First off, Happy Memorial Day! A HUGE thanks to those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country!
Let me preface by admitting that I have discovered that I am a huge hypochondriac.
I was sick with a upper respiratory spell for a few weeks. Sore throat, terrible coughing, etc...All...
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caffeine
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finger
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hours
immediately
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memorial
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neurologist
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questions
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tests
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I posted already in the general discussion forum but I should have started here. I am a new full time caregiver of my 82 year old father who was diagnosed last year. It probably isn't technically ALS but a motor neuron disease very similar. I have just this month become his full time...
...be very aware of how Tizanidine/Baclofen interacts with dieuretics. My doctor started me with a dieuretic (hydrochlorothiazide) as I can't seem to beat leg edema, no matter what I do. While it's been great for the swelling ankles and night time peeing issue, when combined with Tizanidine, it...
Those of you with twitching, cramping and any number of other motor, sensory and/or autonomic symptoms, please get your vitamin B6 levels checked and consider whether a statin drug may be causing or aggravating your issues.
I have an underlying neuropathy that was almost symptom free (I was...
Good afternoon.
Well, I guess my Dad is one of the unlucky ones.:cry:
He was diagnosed on Monday with ALS at Johns Hopkins Hospital. They haven't said exactly, but I am pretty certain it is Bulbar onset.
Now, I will try and give you some backstory to fill this story out. It's like a real-life...
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angry
brain
breathing
bulbar
bulbar onset
confused
cry
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depressed
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father
heart
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myasthenia gravis
newly diagnosed
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onset
running
shortness of breath
surgery
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treatment
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