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Please help me. My son had his confirmed diagnosis in January of this year. He is only 23 years old. Not sure how to get through this. It seems to be progressing quickly. Help?!

Hello , Sorry for the long post - I am terrified to even be writing in this forum. I noticed a "perceived weakness" in my Right bicep(dominant) in the start of April. There has been some wasting/ stretch marks under the skin when pulled a little that my wife could see as well so I headed...

Sorry to do what most do by asking do I have ALS? But I am very terrified. :-( I have been getting these symptoms the past 6 months it started with a feeling of muscle movement ni my arms and legs. Then I started getting lots an lots of muscle twitches all over my body mainly in my arms and...

Hey all. I've been checking out this forum over the last few months. Today I was confirmed by second opinion neuro with ALS. I had slight left-hand weakness starting in 12/2014- it has gotten worse all over my body. I'm still mobile, but stairs and walking wear me out. I had to stop...

Tremors in hands, stiff leg muscles, somewhat weak legs, change in vision, hands are weaker, dropping things more often, occasionally trouble breathing, tingling feet and fingers, unintentional weight loss(lost 12 pounds in a week). I also have been more jumpy, I'm dizzy when I stand up, muscle...

Hi everyone, my name is Nikki and I'm a 36 yr old single mother of two. My symptoms started almost a year ago now. First, I became numb down my left arm and hand. This was also accompanied by severe neck pain. I had an mri and sure enough they found 3 herniated discs in my neck, spinal stenosis...

My life as of the past 2 years has been unbelievably bad. I am 24 years old. I met full blood brother who was put up for adoption as a child, and then he overdosed and died 2 months later. I went to a very loud concert, and obtained a very intrusive case of chronic Tinnitus that makes sleeping...

I need any insight I can get my dads symptoms started in may 2012 with weakness in his right hand now he is a complete paraplegic but his breathing is totally normal and he swallows with no issues. Back in 2012 my dad had a cancerous tumor removed from his vocal cord, the cancer scare made my...

I feel incredibly guilty, shameful, etc. posting to this board... but, I am going to bite the bullet and do so anyway. I am a 32 year old female.. yes, I have anxiety... no, I shouldn't be bothering you.. I've been experiencing sporadic twitching in various parts of my body: face, chin, lip...

Hello everyone. My name is Ana. I am new to the forum, but I lingered for a long time at the old braintalk.org forums 13 years ago. This is my story: In 2001, during a trip to Italy, I noticed that I couldn't pull my luggage. My shoulders and arms felt as if they had lost their strength...