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I know that, in some rare cases, folks here had their first EMG normal, but later were diagnoseded with a MND/ALS. In these cases, the first EMG was apparently done by a local neuro, not by an MND specialist. Are the following statements correct: 1. Nobody here has been diagnoseded with an MND...

As I found in my medical records, I was prescribed Prozac for mild depression in April 2003. I remember that I was taking it for a few weeks, and then stopped as it did not seem to help. I think it was approximately end of 2003 or 2004 when I felt that my left arm was weird and clumsy. I had...

I read on this forum that Social Security disability is automatic with ALS, while employer's is not. Could somebody please elaborate what are the additional requirements ? My employer's LT Disability limits it to no more than 24 months for any neuromuscular condition (which is understandable)...

Eventually, I found this hard-to-pronounce name for the most obvious (for an external observer) symptom of changes happening in me :) My family noticed it at least 6 years ago, probably even more. They were talking about my eyes becoming like those of a chameleon, etc, but I think it is all from...

Sorry, could not come up with a concise Title for this thread. As I wrote earlier, I noticed that the physical rest reduces many of my symptoms, especially UMN symptoms. And if I get a chance to have several days in a row when I can spend most of the day (like 16 hours) in bed, I tend to feel...

I have very unplesant feeling of extremely bloated stomach (upper part, under the ribs) after every meal. This got noticeably worse over the last month. I don't know if this is a result of swallowing air, or weak abdominal muscles, or something else. Any advise on dealing with this problem will...

I found this article summary, from 2005: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/162/12/1146 There is no definition what "rate ratio" means, so I may be wrong, but this article seems to imply that male programmers are 4.55 times more likely to have ALS than the general population...

One thing that was puzzling me all this time is that I never had fasciculations during neuro visits (6 of them total over 2 year period), while I do have, and see, fasciculations at other times. I feel fasciculations in the lower part of my legs approximately 30% of the total time when I am...

I have this fundamental question, that may be of interest to everybody undiagnoseded with ALS-like symptoms (or with multiple symptoms, some of them being ALS-like), provided of course that the symptoms are not disabling. It looks to me that the only rational in looking for a diagnosed is to...

It was a few days before Christmas 2 years ago when a whole body tremor with hand weakness, followed by a wave of fasciculations, followed by a quick Googling, convinced me that I have ALS. So may be now this is a good time for me, and hopefully I'll be followed by many other UALS...