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Hi guys, and sorry for my bad English. So, I am 21 year old guy from Finland and I have had some very scary symptoms about two months. First all started in my left foot, which has some myokymia in my calf and sol. Then myokymias started to spread to my right foot and little to my both arms. My...

Hey guys, I’m 25 years old, brazilian and live in Rio de Janeiro so, sorry if there are some english problems. About a year and a half ago I had a really weird viral infection that evolved to pericarditis and a bunch of other stuff, but I made a full recovery. A few months after, however, I...

Hi all, I have lurked for about a week but alas here I am. I am a 29 year old mother of 2 and am coming to terms with the fact that I most likely have this disease. I remember seeing my uncle get weaker before my eyes (not blood related) and can imagine how scared he was. This is going to sound...

It's been 5 and a half weeks since Mom passed and it has been such a whirlwind, but I've been thinking about the folks here with such gratitude. (I've typed five summaries of these last weeks and keep deleting them. Suffice it to say that they've been busy and good and sad and maybe I'm...

Hey all, Have only posted once or twice before. I'm the caregiver for my partner, Mike, who has been diagnosed since August 2011. He uses a power chair and a feeding tube (although he's fortunately still able to enjoy a beer every night), a sip and puff respirator as he needs, and we use a...

I am new here and am FINALLY seeing a neurologist, but wanted to get a feel for the experience of others. After [failed] surgery to repair my left ankle joint, I knew they had damaged the nerves in my foot and ankle, so any problems in that leg was always seen as a result of the surgical...

First of all I am 41 with 2 amazing kids and been married to the love of my life for almost 25 years! My life is wonderful even though the past year has been tough. My symptoms started with shortness of breath or at least that is what slowed me down to notice. I was hospitalized 2 times for...

Hi All. I'm only 18 but recently I've been experiencing twitching all over my body. It's random and happens everywhere, some days it's worse especially when i think about it and some days i hardly notice it. I was worried about my symptoms and googled them, i saw that it could be als. Went to...

I was diagnosed 2 days ago after a long year of tests and many different answers to my problem. of course I am scared and have so many questions. my wife will be doing the typing as I am already having much difficulty getting my hands to do what I want. what kind medicines are you on? they are...

Hi, I am a 22 years old and for the last 4 months or so, I have had the feeling of phlegm stuff in my throat. I am usually able to swallow it but I have had to clear my throat fairly regularly. Initially I was not concerned about this but after awhile I looked at my tongue and noticed that...