Possible ASL????

[MOM23ANGELS]

Ok, so I have posted on the migraine board a few times and thought I would try this... I have had severe migraine headaches since I could remember.. They do run in my family, but so far I am the only one who get's them this bad....... Here is what happens... :::::::::
When I get hit with one, (AND I MEAN A BAD ONE!) I go completely numb on my left side, I fall because I cannot feel the ground I am walking on and my left leg just give out on me. I start to slurr my speech like I am drunk, and the whole left side of my face droops kind of like I have had a stroke... These thing's only last for about 4-5 hours after my migraine has ended...... I have blacked out before, and my vision get's very blurry... 3 year's ago I had a MRI of my brain and it revealed that I had a 1cm lesion on the left cerebral side of my brain. The nuerosurgeon I saw told me that he didn't think it was anything to be worried about because it was almost like it was transparent.. ( you could see the brain tissue underneath it)..... I went back 3 months later and had another one done and it had grown 1.5 cm in size..... He still was not concerned........
Now, I just not found a dr. who will actually beleive me and try and help.. All this time no Dr. has believed that my symptoms were this bad.... The only type of pain relief I can get is when I go to the ER and they usually have to give me a morphine drip to kill the pain..... My neck get's so stiff and hurts so bad I cannot move...... The day before Thanksgiving I had one so badly, that it scared me..... I woke up, sat up in my bed and felt a popping sensation on the left side of my head... It was instantly followed by a huge migraine... I went to the ER and the nurse was concerned because my pupil's were dialated and they shouldn't have been... They just gave me drugs and sent me home.....

I guess what I am trying to get at is am I showing early signs of ALS ????? I have had tests done and refuse an EMG because it's too painful and I can't handle it......... Could I have ALS ??????? Please help. .... Since Thanksgiving, these have gotten worse.... I am scheduled to see a specialist, but not for another month and a half...... Any suggestions or help you can give me would be greatly appreciated... Thanks,

[MOM23ANGELS]

Ok, please tell me you are joking right ? Why would it make me feel better to know that your Aunt passed away from this ? I am 25 years old and have 3 kids!!!!!!!!  My left foot, yes it does drag when I have a migraine and my symptoms start flaring up.......

And it's funny that you mention you don't think its ALS because I have compared my symptoms to someone else on another board and we have almost the exacty same symptoms and she has ALS.........

[marcgraz1]

If it makes you feel any better, my beloved Aunt passed from ALS and even in the beginning of her illness it didn't start or progress as you are describing.  I wish you prayer but it really doesn't sound like ALS.  One question?  Do you have problems with your foot dragging?  That is where it started for her and remained for quite some time.