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Thank you for the advice. I do see both a psychiatrist and therapist. It's very scary though as I really think something might be wrong this time. I really do notice weakness in this left foot after 2 weeks of this. When i place both feet on the floor and just try to flex my toes only up it's...

Hello everybody how are you? I don't know how it happened but my ALS fears have started to spark up again. I'm 38 year old and had upper and lower EMGs done in 2014. Lower EMG was just done in September of 2014. I started exercizing again; nothing too crazy just alot of walking. I would say...

Thanks again for taking the time to reply to me. I had follow up with my neuro today who was nice enough to do a lower EMG.. no waiting. EMG turned out to be normal so I think I'm safe to say I can get this out of my mind. I'll be going through my 6-8 weeks of PT and hopefully I won't have...

Thank you everyone for taking the time to read this and reply to me. I am going to go through my PT and see what comes out on the other side. I"m just doubting this PT thing since it's the first time anything like this has ever happened to me and I"m just scared. I guess I might have saw...

Hello everybody. Im probably going to regret asking this but does anyone know if ALS starts with knee instability and knee buckling? over the past 2 months or so ive gitten sporatic episodes of my left knee buckling and i almost fall down. When it first happened i wasnt expecting it and it...

Does this sound like ALS? Hi everyone last night I noticed a strange symptom in my left pinky. When I place my hands in a keyboard position or playing piano position, the middle pinky joint seems to "collapse" (pop in) when I apply a certain amount of pressure. The upper part of my pinky...

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to me. What is it that I can't do right now? I can pretty much do everything, all be it with a little bit of struggling. I guess I'm all caught up with the perceived weakness and feeling that some how this is going to turn into clinical...

I'm going to be 38 next week

Hello everyone thank you for taking the time to read this and hopefully point me in the right direction. I"ll try and keep this as short as possible. For the past few weeks I've been experiencing extreme fatigue in my left arm and left hand. It seems to have been getting gradually worse by...

Thanks Max. When you mention Hyper reflexia what do you mean? The reason I ask is things seem to have really turned worse for me and not sure if that's what it is. Last night when going to bed I started getting Charlie horses in my left calf muscle. I'm thinking spasms. This morning my left...