JoshS
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Hello all - I am an almost 27 yr old male, and I have been experiencing some troubling symptoms over the past month and a half. It started with a feeling of stiffness in my left pinky finger, accompanied by trembling of that hand. Shortly after the trembling hands, I began waking up with very strange sensations in my toes (somewhat difficult to walk), feelings of muscle twitches in my shoulder blades, extreme sensitivity to cold. I would describe what I was feeling in my feet as having my toes feel like they were clenching up. That seems to have gone away, but now I am intermittently feeling twitches in both feet and calves. My hands are still trembling at times, and it sort of feels difficult to hold things in my left hand at times.
I don't feel any weakness, and I can do all of the same exercises and amounts that I've always been able to. I can still do fingertip push-ups. I can still run at the same pace as when I was running marathons. I can still move my fingers quickly and don't have any issues with my tongue, but have noticed more mucus in my mouth than usual. Occasionally my voice feels strained or hoarse. I don't have any issues with standing on one foot, toe or heel walking, but I've begun feeling compelled to constantly test my strength (hopping around, picking objects up with my pinky fingers, fiddling with lids). My legs feel slightly stiff and tense, and I have found myself having to actively relax my hips.
I know that ALS presents itself in many different ways, and that the weakness can be hard to notice initially and that some people have the twitches come on before severe weakness. Does anything I am describing sound like the early stages of weakness and this disease? I'm feeling very nervous as I've never experienced many of these same symptoms all at once. If I'm totally off base, I apologize in advance for wasting your time.
I don't feel any weakness, and I can do all of the same exercises and amounts that I've always been able to. I can still do fingertip push-ups. I can still run at the same pace as when I was running marathons. I can still move my fingers quickly and don't have any issues with my tongue, but have noticed more mucus in my mouth than usual. Occasionally my voice feels strained or hoarse. I don't have any issues with standing on one foot, toe or heel walking, but I've begun feeling compelled to constantly test my strength (hopping around, picking objects up with my pinky fingers, fiddling with lids). My legs feel slightly stiff and tense, and I have found myself having to actively relax my hips.
I know that ALS presents itself in many different ways, and that the weakness can be hard to notice initially and that some people have the twitches come on before severe weakness. Does anything I am describing sound like the early stages of weakness and this disease? I'm feeling very nervous as I've never experienced many of these same symptoms all at once. If I'm totally off base, I apologize in advance for wasting your time.