Dune
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Hello there, I'm really sorry to bother everyone here with this, I have really conflicting thoughts on this.
So I'm 26 year old and recently (1,5months ago) finished med school, after I wrote my last exam I started to have a twitch in my thumb, it felt weak and strange, since I knew what it could mean I was aware of it but didn't give it too much thought. Some days later I started feeling that my right leg felt off, stiff, not so smooth - tense.. that started to freak me out more and more, I developed symptoms and twitches specially in the right leg, but also weak hands etc. So I felt something is very wrong, I went to my neurologist teacher and he examined me for reflexes and balance, nothing he said, he prescribed me some mild anti anxiety medication and it will go away.. that was one month ago, for 1 week when my family was over the symptoms disappeared and came back once they left... More and more and more.. I started to obsess about my strength, did lots of work out routines, compared my legs and still manage 100 single leg calf raises (I'm a gym guy) so now for over 3 weeks this stiff feeling, tired exhausted leg won't get better. Some mornings I wake up thinking "that's feeling better" then 1h later I'm back where it was..
Now my real fear strikes.. I can't drive a car anymore properly.. I need to transfer my car from one country to another in an 7 h drive, and it gets more and more difficult for me to drive, not due to foot drop or strength..it feels like my leg is burning, my quadriceps and glutes on the right side are exhausted aching after 2 hours and I need a break.. this really freaks me out.. my leg has no atrophy, the twitches are broad but mainly in my calves.
I'm afraid this is how the weakness starts.. On the other hand it's my anxiety keeping my leg so tense that it just won't relax and then gets exhausted easily.. I haven't found anything in this forum on this issue.. Why is it only the right leg, I read that early symptoms are weakness and tight tense muscles + twitches... I'm not clinical weak but it somehow impairs my daily habit, I'm scared to drive my car to find out the burning exhausted feeling comes earlier and earlier...
Please help me..
So I'm 26 year old and recently (1,5months ago) finished med school, after I wrote my last exam I started to have a twitch in my thumb, it felt weak and strange, since I knew what it could mean I was aware of it but didn't give it too much thought. Some days later I started feeling that my right leg felt off, stiff, not so smooth - tense.. that started to freak me out more and more, I developed symptoms and twitches specially in the right leg, but also weak hands etc. So I felt something is very wrong, I went to my neurologist teacher and he examined me for reflexes and balance, nothing he said, he prescribed me some mild anti anxiety medication and it will go away.. that was one month ago, for 1 week when my family was over the symptoms disappeared and came back once they left... More and more and more.. I started to obsess about my strength, did lots of work out routines, compared my legs and still manage 100 single leg calf raises (I'm a gym guy) so now for over 3 weeks this stiff feeling, tired exhausted leg won't get better. Some mornings I wake up thinking "that's feeling better" then 1h later I'm back where it was..
Now my real fear strikes.. I can't drive a car anymore properly.. I need to transfer my car from one country to another in an 7 h drive, and it gets more and more difficult for me to drive, not due to foot drop or strength..it feels like my leg is burning, my quadriceps and glutes on the right side are exhausted aching after 2 hours and I need a break.. this really freaks me out.. my leg has no atrophy, the twitches are broad but mainly in my calves.
I'm afraid this is how the weakness starts.. On the other hand it's my anxiety keeping my leg so tense that it just won't relax and then gets exhausted easily.. I haven't found anything in this forum on this issue.. Why is it only the right leg, I read that early symptoms are weakness and tight tense muscles + twitches... I'm not clinical weak but it somehow impairs my daily habit, I'm scared to drive my car to find out the burning exhausted feeling comes earlier and earlier...
Please help me..