Teacherman
Member
- Joined
- Jan 3, 2010
- Messages
- 16
- Country
- US
- State
- Il
- City
- Chicago
Hey everybody. First thank you for listening to me, and sharing your strength and opinion. About two years ago I developed a minor tremor in my left hand but didn't think much of of it. Last year I started getting twitches and buzzing , first in my thighs then in my calves. Over time it came and went and I went to the doc for check ups but he thought it had to do with my hypothyroidism. We got my thyroid right, but the twitching, shaking didn't seem to go away. I had surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome but the results were less than stellar. All the while the buzzing twitching on my calves seemed to get stronger. Sometimes they are jerky jerky and visible. Other times it seems that it's just a faint buzzing under my skin other times it feels like bubbles moving through a straw. I began having a mild burning feeling in my forearms and started waking up with horrible nightmares. Doc thought it was tendonitis. In November I stated having bilateral muscle weakness starting in my biceps and moving to my shoulders. Biceps would cramp like crazy and it tool weeks for them to release. Next it spread to my forearms and for two weeks I had to rest them. Doc did blood work and came back with a mildy elevated ck reading indicating, he said myositis or possible thyroid myopathy since my thyroid had swung a little low. Needless to say that really had me worried. But after getting regular on my thyroid the cramping stopped and my biceps and shoulders felt like they got some of their strength back. At this point doc and I noticed I'd lost some serious muscle on the inside of both my forearms, in the same spot on both on the inside of my elbow (pinky side) he didn't know what to make of it. It is very symmetrical. Next o noticed that I was losing muscle from the bottom of my right calf. Not much, but noticible by loose skin when I flex. My muscle twitched and shaking are now everywhere (even my cheeks) but I really seem to notice it at night, as well as a vague warm feeling. Meanwhile my ck levels have gone down to normal. For the last week or so though o seem to be having trouble swallowing, and 2 nights in a row I've woken up feeling like I had a tight band under my pects just across my abs. I'm hiccupping and feel the muscles there twitching. It's like I can't breath. I feel like I'm in a nightmare I can't wake up from, and all I can think is this looks like ALS. Please any guidence would go a long way. I'm a schoolteacher and I'm supposed to go back tomorrow, but I'm such a wreck that I may have to take a few days off to calm down.