worried about als

Hi, My ALS scare, which started 2 months ago finally caused the love of my life to break off our engagement last week because of the person that I had become in those months. We were scheduled to get married in December and I am heartbroken. I don't know if I have ALS or not but I realized...

I've been worried about ALS ever since I had twitches, but it wasn't until recently that other stuff started happening. I am only 24 but I've had weakness in my right shoulder and arm following a prolonged twitching session. My GP found no objective weakness but didn't bother to look at my...

Hello my name is Sean, im a 22 year old male college basketball player. My story started about a year ago, i had an episode of extreme fear, and aniexty took over my life. My father has an aniexty disorder as well, i think i might of inherited it from him. lucky me. Ive been through blood tests...

Hi Everyone, More confused but par for the course, right? My husband had a second single-fiber EMG and a tongue EMG today - both were normal. BUT - the doctors found his tongue muscle is weak and one reflex is brisk. When they told him to stick out his tongue, it goes sideways a little...

I'm a 41 yr old male, and last week I (finally) received a diagnosis of Multifocul Motor Neuropathy. My story is a long one, but I think it's important the people learn as much as they can about these types of diseases. I'm sure most of you were like me, worried about ALS. Here goes... At...

Hi, Im a 25 year old male from england. For the past the 3 weeks iv been having some weird symptoms and stupidly looked them up on the internet and now im a bit concerned i have ALS. It started with what i would call twitches in my arm but looking at some sites they might not be what they are...

8 weeks ago i had an infected toe. took an antibiotic. two days later had severe heat in my feet. each night it progressed up my legs and then to my chest and arms. it continued like that for approximately four weeks. had a brain mri, cspine mri, and all kinds of tests. all negative. the...

I am writing this hoping to ease the minds of you out there that have come upon this website when googling 'muscle twitching' and are now freaked out about the possibliity of ALS. I do not have ALS, but spent the past 3 months consumed with worry because of muscle twitching. I started out with...

Hi everyone. Since the end of June, I've been experiencing some odd muscle problems and would like to get your take on them to determine whether or not I should be worried about ALS. So, around the end of June, I started feeling kinda funny when I walked. My legs kinda felt stiff, and while...

Hello, this is my first post. I am a 26 yo male, law student, and over the past 3 or so months I have gone through an extremely stressful period with respect to my health. I will admit I am worried about ALS, as well as many other neurological conditions, and will also admit to being a slight...