My spine has some freaky super active nerve thing going on down my spine especially at the base. I've increased my Gabapentin which was helping, hot shower really is gets things going.
I'm trying to get to a nuro doctor but the only one who said he would see me, made wait a month and cancelled...
Is anyone currently taking Gabapentin/Neurontin? Does it relieve symptoms? What adverse side effects have you noticed?
My most recent bloodwork showed a slightly elevated liver enzyme. I suspect this is because I have taken too many Vicodin (as many as three per week) during the past few...
Hello everyone! I am new to forum and would like to share my story and hopefully gain some insight . My medical history is quite complicated and I will start by saying that I have had neurological issues since I was a teen. Started with seizure like episodes and then progressed to balance and...
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Hello to all,
My symptoms started about a year ago. I started having twitching in my right calf muscle, with the feeling of 'worms' crawling under my skin. You could literally see my calf rippling all the time. As time went on it progressed to my thigh and my left calf and thigh. Pretty...
I have read many entries here about sweating, my husband sweats like crazy, it always seems to be at its worst about 7 am and between 5 and 7pm. Is it the medications or is it ALS? He is about 2+ years into this disease and is taking a lot of meds including baclofen, gabapentin, morphine...
Forgive me forum, its' been many months since my last thread!
I thought I'd give you that have known me in the past an update regarding my well-being. You may remember I had 2 neuros suspect I may have PLS, a 3rd suspected I may have psoriatic arthritis (based on the discovery of inverse...
Right, so I can swing a golf club after a fashion on the driving range but I can no longer put on socks, leggings or tights without a Herculean effort. Whatever's happening with me is confusing, confounding and continuous.
The same is becoming true of bottle lids. Not every bottle, but enough...
My husband has lost the ability to open jars, hold a pen for writing or to button his clothes.
He has severe fatigue and is no longer able to be as active as he once was. He chokes easily on his food. His NCG showed prolonged distal latency, his F waves were significantly slow and his H reflex...
My husband was diagnosed with lower motor neuron disease exactly a year ago, about 4 months ago it was changed to ALS....however now there are two diseases...ALS and drug addiction....He has been taking tons and I mean tons of pain meds...morphine, larazopam and oxycodin....he says he has to...
Hello all and thank you all for helping to calm my fears of my constant fasciculations in my calfs (still have them) and other areas have them also in my thenar muscle but have come to terms that it is BFS. With has helped alot.
Thank you
One thing if someone knows what is the diagnostic value...