Various types of ALS?

Posted By Mark51 on November 02, 1998 at 09:29:34:







I'm sorry to use this forum to settle a debate as I'm sure your time could be better spent. However,here goes I have an ongoing unidentified condition that started about three years ago. My Dr first thought it might be ALS but various test didn't support that. Over that space of time to present my problems have progressed, increased cramping ,twitching ,jerking, fasiculations,tremor and I do loose my balance much more often and easier then in the past however the only substantial weakness I've noticed is when Itry to get get up from sitting and I do fatigue pretty easy. My belief is ALS would have progressed much farther and much faster the what I have experianced.  My wife believes there are various forms of ALS and some progress slowly.  The question are there differant types of ALS and if so how long might they last.