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  1. Y

    Seeking answers!

    Hi everyone on here who takes their time to help others like me. I am fairly young and I know this disease is probably a long shot, but I dont know what else to make of my symptoms... August: neck pain headache September: headache worse, ear ringing, nausea and vomiting October: still neck...
    • Youngandrestless
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    • abdomen driving early emg eye falling medical mri muscles nausea neck pain pain scared shoulder stages symptoms tongue twitches twitching young
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  2. A

    Concern for my husband

    My husband is a big, tall burly guy. I have noticed over the last year that he seemed to have lost muscle mass and we chalked it up to age (early 50s). Instead of having tree trunk legs and arms, he has skinny guy legs/arms. Still no big deal. He has had some cramping, tremors or...
    • amysgarden
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    • age als ankle balance bed bulbar cpap cramping cure early emg falling fasciculations foot friend headache husband mri muscle pain problems slurred speech speech swallowing symptoms tests treatment urgent weakness worried
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  3. K

    22 years old, Possible ALS

    Hello, my name is Robin Ragnarsson from Sweden. I wanted to share my story with you and i hope you don't mind. For a couple of years ago (4-5) i started having strange symptoms. It started during night when i was waking up with numbness back of my head. I also started experience...
    • Kapten_Ragnar
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    • als atrophy back burning cold cry falling fell hope life muscle night pain possible als problem problems reading story symptoms tiredness twitching umn wanted weakness worried
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  4. Mike in Maine

    Got my pump

    Just got back from having the VA install the Baclofen pump down at the VA in Boston. Wish I had done this a long time ago, feel good but still very sore. The VA did it a little different then I have read about others here. They admitted me installed the pump first thing in the AM and turned...
  5. D

    Read the Sticky, still need opinion

    Hello all, just a quick history of my symptoms. About a few months ago, I was at work (used to be a valet) and I noticed on several occasions almost falling because of a weird muscle weakness in my leg. The exact location was not determined. I brushed it off. This happened several times within...
    • darthpixels
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    • bed cramping cramps falling increase muscle muscle twitching muscle weakness muscles night pain running saliva slurred speech speech symptoms twitching weakness work
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  6. M

    Question about ALS onset - scared

    Hi Guys, I am currently 31 years old, male - going through an ALS scare. About 3 years ago I developed twitching and cramping in left leg. I went to GP who referred me to a Neurologist. I had 2 EMG'S which were normal, normal reflexes and strength. I was told i had BFS and moved on...
    • mac7823
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    • ache advice als als onset als? atrophy bfs cramping crying early emg falling fear ice neurologist onset scared twitching
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  7. M

    Hair loss-Dr says stress

    Hello, So for about three months now my hair has been steadily falling out. Yes, this is a very girly, very vain topic, I know. I'm really starting to freak out now because I've lost about a third of my hair! When I shower it comes out in small handfuls, enough that I have to keep the Draino...
  8. D

    Never felt so lost and confused in my life? Unsure diagnosis

    Mod note. OP kindly added a brief summary a couple of posts down if this is too much for some PALS to read I have spent months reading different threads on this forum,reading peoples stories and eveybody is so helpful i feel its my time to write a thread of my own as i dont know which way to...
    • danni1983
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    • als back balance brain breathing breathing problems clinic confused decline diagnosis early emg falling fasciculations foot helpful life love medical mri muscle neurologist problems reading scared slurred speech speech stiffness story support symptoms tests unsure weakness
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  9. anderkling

    Just Diagnosed

    My name is Charlene. Yesterday I received my diagnosis of ALS. I had written on this forum in November, concerned about symptoms of leg weakness, tripping and falling. Some of you wrote back with words of encouragement and promises of prayer. Thank you. My GP referred me to two...
    • anderkling
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    • als back canada children diagnose diagnosed diagnosis emg falling ideas lyme mri rilutek riluzole symptoms tests weakness
    • Replies: 55
    • Forum: Newly diagnosed
  10. HeatherFeather

    He's afraid to be alone with me now

    OMG you guys...I have to tell you that yesterday was such a bad day. I couldn't lift Ron off the lazy boy chair to position him into the commode, he kept falling and I had no strength. We managed and I could not get him off the commode. Finally we used the transfer circle and with all my...
    • HeatherFeather
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    • back bed chair crying falling heart lift mattress night secure transfer wanted wheelchair
    • Replies: 85
    • Forum: Current caregivers
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