have gone to my rheumatologist and he found nothing... Which I wasn't expecting but thanked God it was. However, my speech seems to be getting worse. I stumble over...
  3. S

    Terrified. Please help.

    Hey all, I'm hoping you all can help me. About a month and a half ago I was laying down for bed and my face went numb. It stayed numb off and on for 3 days. I went to the doctor and he said he thought it was anxiety due to me going thru a stressul time at the time. He done an MRI and...
  4. J

    Is My Neurologist Running The Right Test?

    Hi - I’m a 27 year old male and I’ve been noticing some weird symptoms over the last 6 months. - Fatigue/Tiredness - Ear Ringing - Off Balance/Vertigo - Headaches - Frequent Urination - Anxiety - Heart Palpitations I saw a few specialists and everything was normal. I have Hypothyroidism but...
  5. K

    Rapid progression?

    Hi everyone. I know these questions are unanswerable but I guess I just want to hear people’s experience. During the summer of 2017 my dad started noticing his balance was off. He had a few falls into September and after a bad fall in nyc he decided to go see a neurologist. In March 2018 he was...
  6. P

    Considering a second opinion

    Hello, Gender: Male Age: 26 Family History of ALS: None to my knowledge I've read through the sticky at the top of the page, and i'm pretty sure I don't have ALS. I've been having issues for the past 5 months and today I've just visited a neurologist who told me that I don't have ALS. The exam...
  7. A

    Arm weakness

    Hello everyone! I am here to ask a question about possible ALS symptoms. My uncle recently noticed that his left arm has been acting strangely. He cant seem to balance things he carries (think like how one carries a pizza box. He makes pizzas and holds boxes with that hand but seems to be...
  8. A

    Pls or Als?

    I'm new here and just got the devastating news that my dad may have pls. He had brain and cervical spine mris, nerve conduction test, and emg. Neurologist is guessing pls as nothing else makes sense. He's referring my dad to another neurologist at uc irvine, dr. Mozzafar who has the equipment to...
  9. V

    Update to a closed thread from January 2018

    I just wanted to hop on and thank everyone who left messages for me regarding my fear of having ALS. I have stayed off the forum as promised but just giving update as some had asked that I do. My neurologist did a upper extremity repeat EMG and NCS and still states findings of bilateral carpal...
  10. jethro

    Can not say to dr. when my ALS started, so he cant say if i'm slow/fast progressive

    can not say when my als started. i had dizzines and stil have it and that's why i visited neurologist. i felt something is wrong in spring 2015., something with balance. tripping, falling etc. did all tests by 06 /2016 and there were no signs at all. emng ok, all als tests ok, even i felt bad...
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