You can read my other posts if you want to know all the details about my history.
However, I suffer from health anxiety and have been having a hard time with it lately. A few weeks ago I woke up in the middle of the night with a burning pain down each arm (more so on the right). The burning pain came and went for a few days and during this time my pinky finger and ring finger on my right hand felt numby, stiff, and weird.
Well ever since then (and since reading about ALS coincidentally), I've had twitches in my legs (calfs in particular) and all over my body too, my whole body aches and is sore, my voice sounds hoarse to me (not to anyone else), and I have had a constant tremor (although this cropped up when I started taking an anxiety drug - Celexa and tremor is a side effect).
Anyway, does this sound like ALS to any of you? My arms are sore, my legs are sore, my back, chest, stomach and neck muscles are sore. I'm basically sore from head to toe and I am scared. I have no weakness or atrophy going on that I know of. I just feel sore.
I've been to the ER a few times in a panic and they all tell me its Fibromyalgia related pain (Myofascial pain to be exact) and possibly a pinched nerve from the messed up way I sleep.
I just can't get ALS out of my mind. It's all I think about and it's eating me alive.
Please tell me your opinions! I am a 28 year old female by the way. And I do have a neuro appointment scheduled for the 13th of May just because my doctor wanted to appease me (he doesn't think I am having true neuro problems).
Chelle
However, I suffer from health anxiety and have been having a hard time with it lately. A few weeks ago I woke up in the middle of the night with a burning pain down each arm (more so on the right). The burning pain came and went for a few days and during this time my pinky finger and ring finger on my right hand felt numby, stiff, and weird.
Well ever since then (and since reading about ALS coincidentally), I've had twitches in my legs (calfs in particular) and all over my body too, my whole body aches and is sore, my voice sounds hoarse to me (not to anyone else), and I have had a constant tremor (although this cropped up when I started taking an anxiety drug - Celexa and tremor is a side effect).
Anyway, does this sound like ALS to any of you? My arms are sore, my legs are sore, my back, chest, stomach and neck muscles are sore. I'm basically sore from head to toe and I am scared. I have no weakness or atrophy going on that I know of. I just feel sore.
I've been to the ER a few times in a panic and they all tell me its Fibromyalgia related pain (Myofascial pain to be exact) and possibly a pinched nerve from the messed up way I sleep.
I just can't get ALS out of my mind. It's all I think about and it's eating me alive.
Please tell me your opinions! I am a 28 year old female by the way. And I do have a neuro appointment scheduled for the 13th of May just because my doctor wanted to appease me (he doesn't think I am having true neuro problems).
Chelle