could this be als

First of all, this sight has been very informative - thank you to everyone. I am a 32 year old male, health conscious and into fitness - at the same time, married, father of 2 little girls, very high stress job, suffer from anxiety and horrible low back pain for years from heavy lifting/loading...

Hello, thank you in advance for reading and for any observations. I am a 53-year old man, generally in good health, fairly fit and active (although 10-12 pounds overweight), with no history of ALS in my family. I have a birth defect, my left arm is 8 inches shorter than my right, and I have no...

Hey everybody. :) This is my first post on these forums, I'm glad I found someplace that might help me answer my questions. I've been feeling like I'm getting weaker and more easily exhausted at work for quite a while. My legs started feeling heavy. Never thought about ALS, though. I'm quite...

Hello I am 26 year old male. I have been havin these weird symptoms in my legs. It all started with a cramp in my right calf muscle , then a cramp in the left calf muscle. Now recently two weeks ago I started getting leg fatigue in both legs but when I rest it goes away. The other day the...

It feels like my leg is wobbly when I stand, I have pain from the middle of my calf to my feet. I can dorseflex but it hurts, I now have 2 indentations when I flex, one where my gastro meets my soleus in my calf and one in between my ankle and soleus (bottom of calf). The indentations go away...

Hello All, I have been a lurker in these forums for the last couple of months and been holding off on posting here for one reason or another. Here my story: My wife has been seeing numerous neurology and other doctors over about the last two years with no real answers to symptoms and/or test...

Hi, I have gone through a lot of posts and not found one that has what I've been going through so I thought I would seek assistance. About 2-years ago I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and then a month later I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and it was removed. Around the same time as...

Hi i am currently going through a very stressful situation and am wondering if you can shed some light on it. I am wondering if the current symptoms and progression of what i am dealing with could be als. I will open and honest and hope you will be open and honest with me, i do suffer from...

Hello everyone! Firstly, Thank you for this wonderful community and place to talk. I've been reading threads here for a week or so but I've finally decided to register. My story begins 6 months ago when I was diagnosed with social anxiety and was prescribed 5 mg of Valium a day. About 2 months...

I am 49 years old and been trying to found out what is wrong with me. My symptoms have stumped my GP. For the past 6 weeks I have experienced severe pain in my upper thighs ( mainly right side) my buttock check ( right side) both feet. My right hand goes completely numb and my pinky and ring...