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Hi there, I write this post looking for some guidance with respect to an upcoming appointment with a neurologist. I want to ensure I get out of the appointment all I need to. I very much appreciate anyone who takes the time to reply. Rather than write an essay on the 9 week history of my...

First off, hello everyone! This is only my second post to the ALS Forums. I have read/lurked a bit over the last ~6 months, but have stayed quiet while trying to process everything going on around me. To sum up my story as a "caregiver"... My beautiful wife and I married back in 2014 and had...

I am a 22 year old male with no family history of ALS or neurological disease. I have been to several doctors who have run blood work, a CT scan, and a skin biopsy for my rash. They have all been normal except for a high vitamin b12 level due to multivitamins I was taking according to my...

Hi all. I'm 27 years old and I've had a rough 1.5 months. I know a lot of this sounds nothing like ALS but please bear with me. Around late January, I began having daily headaches for about 2 weeks (I'm not one to ever get headaches). I began to have a lot of brain fog and head pressure at...

Hello! First, I want to thank anyone on this forum who help us scared people. I wish everyone on this forum well :sad: I'm a 18 yo female. Since Christmas 2016 I experienced shaking in my hands. On the New Year's Eve (morning) I felt I couldn't deal with it anymore so my mom brought me to the...

Good morning, I have read the thread and expect to get a lot of its not ALS responses but I just want a little advice. I'm 25 years old. This past year has been pretty hectic for me health wise. I suffer from anxiety and I am a hypochondriac and working on getting put on meds. It all started a...

Looking for some input on what I could possibly be facing… I am a 30-year-old husband and father of one. My story starts roughly 10 months ago. It began with some weird sensations in my right arm that I would call pins and needles for lack of a better explanation. I also noticed some weakness...

So I apologize if this has been covered. I'm in a tizzy. Ive had als symptoms for almost 2 years starting with foot drop. Was told 99% chance of ALS by duke and my father had ALS. Was basically told my last outs possible were copper deficiency and Celiac. Well my Celiac test came back abnormal...

Hello, I tend to worry i have different diseases/sicknesses.. Back in august i was moving apartments and noticed i was felt weak a lot of the day..i wasnt getting much sleep and change normally stresses me out..i had weakness in my arms and legs and felt sluggish..and muscle twitches..short...

I’ m here with you, for my precious mother, who is 69 years old; she was diagnosed with Als in September 2016. Until then, she was a very very active person. All those months we have made great efforts to slow down the disease, but it did not work. Her symptoms started in April 2016, in...