I did a lot of reading on Functional Neurological Disorder, watched the video link provided by Nikki in yesterday's post, went to bed thinking maybe there is hope, then woke up with very labored breathing, a sore diaphragm, diaphragm spasms, and oxygen saturation of 94% (I have a pulse oximeter I've been using since breathing problems became scary). Then I had the throat spasms I've experienced a few times before: my windpipe feels smothered, my throat closed, and there is a tight heaviness in that region. When it opened up again, my tongue was too spastic at the back to swallow my saliva. But I can move my tongue back and forth, in and out, fairly quickly, and poke out my cheeks with it. I know I may be asking too much or too often, but do the breathing difficulties caused by ALS also cause the diaphragm to feel fatigued and spasm? Do swallowing difficulties come with throat spasms while not totally disabling the tongue?