Nervous System Disorders and Diseases

Ask questions and share information about nervous system disorders and diseases here. Talk about vascular disorders (stroke, transient ischemic attack or TIA, subarachnoid hemorrhage, subdural hemorrhage and hematoma, and extradural hemorrhage), infections (meningitis, encephalitis, polio, and epidural abscess), functional disorders ( headache, epilepsy, dizziness, and neuralgia), structural disorders (Bell's palsy, cervical spondylosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, brain or spinal cord tumors, peripheral neuropathy, and Guillain-Barre syndrome) and degeneration (Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Huntington's chorea, and Alzheimer's disease).

body shaking especially both legs

for the last 2 weeks i cant walk 10 steps without falling my legs feel funy and my body gets very weakl then i fall if i cant catch something to hang onto then i have to sit for a bit to get strength back

by Patrice over a year ago

constant severe fatigue, sleeping to much with weight loss, mental changes

Answered by a doctor

Hello, i am wondering what to think of my husbands health. He is almost 50, smokes weed and this past 2 years ive seen a marked change in him. In the past 7-8 months after he returns home from work, he stays in the bathroom for HOURS, i mean anywhere from 3-6 hrs!!! He acts different, like he is out...

by justcurious5026858 over a year ago

I have fainted 2 times before without obvious reason

Hi I'm 14 years old (female) and a couple of days ago I fainted on the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Luckily we went right back to the hotel. I have fainted 2 times before this and my dad does as well. My mom is taking me to a specialty doctor for my head and my heart ( I felt like I was having a heart...

by Guest over a year ago

really bad migrane

im 21 years old & i have been suffering really bad migranes.it affects my daily life an it make not want to move outta bed. today i have a bad one & its making me cry ive been to two different drs and all they done was give me pills neve got a catscan done for my brain. i don't have the...

by krissy2012232744 over a year ago

5 year old not walking will she ever?

Hello, my daughter Minnie was born as a preemie at 28 weeks and as a result she has cerebral palsy, luckily fairly mild. She is having physical therapy ever since she was just a baby and she can stand on her own - but only if she has a nearby support (like a wall or similar). Minnie is mentally...

by Guest over a year ago

In my Head

Hi, I've been having ectopic beats for about 6 yrs.... this lead to panic attacks... i am now being medicated for these... have been on med for about 12 months... since about Nov last year I have been having these strange feeling in my head... it feel like my brain moves...don't laugh im...

by mrstee68665 over a year ago

1 Aleve every 4 hours

this is day 7 of a migraine caused by my severe TMJ- followed by an orthodontic visit on day 6 of the migraine which included a good tightening and rubberbands/elastics as a new addition. ive tried advil, tylonal, excederin tension/migraine, lavender baths, stretching, rythmic breathing...and...

by heather l s over a year ago

Tourettes responses to sexual stimulation

What are the motor and verbal responses that someone with Tourette's Syndrome would have to sexual stimulation? I think I may have tourette's too and I also love someone with a mild case of that disorder, I have not been diagnosed but he has. Are there problems in the bedroom associated with this...

by Nightbloomer over a year ago

New Treatment for Cluster Headaches

Cluster headaches are "one-sided", severely painful type of headaches that can comes on very quickly, peak in five minutes and stay severe for 30 to 180 minutes. The biggest problem with this kind of headaches is that the number of therapeutic options is limited. New research showed...

by Jannie3486 over a year ago

23/yo and can't remember simple things that other seem to remember so easily

I am a recent college graduate, and have over the last few years noticed an increase in my inability to remember simple things. Names are especially difficult and this issue has become incopasitating to my career development. Social situation have become unwelcomed, because it seems It takes me too...

by DesignerJ over a year ago