My mom was diagnosed around june-July but her symptoms started around last fall, so far she can still walk very slow albeit not very fast, and definitely struggles to get around without a cane or a walker. Her hands and speech seem mostly fine.
However, around 2 months ago she started seeing this Chinese doctor for herbal medicine and acupuncture/massages and since then her muscle twitches have decreased to almost none and her muscle stiffness and tightness only comes and goes, she says that maybe 10% of the day its tight around night time and when the weather is rainy or humid but mostly if anything her muscles is too relaxed these days according to her.
She hasn't been taking any prescribed drugs like muscle relaxants or anything for the actual ALS, we've mostly been focusing on improving her overall health via healthy diets increasing caloric intake and mild exercise, as last year during covid she lost 10 pounds (she already previously had a hard time gaining weight since she was young, dropped from 102 pounds down to almost 90 during covid but is now back up to 105 after she was diagnoses and we focused on her nutrition a lot more) working as a nurse due to heavy workload which the doctors think might have triggered her sporadic case of ALS.
Anyone else experienced this type of progression in symptoms?
However, around 2 months ago she started seeing this Chinese doctor for herbal medicine and acupuncture/massages and since then her muscle twitches have decreased to almost none and her muscle stiffness and tightness only comes and goes, she says that maybe 10% of the day its tight around night time and when the weather is rainy or humid but mostly if anything her muscles is too relaxed these days according to her.
She hasn't been taking any prescribed drugs like muscle relaxants or anything for the actual ALS, we've mostly been focusing on improving her overall health via healthy diets increasing caloric intake and mild exercise, as last year during covid she lost 10 pounds (she already previously had a hard time gaining weight since she was young, dropped from 102 pounds down to almost 90 during covid but is now back up to 105 after she was diagnoses and we focused on her nutrition a lot more) working as a nurse due to heavy workload which the doctors think might have triggered her sporadic case of ALS.
Anyone else experienced this type of progression in symptoms?
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