I am a healthy 45-male. Non-smoker. In May I began having muscle fatigue in my lower legs... both of them. Within a couple of weeks it had spread to my arms as well. Not weakness and not really pain... just a rubbery feeling like I'd been working out for hours. I've been to my primary doc, a rheumatologist, and a neuro. I have had dozens of blood tests done... all mostly normal. My neuro did a nerve test on my legs and arms. All normal. I've had an MRI of my spine... nothing.
m going to have to go through my supplements and meds. The only new med is the Pramipexole .05 twice a day (Mirapex). The supplements are Sam-E, D 2000, A and Magnesium 250 twice a day. I'm going to cut the Pramipexole to once a day. Does anyone see if any one of these would cause this or is there a virus going around?
Has anyone tried Pramipexole (Mirapex, Mirapexin, Sifrol) for chronic pain? I have had low back pain for about 15 years now. I finally got someone to do an MRI back in June (I think, it was slightly before summer 2016) and they found a herniated disc at L4-L5 and a degenerated disc at L5-S1. The neurosurgeon decided surgery wasn't worth the risk and pain treatment was the best option.
Has anyone used a patch? The only med I take is pramipexole.
My husband is taking clonazepam .05, Lomtrigine 200 mg and pramipexole dihydrochloride 0.25 for depression, anxiety and RLS. He hasn't been able to get out of bed lately and has missed a lot of work. Could this excessive sleepiness be due to the combination of these drugs? It is not that he doesn't want to get out of bed, it's almost as if he is drugged, which led to my question. This is not normal.
Please can one of the doctors help me. I desperately need sleep because I have been plagued by this horrible infliction for the past 2 months now. It can keep me awake most of the night & sleep only comes early morning when this funny horrible sensation subides.
My doctor has offered me tablets called Pramipexole/Mirapexin but I understand they are a brain blocker & I only take them when I am absolutely desperate.
It might be restless leg syndrome. RLS is most likely to involve lower extremities but can involve other body parts as well. I got a bad case of it towards the end of my last tx, 48 weeks of triple tx with Incivek. The RLS hit me at about week 36 and continued until about a week after I quit the meds. My internist prescribed a small dose of Pramipexole (a Parkinson's drug) for it but I hated the way it made me feel.
m using (Pramipexole) but I suffer a dizziness side effect. I need your help to use a medicine which have not such side effect. Thanks in advance.
I was wondering whether Lyme disease could cause als or if there has been any Lyme members here on this forum that have gotten als from Lyme disease?
Just wondering (after doing some reading on Dr Google) is it possible to have both MS + ALS - or would it be extremely rare? It seems to me that there is a few cross-over symptoms. I posted earlier in the week and am about to start seeking some answers to my problems (which have been going on for nearly 10 years) - but (due to muscle spasms and a bit of a sense of weakness at times) really worried about ALS. My Dad has two cousins who have/had it - so they'd be my second cousins.
there is no evidence to think about ALS. So you are not ALS. Even though ALS, EMG wouldnt give any meaningfull results" She call me for EMG later but not now..
My third neuro said "you are absolutely not ALS". She said "we cannot take any reflex at ALS". i read lots of stuff about ALS and i now the term "hyperreflexia". Why was she said like that?
I hope, i explain myself. My English is not so good.
i had panic disorder and atack about 1 year ago.
Although ventilation support can ease problems with breathing and prolong survival, it does not affect the progression of ALS. Most people with ALS die from respiratory failure, usually within 3 to 5 years from the onset of symptoms. However, about 10 percent of those individuals with ALS survive for 10 or more years.
But iit can also indicate a slew of other processes. Have you had other testing done? An EMG? A negative EMG would rule out ALS definitively. ALS is peripheral.
Also, if an ALS specialist thinks, in his expert opinion that you do not have ALS, I would take comfort in that. ALS is a pretty big deal. It needs great attention. A friend of ours had it, and he needed care right away, arrangements had to be made.
Tests are done to rule out the other possibilities, there is no test that detects ALS. It is something else when my symptons started the last thing I suspected was ALS. ALS is a lot rarer then most people think so at the point your at I wouldn't worry about it yet. Although the symptons vary mine started out with my limbs tiring easily and feeling like they were buried in concrete along with a headache and difficulty swallowing. So to me it sounds like nerves.
m crying and trying to write this anyways the doctor has ordered a MRI and told my husband to pray its a slipped disc and not ALS. He told him if it is ALS he has up to 5 years to live. This Doctor is one of the best here where we live. Could there be any other possibilites with the symptons I've listed?
Questions - does a 3 limb emg rule out als and how long are the results good for, would als present suddenly like that a year ago, would als take a year to diagnose and numbness in a hand a symptom. I really am having a hard time moving forward and don't want to live like this. I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.
I wrote a letter to Turkish Als community and admin answered me.By the way admin is an eye doctor and als ill person since 1990.He said that dont worry coz you cant be als.But i m still not sure.
So what is that? I really dont understand anything and going to mad slowly slowly.Yes i m in huge depression coz lost my job but a depression can make these sympthoms?
Can ALS be so fast? Can it be ALS if blood results and EMG tests are ok ,can this illness hide itself?
If I understand you correctly, you do not currently have a diagnosis of ALS but are concerned that these symptoms of the twitches could be an indication of ALS. ALS is a neuromuscular condition, and I agree that your symptoms do seem to be neuromuscular in nature. I don't think you should be worried about ALS necessarily, though. There are many different things that could cause these symptoms. I would recommend going to see a neuromuscular specialist to get testing.
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