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I am a computer science major at a University. Last week, i had two hours to take a expansive test in my systems analysis and design class, and despite it being open book and open note, managed to finish it only JUST in time to get to work. However, my professor messaged me today telling me ahe believes i copied and pasted everything from an online textbook and source, I've failed the test, and i should come sign some academic plagiarism form in her office. I am a senior in college and never have i ever been accused of such, despite multiple open book tests in the past. What's the point of making it open book if you can't use the book? I can see how that's grounds to count a question wrong but failing an entire midterm and possibly a class seems harsh. I'm taking 17 hours and working 2 part time jobs. I don't need this.

I am a 21 year old university student. Most of my life, I've been deathly afraid of one thing or another, but the past few years have been different. Two years ago, i started getting telltale signs of diabetes, however my blood sugar never raised flags. Recently, it has, but no doctor is commenting much on it. What most gets me now is the persistent body-wide muscle twitching I've experienced for over a year, and the increased tightness and cracking in my left ankle. I've been to a few specialists about different problems I've been having, including a neurologist, but i haven't been able to give my symptoms or mind a rest. I can barely sleep at night, and that always has me cranky at work and in classes. Any suggestions?

Both me and my significant other are students at a university and part time workers. A week after her November period started, we had sex, and despite using lots of lube, the condom popped. I wasn't inside fully yet, withdrew immediately, and replaced it with no further complications. However, it has been over a month and no period. While this has happened in our 3 year relationship before, it hasn't stressed us so much before because she was on birth control then. Chances/thoughts we could be in trouble?

I am a hardlines associate at kmart. That means i do all the heavy lifiting, stocking, and assisting customers with putting big purchases in their cars. I'm really good about showing up to work, but this week has been different. I started experiencing dental pain two days ago at work, but rode it out. The next day, no amount of pain killers or orajel would help, so i called out. I went to the ER and was diagnosed with an infected tooth, and given antibiotics and painkillers to take. I awoke this morning with my top lip twice it's normal size and painful, also with a huge abcess above the tooth cavity. Is this a good excuse to get out of work? I already called out but may go anyway.

I am a 21 year old african american male college student. For almost a year now, I've experienced overall fatigue, digestive issues, brain fog and depersonalization-like feeling, and bodywide muscle twitches. These twitches are my biggest worries, as i have them not every second of the day but every minute, on the minute. My family and my soon to be fiancee have been patient with me, as i went to a neuro For a emg and ncv test and clinical exam and all normal except a high cpk and they think im losing it. I can't help it, as since last december, my left leg has been feeling weak and has felt to me like it has steadily been getting worse, to the point where all I have to do is flex to get twitches from my thigh to my toes and kinda have to pick it up when i walk moreso than my left. I have been quiet about my increasing twitches and worries for months but i feel like i am nearing a breakdown just from all the stress of uncertainty and all the stories i read of people my age getting ALS. Any physical/mental medical advice?

I just got the game a month ago and finished it but wanna do teamworking stages now. Anybody wanna play?

I'm dealing with neurological issues I've never had before in my twenty years of life. I've been having them for about a year and a half now that started with lightheaded twenty four saver and has now evolved to ice cold feelings in my head, tugging feeling in my ear along with a icepick type of feeling, body wide muscle twitching, difficulty concentrating, trouble sleeping, jaw pain on the left side of head with the ear issues, loss of over 40 pounds without trying, and so much more. I feel so overwhelmed with this and have gotten so tried of my friends telling me to pray like it will save me from whatever this is...I go to a neurologist soon for a different check up after I get out of school for the semester, any good ways to cope? The scariest part of this is not knowing what is the cause to my problems.

Hello all. I've been posting here for a while now asking for help with my reoccurring issues. Ive bee. Having sensitivity to light, brain. Fog. A funny feeling of a hat on my head, weakness in limbs generalized, muscle twitching from head to toe, including back, sides of head, face, butt and limbs, generalized shakiness in all limbs and neck, resting and moving tremor, depression, digestive issues, and random episodes of nausea. I feel so bad with all these problems twenty four seven, and evervy body just calls me a hypochondriac because the few doctors I've went to and the neuro I saw didn't fins anything wrong. I told them that there's a huge difference between finding nothing wrong and nothing being wrong. I just need some sort of way to cope with this because the two years I've dealt with this has left me waiting for thenext thing to go wrong. Thank you for you answers in advance

Ive had a cavity for 2 years because of a lack of insurance and funds to get it pulled...recently as much as 6 months ago I started experiencing muscle twitches, insomnia, sensitivity to light, slight hearing loss, random nausea and dizziness, right after the cavity stopped hurting. I also have a feeling of pressure around my head, as if I'm wearing a hat when I'm not. Being a college student, I have been too busy to take care of my health issues until lately, but with these symptoms I'm afraid it's too late to fix the damage. Any suggestions, such as a specialist to see or an antibiotic to take until I can get it pulled. I'm so scared

About a year to six months ago I was in my dorm room watching TV with my girlfriend when I got a weird icy feeling in my head. Kind of like cold water running in my scalp. It happens a few times that night, and a few more times that semester but I don't recalls any other times. However, I've been experiencing body wide muscle twitching, brain fog, slight speech studdering, extreme leg fatigue, and daytime sleepiness for at least 5 months with no answer from docs. I'm only 20 and about done and fed up with all this, been worried about things like ALS and CJD the whole time along with MS and I don't know what to do....I get worse every day, can't afford a regular doctor and every time I go to the ER they let me go without a answer...what can I do before this gets too bad? Also been very irritable, having bad short term memory, and severely depressed.

Hello all. I currently attend college and have a giflriend and pleanty of friends. Before a year ago, everything seemed fine. Then I got a bombardment of health issues, physical and mental. I couldn't sleep. Lightheaded 24/7. Nauseated all the time. Had a cavity develop that I couldn't afford to pay for because of the lack of insurance. Eyesight got worse, hearing has taken a turn for the worse. Stomach isn't acting right. I've just been so down from all this that the past 6 months has been hell and I'm to the point where I've told my family and gf that things are usually pretty bad when docs can't find the right answer to your issues and expect me to get worse. My gf says she can't deal with a chronically ill boyfriend and that breaks my heart moreso because we've been together for years and talking of marriage. At the moment, the two biggest diagnosis that I'm worried of are CJD AND ALS. I'm just trying to find strength and will to live everyday as I losing bits of my old self speedily. Any advice?

I've been getting progessively forgetful and spaced out over the past year, recently developed a sensitivity to loud music, bright light, and even am having muscle twitches all over my body but especially on the sides of the head and thighs. I've noticed several other youth on here have similar issues, is this a disease going around?

I've noticed several posts about youngsters my age(20) and younger complaining of unexplained depersonization and forgetfullness issues, along with muscle twitches and insomnia? Could this be vCJD preparing itself for a epidemic in the USA? I myself am experiencing thse issues, and at first got tested for ALS but now the docs don't know what it could be.

I am a young black college student. Over the past few years I've had an increase in a feeling of brain fog, to the point now where math is a chore, I make simple errors often, I stop mid convo to gather my thoughts, I'm tired 24/7 and can never get enought sleep even though my body refuses to let me sleep long. I'm between a rock and a hard place, nd so scared of what is to come. I know it's a far-cry for these health ailments to be the ones in the title, but I'm so scared because of the dream-like state I'm always in.

I've been having progressively worsening memory, a permanent "spaced out" feeling in my head, trouble concentrating, a bit paranoid feeling, and episodes of insomnia over the past year. I've been seeing doctors for this, however none of them have been able to help me. I recently had a trip to the neurologist and explained my issues but all I ws given recently was an ncv and emg, with no diagnosis or abnormalties found. I fear I am losing my mind at a young age and have read about things from cjd to early dementia and even genetic causes even though I don't have a family history of mental illnesses. Please, wht do you guys think? I have a second neuro visit in a bit to investigate this more but don't have the funds or even insurance to keep this up for long.

I've been to several docs for different test related to possible neurological issues over the past few months. Everytime I've went, blood pressure has been 150/80 or worse. Cholesterol has been pretty bad also, and blood sugar isn't the levels of someone who's had diabetes for a while, but it ranges from what my docs have said to be "normal" to levels of 121 almost 3 whole hours after just two apple pies from mickey d's. I feel like such crap now a days, but feel like until I get over my als/lou gerighs disease testing I don't need to lose weight or exercise because I'm already down from 260 to 229 due to chronic digestive issues that hit hard this semester. Aren't I a bit young for these issues? Even though my girlfriend is younger than me and has ulcer issues and no gallbladder, I figured it's strange to have diabetes/hbp/high bad cholesterol just at this age. Have felt sort of diabetic since being overweight at17 but blood sugar just getting bad.

I've been having a big health scare over the past 4 years that has made this 20 year old lose all motivation in life. Ever since my last year in highschool, my athletic performance saw a drop, and I rode the bench for most of the year because of some unexplaied heart-fluttering-when-exercising issues. Following graduation, I experienced. A feeling of someone sitting on my chest that has never gone away, and has never been explained. Now, 3 1/2 years later, im experiencing increasing fatigue, lightheadedness, cognitive issues and several other systemic things that have ruined my life. I'll be honest, I've thought about ending this health-issue nightmare, thinking if I can't be healthy like all my friends and im feeling as old as their fathers I should just end it all. I've thought of everything from cystic fibrosis to diabeties to hearth disease and dementia and back, and being an uninsured minority have had no real answers lately until my recent and ongoing ALS heath scare with a series of expensive tests tht really didn't help. Still no answers, but trying to find something to live for, and not be so swallowed up by hopelessness and dreading an early death. Any advice on how to deal?

I am a 20 year old african american student. For the past few years, I've had continuous unexplained fatigue, brain fog, and weakness in the legs with balance issues. I went to a few docs for this, but as I didn't have a primary care doctor I didn't get many follow ups. After about a year or two of weakness, my arms and legs started twitching, and now 6 months into my twitching I have a clean emg and 3 clear neurological exams, but my twitching hasn't stopped and my balance is getting worse. I've also has unexplained shortness of breath and everyday heart palpitations and weekly nosebleeds with this. I am unsure where to go from here and am worried. Any thoughts?

I am a 20 year old college student. All my life, I've achieved nothing great, never got a car, never had friends, dated around barely, always thought God was saving that time for my adult life. Now my health has been taking a beating for 2+ years and I'm going to doctors currently for what I believe is als starting in my body, a progressive terminal disease that paralyzes those that get it with no real treatment or cure in sight. At this point in my life, I would have died without living if I'm diagnosed with this. I've had several test for this that have come out clean but I'm almost convinced that this is what's up with my body. How can I get myself out of this stupor? I've felt a little suicidal about this also, as I won't let a stupid disease rob me of my youth and would rather go while I'm still functional.

I have seen one case of ALS in a black male under 30, and that's over 24 years of age. I am seriously concerned with my recent developments that i have contracted this disease. I am 20 years of age, in college and have been having unexplained breathing issues and heart palpitation for the past 3 years, but now am experiencing body wide muscle twitches and tremors, a subtle weakness in my hips but especially affecting my left leg, to the point where it feels so stiff and the ankle snaps often when i roll it, i am also having severe jaw stiffness and problems with chewing and swallowing, however no doctors or even my family member believe me when i say these things. while i am a mild hypochondriac, it's only because of the onset of the breathing diffculties. i know i am for sure experiencing the muscle twitches everywhere, especially in my left leg and in the top of my head on the right jaw side. i am afraid that things will get worse very fast. i have seen a neuro for this and even though he said i had a flawless clinical exam he wants to do the emg/ncv test and a mri, things that are expensive to a man who doesn't have cash to spend like that. should i get a different opinion, or go ahead and get the test, and what do you think of my symptoms? the ALS statistics themselves say that 93% of the cases are caucasian, meaning this is a mainly middle aged, white male afflicting disease.