NoraFL,
Your NCV will be abnormal, which points doctors in another direction than ALS. You should have a normal NCV with ALS, unless you have a history of something prior to the ALS.
Kerri
First off, who is this guy.
The reflex thing is crazy, I can go to a neuro and have brisk reflexes one day and the next they barely move. I get anxious and I feel jumpy and then they get jumpy I guess. There is also a rating scale mine are 2+ on my worse day, and that rating is brisk but...
waterfowler: you are not looking at this from a reality point of view, how do you know that this is just an annoying condition as this is the furthest from the truth...your still twitching or have you forgotten? if this is an autoimmune reaction wich I bet you that it is, then you are in trouble...
i'm the one that started the thread "this board is a lie". i agree with the above poster. this board fosters sticking your head in the sand and all is well. as i said your muscles twitching is a neuro problem end of story. its some type of infection,autoimmune etc. if it were just anixiety it...
We do not need to stop discussing this, if we do it will leave new people feeling more insecure or unsure of their diagnosis. I will save all of the GP's and neuro's that frantic phone call by saying this. Guest you may be right about some if not all of your research. I have done the research...
Thanks guys, and BillBob thank you. I have been doing well and I am pregnant with my second baby. This has all gotton worse since the pregnancy started, maybe my hormones are kicking my obsessions into full gear. I also have a very dry throat and my skin is awful dry, I guess I should drink more...
I am prbably just obsessing again but, when I each something dry it feels like I have to wash it down or it will get stuck at the top of my throat.
I did a bad thing last year this time and read that a runny nose during eating is a sign of dysphagia and every since then I get a runny nose while...