Dear All,
I had written on the forum around a year ago regarding some symptoms that i had developed, in a nut shell it started off as weakness in my arm and leg and then progressed into twitching all over my body, flash forward almost a year ahead and i can't really say if its gotten much worse...
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Hello all, I am a 37 year old male. I have lingered around this site and various others for about 5 months. I always convinced myself that I was fine and never got to the point where posting was essential. Until now. My newest symptoms have me frozen with fear.
9 months ago I separated from my...
I will try to be as brief but thorough as possible.
Male, will be 30 in a few weeks.
My "symptoms" started in January when I noticed that my right leg was much less strong than it used to be. I'll happily admit that the weakness is NOT clinical by any means, but the sudden drop off in...
Here's a short video of a few of the things I like to do in the pool. Being in the pool is my favorite time of day, and it feels so good just to be able to move my arms and legs. I've been doing this for the last year and a half, and obviously the exercises have changed with progression...
I've read conflicting views and been given different advice about exercise. I have gone from playing a pretty serious sport and practicing up 15 hours weekly to...walking (I use that term loosely) slowly to the store three blocks away and back. ANY effort triggers and increases spasticity and...
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I'd like to thank everyone that comes here and reads these, and thank everyone for reading my message.
I am a 28 year old male. Past athlete, who had viral spinal meningitis as an infant.
Starting January I was lifting weights regularly and taking protein supplements. beginning in May...
1. Does using a bipap actually hasten the time when you need one all the time because you are not using your own muscles to exercise them is does it hasten their decay?
2. There is a circular plastic thingy from which my feeding tube emerges from my body. Over the months this has pulled away...
Hi, I'm a 35 year old man with a history of being overweight. I was 396 lbs before I stopped drinking all night and began working out regularly about 7 years ago. I dropped about 190 lbs within a year and a half and through the years have managed to maintain it give or take a fluctuation of...
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I have been having symptoms for about 2 years and began putting it all together about 1 year ago. Then denial hit and even though I had a referral to neurology for now constant slurred and worsening speech, I put it off until May of this year. I just last week received an ALS diagnosis...
Dear all,
I have read about ALS in the past week because of my issues.I have weak right leg when walking- something like its very light and it is very tired after just small exercise,twitching on my calfes and sometimes on all my body also during the day. I also feel a bit numbness on my left...