ConcernedDude
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Hello all and thanks for taking the time to read this post. I'd first like to say that I am not the kind of person that worries about his health and asks questions on forums about stuff. I have read the sticky and still feel I have some real concerns that I'd like to get your opinions on. All of these symptoms have been on-going for 4 months now other than where noted. They all started at almost exactly the same time.
- Rapid muscle fatigue in the arms and legs, especially in my shoulders, forearms, and shin / calves. I wouldn't call it an 'inability' to do anything, but certainly it can become extremely tiring doing even basic things like combing my hair, brushing my teeth, chewing food, talking, etc. and if I continue I eventually can't do it anymore and have to wait for the muscles to regain some strength before continuing.
- Tremor in all extremities and jaw. I've had this for 10 years but it was barely noticeable until 4 months ago when all of these symptoms started ramping up at once. At that time the tremors seemed to 'ramp up' by about 5x. The most bothersome tremors are on my face. If I hold perfectly still I can feel my lips and sometimes even my tongue very slightly vibrating. Rarely I can actually feel my legs and trunk just vibrating, usually when exerting or when nervous.
- Twitches - *When this first started it was random in every possible way. I'd get a few seconds of strong twitching anywhere and everywhere. Over the last few months these have started to reduce in frequency but now I have a constant, rhythmic, slow, barely noticeable twitch in my left cheek (face, not rear). When I say rhythmic, I mean it is exactly the same speed and intensity, in the exact same place, all day long. It stays perfectly consistent no matter what. It looks like my cheek has a pulse or a heartbeat or something. It's with me all day, hasn't much stopped for 3 weeks now. Sometimes that side of my face will ache, feel tight and crampy, tense. Other times it just feels normal. What's funny is over the last month the random whole-body twitches seem to have reduced in frequency. In fact they've almost stopped. Twitching seems to be prompted in arms and legs when I use the muscles now, but not always.
- Muscle soreness on my right side of my torso between my ribs and pelvis. Also in the front of my throat. Always sore. For a few months now.
- Mouth and throat feel as dry as the desert and swallowing is uncomfortable at times and not as effortless as it used to be.
- Doing very little physical activity can cause me to lose my breathe momentarily...like I just ran a marathon.
- OCCASIONALLY: Joint pain in shoulders, knees, base of thumbs (especially on the right side). Just today I had sudden severe pain in my right shoulder that ran all the way down to my wrist. Lasted for maybe 30 seconds then vanished. Also I get random, mild, dull pain in my right thigh, and a swollen feeling in my right calf.
- Randomly I'll get a feeling of pins and needles in my hands (usually right), forearms, biceps. They are usually not very bad and they go away after a handful of seconds.
- Heart Palpitations - Numerous times per day. A sudden stop and then restart of the heart beat.
- DAILY: Pain in my chin. A dull, achy pain that comes and goes seemingly without any prompting. Sometimes the pain is extreme, most of the time it's mild, and sometimes it's not even present. Worth noting: The pain is more on the left side of the chin, the same side where I have a constant twitch.
Known Conditions: I had a bunch of blood work done in January. My vitamin D was 10 (very low). I've been taking 100,000 iu per week (50k twice a week) and I feel no different, other than the now-constant twitch in my left cheek. I'm in my low 30s and pretty overweight but the only known health issues I have are allergies and a pretty bad lower back (spine).
Before I left the doctor's office in January I asked my doctor if it sounded like ALS. He said he's diagnosed 3 people with ALS in his career and none of them presented with the symptoms I have, so he said he didn't think that was it, but he wasn't sure (very reassuring, right?). He said there should be profound weakness presenting somewhere. In 3 months time I've seen little change in my condition. The only change I can really point to is less random twitches overall in my body, but now a constant, rhythmic twitch in my left cheek. Nothing has improved with 3 months of taking a pretty substantial amount of Vitamin D and getting a lot of sun.
Has anyone else had an experience similar to mine that was or was not diagnosed? Thank you all for you time.
- Rapid muscle fatigue in the arms and legs, especially in my shoulders, forearms, and shin / calves. I wouldn't call it an 'inability' to do anything, but certainly it can become extremely tiring doing even basic things like combing my hair, brushing my teeth, chewing food, talking, etc. and if I continue I eventually can't do it anymore and have to wait for the muscles to regain some strength before continuing.
- Tremor in all extremities and jaw. I've had this for 10 years but it was barely noticeable until 4 months ago when all of these symptoms started ramping up at once. At that time the tremors seemed to 'ramp up' by about 5x. The most bothersome tremors are on my face. If I hold perfectly still I can feel my lips and sometimes even my tongue very slightly vibrating. Rarely I can actually feel my legs and trunk just vibrating, usually when exerting or when nervous.
- Twitches - *When this first started it was random in every possible way. I'd get a few seconds of strong twitching anywhere and everywhere. Over the last few months these have started to reduce in frequency but now I have a constant, rhythmic, slow, barely noticeable twitch in my left cheek (face, not rear). When I say rhythmic, I mean it is exactly the same speed and intensity, in the exact same place, all day long. It stays perfectly consistent no matter what. It looks like my cheek has a pulse or a heartbeat or something. It's with me all day, hasn't much stopped for 3 weeks now. Sometimes that side of my face will ache, feel tight and crampy, tense. Other times it just feels normal. What's funny is over the last month the random whole-body twitches seem to have reduced in frequency. In fact they've almost stopped. Twitching seems to be prompted in arms and legs when I use the muscles now, but not always.
- Muscle soreness on my right side of my torso between my ribs and pelvis. Also in the front of my throat. Always sore. For a few months now.
- Mouth and throat feel as dry as the desert and swallowing is uncomfortable at times and not as effortless as it used to be.
- Doing very little physical activity can cause me to lose my breathe momentarily...like I just ran a marathon.
- OCCASIONALLY: Joint pain in shoulders, knees, base of thumbs (especially on the right side). Just today I had sudden severe pain in my right shoulder that ran all the way down to my wrist. Lasted for maybe 30 seconds then vanished. Also I get random, mild, dull pain in my right thigh, and a swollen feeling in my right calf.
- Randomly I'll get a feeling of pins and needles in my hands (usually right), forearms, biceps. They are usually not very bad and they go away after a handful of seconds.
- Heart Palpitations - Numerous times per day. A sudden stop and then restart of the heart beat.
- DAILY: Pain in my chin. A dull, achy pain that comes and goes seemingly without any prompting. Sometimes the pain is extreme, most of the time it's mild, and sometimes it's not even present. Worth noting: The pain is more on the left side of the chin, the same side where I have a constant twitch.
Known Conditions: I had a bunch of blood work done in January. My vitamin D was 10 (very low). I've been taking 100,000 iu per week (50k twice a week) and I feel no different, other than the now-constant twitch in my left cheek. I'm in my low 30s and pretty overweight but the only known health issues I have are allergies and a pretty bad lower back (spine).
Before I left the doctor's office in January I asked my doctor if it sounded like ALS. He said he's diagnosed 3 people with ALS in his career and none of them presented with the symptoms I have, so he said he didn't think that was it, but he wasn't sure (very reassuring, right?). He said there should be profound weakness presenting somewhere. In 3 months time I've seen little change in my condition. The only change I can really point to is less random twitches overall in my body, but now a constant, rhythmic twitch in my left cheek. Nothing has improved with 3 months of taking a pretty substantial amount of Vitamin D and getting a lot of sun.
Has anyone else had an experience similar to mine that was or was not diagnosed? Thank you all for you time.
