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Thanks for the response. Yes I understand. It is the swallowing troubles that are not really resolving with mestinon and are most concerning. They do fluctuate though which I know is more typical of Mg. I will post again once I have a diagnosis.

Quick emg questions-I was reading online today that when an emg is performed the needle should stay in the muscle at rest for 90 seconds. When my screening emg was performed the needle was only in the muscle at rest for just a few seconds before the doctor had me contract and relax. 1. Would an...

Thanks- makes sense. This might be a dumb question but could my issues be caused by UMN disease? Is that something different? Just trying to figure this all out- still in limbo and so much feels uncertain.

Hi again Most of blood work came negative for MG so my neuro is looking into a possibility of seronegative MG due to my mestinon response and such. He is also testing for a few other less common antibodies that can show up. Swallow study is next week. This morning I had a few facial muscles...

Thanks. Waiting is the tough part. The Mestinon helps but I was kind of hoping for complete resolution of symptoms which isn’t the case. I actually noticed it’s working because when I don’t take it/I’m overdue I can barely get up or open my eyes. So at first it felt subtle until it wears off and...

I’m a 34 year old female with some pretty scary concerns. I would be lieing if I said I wasn’t constantly analyzing myself now and anxious about it all. I recently went to a neurologist because I was experiencing a mild left facial droop and some swallowing difficulties (feeling like liquids...