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  1. L

    On the verge of a breakdown ..all symptoms of Als

    A year ago I started feeling numbness and tingling in my leg and burning sensation in my head I did a brain MRI which showed corticospinal tract hyperintensities which are biomarkers of Als. Neurologists said no Als and related my symptoms to anxiety but symptoms exacerbated a lot.later I began...
    • Lavender
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    • als anxiety arm brain breakdown breathing burning clinical crying diagnosis emg fear mri muscles slurred speech speech swallowing symptoms symptoms of als tongue weakness
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    Proof that widespread twitching is related to ALS

    I recently came across this article and I'm freaking out now: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11464925 Everything I've read on here says that widespread twitching is not indicative of ALS, but this article states otherwise. The worst part is that I had an emg last year that the neuro...
    • Sheelee6
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    • age als als? arm burning clean emg denervation emg emg? female magnesium mri muscle muscles nih pain scared supplements symptoms twitching weakness
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  3. Ande

    Frightened that I have ALS

    I know I'm 17 years old and it's very rare for me to have ALS on this age, but I still hope you hear me out on this. This all started with muscle twitching about 4 weeks ago. I felt it in my legs and in my back which was really weird feeling. I also noticed that when I was standing still my...
    • Ande
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    • age als arm back brain death food hope hyperreflexia lift muscle muscle twitching music night scared shaking sleep slurred speech speech stress symptoms twitches twitching wanted wrong
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    My symptoms

    Hello everyone, my name is Greg. My heart goes out to everyone who has been afflicted with this disease and my thoughts and prayers are with all of you. Also, I want to thank everyone for giving g your time and efforts on posts such as ‘Do I Have Als’ your time and effort is greatly...
    • Gb84
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    • arm back balance brain breathing cramping early family fingers heart mri muscle neurologist pain scared shortness of breath slurred speech speech support symptom symptoms tests twitches twitching weakness
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    Just a little concerned

    Hi there everyone, I'm a little bit nervous to post this, naturally, and do want to say I hope I'm not upsetting anyone in doing so. The people on here seem absolutely amazing and I'd be appreciative of anyone to give me their personal opinion on this. Thank you so much in advance. Most...
    • akakindz58
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    • als anxiety arm artist back concerned depression fingers friend hope lump muscles pain possible als ring finger second opinion shoulder speech vision
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    25 concerned about als

    Hi, It started a week ago suddenly with right sided arm/leg weakness that then went away and shifted to left arm/left only. After it shifted to my thigh piriformis and calf. There is occasional tightness too of course I looked up my symptoms and als came up and I'm really nervous. I'm just not...
  7. A

    25 year old with odd symptoms

    Hi, So about a week ago I suddenly had right arm and leg weakness. That went away and then it became left arm and leg weakness. Then it moved down to my calf and piriformis muscle. There are also sometimes tightness and twitching involved. I know these symptoms came on suddenly but of course I...
  8. G

    Six Months - Many Symptoms - No Answers

    Hello, Like many others I have been visiting this message board after experiencing symptoms that led me to the internet - that led me here. I have read many posts and many stories on this site and have much respect for this wonderful forum. I will try not to make this a long and hard to read...
    • GaryinMD
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    • arm bed burning clinical diagnose diagnosis emg fasciculation fasciculations food hope media mri neurologist night shoulder stiffness supplement swallowing symptoms tests tonic water treatment tremor wrist
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    Should I be worried?

    Hello and thanks in advance for reading this and giving me some direction. I went to my PCP due to muscle twitching. At first, it was all over twitching. Now it seems more centralized, as in the sides of both calves, the back of my thighs, top and bottom of my foot. There are times I will...
    • weebit worried
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    • als als? arm atrophy back foot medicine muscle muscle twitching neurologist possible als reading shoulder tests twitching vitamin d wanted work worried
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  10. C

    Scared that I might have onset als.

    Started 2 months ago with a twitch in my arm. Fast forward to now, it’s all over but mostly in my tongue.Since it has started in my tongue about 5 days ago, I sigh and yawn a lot. Also get random 1 hiccup throughout the day everyday even when I haven’t eaten. I’m sorry if I have burdened anyone...
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