parkinsons

hey everyone i have been super busy with other health concerns at this time but wanted to let everyone know i am ok just been busy. my dads side of the family has many health issues and i am seeing docs to get answers for something unrelated to my parkinsons. seeing aq surgeon on the 29th but i...

I am 41 years old, married male with two young boys ages 3 and 7. I've always been a very physically active person in perfect health. Other than the Bird Flu and and an appendectomy in 2010 I've been in perfect health my whole life. I ran cross country and track all through high school and...

Hi all, I am a 22 year old female and over the past month something has been wrong with me. First I would like to clarify that I do not smoke, drink or take drugs. But last month I ate half a weed cookie, it was my first time and I was taken to hospital because my heart beat went up to 155bpm...

I don't know why, but developed nations have higher rates of neurological diseases. The same goes for cancer. Do you think that the chemicals (pesticides, hormones, antibiotics) that are used to produce our food are affecting our health (no doubt they are). Now in Europe, there is a slightly...

Hi Everybody, I'm hoping I can get some advice. I have some symptoms that I've been trying to ignore and would like to know if it sounds like ALS. I do not have insurance so it will be difficult to get a diagnosis. About 6 months ago, after riding my bike, my left arm began to shake/tremor. It...

Hi all, I am new to this forum and am very grateful there is a space like this. First of all my thoughts go out to anyone suffering from this disease. Until recently I didn't even know it existed. I was wondering if anyone can comment on any of my symptoms. I am between jobs so have no...

About 2 years ago, I started having twitching all over my body. Some twitches were quick and some were like worms crawling under my skin. The symptoms sprang up from there. Here are the symptoms that I currently have now and these have progressed within the past two years: Muscles are shaky...

My husband has been diagnosed with ALS - this past month. He has both bulbar and limb onset. The bulbar symptoms are the worst...The panic in his eyes when he is choking is just awful. We are trying to do the best we can in coping with the Wicked Step Sister that has moved in and is trying to...

I apologize - it has been so long since I last have been on here I almost forgot how to post! Life has been a lot of the same old same old. Jim is progressing slowly, though some of his ALS symtoms have been coming up. He has lost weight yet again. His breathing is stable but he has lost a lot...

Im new to this blog! My father may have ALS or a form of MND. It started with slurred speech about three months ago believing he had a stroke we went to the hospital. They first said frontal lobe syndrome because of some brain damage visible on the mri from 40 years ago. However, the speech...