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  1. M

    Very Scared Bulbar Als??

    Hello everyone. I will try to explain what I have been going thru and any advice would be appreciated. I’m a 38 year old male. I started having dizziness in December 2017. I then had some left sided facial tingling around January 2018. For this my doctor ordered a Mri of brain and...
    • Malthoff8
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    • advice age als als? arm arm weakness back brain bulbar cpap emg eyes hope increase insomnia mri neurologist questions scared sleep speech swallowing tests tongue twitches weakness
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  2. C

    EMG on untwitching muscles

    Hello, I went to a neurologist who suggested I had ALS based on my signs and symptoms. (Constant muscle fasciculations, positive Babinski sign, left side weakness and atrophy -atrophy in left hand and right around and now both calves- slurred speech and cramps where my muscles get stuck. Also...
    • Catmom
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    • als atrophy brain cramps emg emg? fasciculations insurance mri muscle neurologist progression second opinion slow progression slurred speech speech swallowing symptoms tongue treatment trouble swallowing twitches twitching weakness young
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  3. J

    A year of scary symptoms

    I’m a 26 year old female Hi all first I wanna appreciate for the time you guys put to read about the symptoms I’m experiencing and giving feedback. it all started a year ago when all of a sudden I couldn’t sleep. This followed by daily shakiness abnormal body movements and body ache. I also...
    • Jackie92
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    • ache balance brain burning death emg female mri muscle neurologist pain paresthesia shoulder sleep spasms speech stiffness swallowing symptom symptoms testing tongue tremor trouble swallowing weakness
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  4. D

    Communicate with Dr & Advice

    Hello All, First of I would like to say thank you for opening this forum to people like myself that dont know whats going on with us and are scared sh-less. I think its great that your open to helping both people with ALS and those that are not yet diagnosed or that are just suffering from...
    • Dann
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    • advice als back early emg father fingers food hope info kids lump neurologist pain pressure questions rant scared story swallowing symptoms testing tongue worried wrong
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  5. C

    Swallowing issues and muscle tiredness

    Hi! I am a 31 year old woman who has been experiencing twitching and muscle tiredness for a while now. It started with some strange symptoms after the birth of my youngest son 4,5 years ago (vertigo, paresthesia, raynauds muscle tiredness and swallowing issues). They found a positive ANA and...
    • Cecilie
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    • back brain choke cramping emg fingers food hyperreflexia issues lump mri muscle neck pain neurologist normal emg pain problems scleroderma spasms swallowing swallowing issues symptoms symptoms? tests tiredness trouble swallowing twitching voice
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  6. L

    should i be worried?

    hi i’m an 18 year old girl. i am relatively healthy up until end of the july when i had what the doctors thought was labyrinthitis/vestibular neuritis. that seems to have faded now just after last week. in this time i developed really bad anxiety because of it and had lots of panic attacks and...
    • lilly200
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    • als anxiety arm back cramping eyes fatigue insomnia pain swallowing symptoms twitches wanted worried young
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  7. C

    scared and need to vent.

    I have all the symptoms, increasingly bulbar to be specific. I have been in and out of the hospital the past couple of weeks, I have the follow-up appointment with Neuro on Wednesday. The first time he saw me he took ten minutes and then told me it was probably stress. I know why its because I...
    • CPark
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    • als back bulbar canada cramping cry diagnosis family fasciculations female hope iron lump pressure scared sleep stress stupid support swallowing swallowing issues symptoms twitches vent website wrong
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  8. R

    Update

    Sorry to open a new thread, but nothing else seems to help. I know you told me to go to a doctor, but I physically have not had the time, and I'm going to another country for a few weeks soon. I still get back pain and my back is very sore. The muscles of my neck and shoulders also feel sore...
    • rasmus
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    • als? back bed burning choke cramping father fingers flu food foot medicine muscles night pain sleep speech swallowing swallowing issues twitch twitching update
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  9. A

    constant cough

    I have had a constant cough and throat clearing for 7 months now. It all started after I stopped taking Klonopin cold turkey. I had a baby and then started panicking over health related issues. I've had two clean EMGs. One on my legs and one on my arms. At the time I had lots of twitching...
    • Amuhles
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    • als anxiety bulbar bulbar als clean emg cold coughing emg foot health klonopin pain swallowing symptoms tongue trip trouble swallowing turkey twitching weakness work
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  10. D

    Can it be the first signs of ALS?

    Hello, First of all thank you for all who will read my story. I would really appreciate to any comments and experiences or advises from you. I am 26 years old female. Recently i have found similar condition - ALS that could explain my illness. I know it would be a rare case of this disease...
    • Dreamcatcher
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    • age als als? arm autoimmune back burning female lyme lyme disease muscle weakness muscles neurologist progression questions speech story swallowing symptoms tests twiching twitching weakness
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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