muscle

  1. N

    Progressive symptoms, very worried about ALS

    I have been having unusual symptoms since a couple of weeks after the birth of my third child in April although things seem to have really progressed since late July. ALS only really appeared on my radar about 3 weeks ago when I felt my speech was changing. I have copied my main concerns below...
    • Newton1
    • Thread
    • als arm arm weakness atrophy children dad early family fingers food lift mnd mri muscle neurologist pain pressure speech stiffness swallow symptoms twitches twitching weakness wrists
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  2. K

    Neuromuscular referral

    This is just an update.. My GP is sending me to a neuromuscular specialist in Omaha. He is concerned about all my symptoms and simply stated “I’ve tested most things I can test, and it’s simply out of my knowledge range.”. I’m grateful for him, I had a pulmonary test that came back fine so...
  3. M

    Husband is at a low risk for ALS

    My husband started out with a weird sensation in the middle of his back with mild pain starting around August. He also started to get numbness and tingling all down the left side of his body. He had 3 MRI’s done and there weren’t any lesions (he was being tested for MS) but did show a very small...
    • Mariejan
    • Thread
    • als ankle back cramping emg fasciculations husband kids muscle muscle twitching muscles pain risk surgery twitching
    • Replies: 43
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  4. opusensemble

    I guess this is for real

    Dear friends, My story so far was an impressive story of fight for survival. 5 years ago I had a severe adverse reaction to an antidepressant and became bedridden and in extreme suicidal agony for 4 long years. My research was too incredible and extense to condense in a thick collection of...
    • opusensemble
    • Thread
    • age atrophy back depressed diagnosis emg fasciculations fingers free go away hope hyperreflexia muscle problem progression research slurred speech speech stiffness story stroke symptom symptoms twitching wrong
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  5. J

    Struggling but trying to be realistic

    I have talked myself out of posting here 100 times. I have read all the stickies and am well aware of what they are saying and am trying to wrap my head around believing them. With that being said here is what is going on with me 33 yr old female with a precious 1 year old girl. 6 mos ago I...
    • Jessie1234
    • Thread
    • ache als arm atrophy bfs cramps early emg eyes fear female foot free muscle speech stiffness stroke stupid swallowing test therapy twitches twitching vacation weakness work
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  6. C

    Muscle fatigue that keeps getting worse

    Hi.. This is not my first time here but I had hoped I wouldn’t be back but I am so I will post what is happening now. So in 2017 because of some leg twitching I went to neuro and had clinical exam and 2 different emgs that all came back fine/normal. I should also state that I do have health...
    • Cmishh
    • Thread
    • anxiety back clean emg clinical diagnosis fatigue health muscle muscle fatigue muscles onset reading symptoms testing twitching weakness
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  7. H

    Concerned about continued symptoms

    Thank you to all of you who monitor this forum and take the time and energy to respond to all of the guests with a million questions. I truly appreciate you listening and weighing in. It’s been a tough three months for me with lots of varying symptoms ranging from neck pain to brief low grade...
    • Heireg35
    • Thread
    • ability als anxiety back brain clinical concerned early fasciculations flu lyme magnesium mri muscle muscle weakness muscles neck pain neurologist pain questions symptom symptoms tests twitching vitamin d weakness
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  8. S

    please help, too many symptoms matching.

    Dear all, Sorry for the mistakes, I'm French. Sorry for the lenght (also going to blame it on the french origin ^^) First of all, i want to express all my love to those suffering with ALS. I know how frustrating it can be for someone who has got diagnosed to see ‘healthy’ people not fully...
    • shine81
    • Thread
    • als arm awareness back bulbar burning clinical cramps cry emg fasciculations fatigue fingers hope muscle pain please help research sad swallowing symptoms test tests tiredness weakness
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  9. V

    No hope...definately bulbar ALS

    Hello, First of all thank you who will read my story. It is hard time for me now and i thought over of other possibilities, that could affect my health, but only bulbar ALS pops up in my mind. Everything started on march. I had a flu type virus for about two weeks and my left face side was...
    • virtuetovicee
    • Thread
    • als balance bulbar bulbar als clean emg cramping emg fatigue flu health hope improvement mri muscle neurologist onset pain problems stiffness story symptoms tests twitches twitching wrong
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  10. L

    Concerned

    Hello all. I've had a few of what I believe could be ALS-like symptoms. I was wondering what others might think. I've had muscle twitches for what I believe to be 4 months now. It started off in just my arms and calves, but after a while they seemed to spread to other parts of my body, such as...
    • Lilac4
    • Thread
    • abdomen als anxiety back balance brain breathing concerned dihals fasciculations female lump movement muscle muscle twitches problem symptoms tongue tongue fasciculations twitches weakness
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
Back
Top