Recent content by JoshS

Thanks Tillie and everyone else who has responded to me. You are all such kind, patient people and I'm sure dealing with a constant stream of anxious people can become tiresome. I'd like to make a donation to support ALS research. Could you direct me to the best foundation? Thanks - Josh

I've been prescribed lexapro for anxiety after talking to the doctor and have been taking it for three weeks now. Mentioned to him my fear of having a neurological disease, and he didn't seem to give it a second thought. I've mostly been able to put the fear that I might have ALS out of my mind...

Thank you all for your responses. I appreciate the advice and feedback. I know stress and anxiety can cause a lot of the things I've been feeling, and having a new baby and a wife with her own health problems that are much more real than mine likely are has probably gotten the best of me. I am...

I realize it is very irrational of me to assign these symptoms to a rare disease like ALS, but they are unlike anything I have ever experienced before. My brain keeps finding ways to fit them into other similar experiences people had before getting their diagnosis.

I have also briefly felt tightness in my jaw muscles (woke up one morning with a giant knot on the right side) and my facial muscles feel tense.

Hello all - I am an almost 27 yr old male, and I have been experiencing some troubling symptoms over the past month and a half. It started with a feeling of stiffness in my left pinky finger, accompanied by trembling of that hand. Shortly after the trembling hands, I began waking up with very...