Shaking

[Lou3892]

My father has been diagnosed with ALS back in June/July. The symptoms have been consistent with all the literature I have read. The disease has been progressing steadily up until then, however the disease has seen to have slowed down for now. I do have a concern, his limb has having shaking involuntarily. This shaking is really bad that he is holding down his leg, but it is still shaking. I don't know what this is about, is this a new disease that has showed up or this is part of ALS. The shaking is similar to the shaking in that occurs in Parkinson's disease patients.

 

[John1]

Lou,

Clonus causes shakes and is common in ALS. I get it the worst in the morning.

 

[brooksea]

Yes - my husband's legs shake now as he is standing for a bit trying to do something in one place.

 

[olly]

hi,shaking of the legs is definatly clonus.
i have pls but i do get this as its a umn symptom.
sometimes my arms shake and i thought that too was clonus but my pt said it was due to weak torso muscles.

 

[GlenBrittle]

Re: Cant Resist

I usually shake first thing in the morning.

Right after I go "AHHhhhhhhhhhh"

Then its done.

 

[rose]

Glen... they're talking about "limbs" is there something we would find interesting to know about you?

 

[BarryG]

I don't wanna know, thanks very much anyway!

Like Red Green said "A man over 50 going to the bathroom is kinda like a fireworks show, lots of oohs and ahhhs and you never know when it is going to start or end" :grin::grin: