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AnxiousAn

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Hi All!

First things first... thank you for reading my thread.

I am an active 28 year old who is currently experiencing muscular problems. 6 months back, i developed a rythmic, up and down motion right index finger twitch which would come and go during and after gym sessions. Accompanying it was a pain right wrist (like a sprain)... No weakness/atrophy was noticed (didn't know much about ALS/MND then)... I cast away all fears and put the twitching down to over exertion (I work out 6 days a week). If I remember correctly... the twitching subsided and went away until 4 weeks ago.

4 weeks ago, my right index finger developed a non rythmic, jerky towards thumb motion... this started bothering me as it was happening almost every day. So to Dr Google I went and found myself a list of nerve/brain disorders. A week into my right index twitch, I started developing bodywide twitches (calves, hamstring, thigh, groin, butt, arms, face, scalp, bicep, forearms... THE ENTIRE BODY INFACT). A week later, I would experience internal tremors (legs, arms, neck, lower/upper limb). Went to the GP but he wasn't able to understand my symptoms and referred me to a neurologist. A few days after the GP visit, I would develop body jerking movements... My lower limb would jerk... my arms... sometimes my head would just jerk backwards. It was a tough time for me and I often asked myself why am I experiencing all these in such a short time. I reassured myself by telling me that there's isn;t any weakness/atrophy accompanying all these. However, last week, i realized that my right fingers were rather stiff and that I could feel slight weakness in my right fingers (my good hand). Since then, the twitching has spread to my right thumb and occasionally, my other fingers (both left and right).

I too have an uncomfortable shoulder that would start aching it i were to have a long day. I tried to stay positive and calm despite all these but its not as easy as i thought it to be... i was constantly scouring the net for answers... but to no avail...

Last tues, the neurologist kinda ruled out parkinson's and told me that chances are very slim that I may be suffering from ALS... as my symptoms are not consistent to ALS symptoms (after the standard neuro examination) and told me that I have myoclonus. He ordered me an eeg and a MRI with contrast and sent me off, not before referring me to a movement specialist who will read access me further and read me my results for EEG and MRI.

Since the neuro visit, i feel that both my hands are weaker than it used to be. Clenching my both my hands lightly (making it into a fist), I would actually feel like its weak and its trembling slightly...

For the past month, I have lived each day in fear and mental pain... In all honesty, i am extremely afraid but try to calm myself down. Today, i experienced something new 9on top of all the aforementioned symptoms)... during a game of soccer, 45 mins into the game, both my calves would twitch (single twitch or multiple fast twitches of the same part) (electric shock like... or like as though someone is punching you from from inside your body). Whenever, I was standing still, both my calves would twitch (electric shock like... or like as though someone is punching you lighly from from inside your body. And when i do run.. it would go away... only for the twitch to return when im standing still.

I read that BFS twitches comes only when you are resting and that ALS twitches occur when you are resting/moving the muscle.

Your thoughts on this?

Cheers!

ND
 
https://www.alsforums.com/forum/do-...might-have-amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis.html

Hi ND. Please read this. You will learn that your symptoms do not at all resemble ALS symptoms. I hope you will relax. If you cannot relax, wait until the EEG? (Do you mean this or do you mean "EMG"?) results are in. Frankly, if you'd had an EMG, they would have had immediate results. At least they did for me. Again, please stop thinking ALS--you sound wonderfully unlikely to have it.
 
AnxiousAn it sounds like you could have some sort of movement disorder so your doctor seems on top of things sending you for an MRI with contrast and to a movement disorder specialist. Sounds like some electrical impulses are misfiring and reasons for this need to be investigated. It does not sound even remotely like ALS. Good luck and report back in when you get some answers.
Laurel
 
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