Recent content by Will26

I am a 27 years old male, and I have been suffering from health anxiety for most of my life. I've recently found relief from it, and I'm writing this in the hopes that more people like me will seek out treatment: My most recent hypochondria attack came on after developing random twitching...

Hello all, I've read from a lot of different sources that the shorter life expectancy (18 months?) for bulbar ALS patients is usually attributed to pneumonia due to aspirating liquids. My question is, if you acquire a PEG *before* you risk getting pneumonia through accidental aspiration...

I was using the search feature to see how many people who had an account were ALS patients, and how many of those people fall within a certain age range. I know I've always wondered how many people who get ALS are under 30 when they get it, because I think a disproportionate amount of media...

Does anyone know if having had childhood Epilepsy puts you at increased risk of developing ALS later in life? Will

What has me so scared is that my tongue only started twitching in October, and now I have this whistling lisp that I can't shake. I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow, and while I do have anxiety issues, tongue twitching coinciding with a new lisp has me really, really scared. I don't know...

Well, I was reading about lisps, and it said that whistling your Ss is considered a lisp, and I haven't been able to stop doing it. It's been constant ever since the 26th. I find it embarrassing. I'm seeing a doctor on Monday either way, I'm just looking for opinions as to whether this could be...

I thought I had read about bulbar onset patients who said they had felt buzzing/twitching before any speech problems developed? Doesn't it sometimes present that way?

Thanks Beth :-) Has anyone else ever noticed whistling, or is it usually a lisp or a slur?

Two months ago, I started feeling a little pulse in the left side of my tongue. Maybe twice a day, and for all that I've stared and stared and stared at my tongue in the mirror, it's never been visible. Then, about two weeks ago, I started getting really anxious that I was tripping over certain...