gu65
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Ive read the stickies but just wanted a few opinions. about five weeks ago i was eating lunch and noticed a twitch in my forearm muscle. I shrugged it off since i was out drinking the night before and figured it was dehydrated. im 20 yrs old by the way, college athlete, the throws in track and field (shot put etc.). of course i googled muscle twitches and what do ya know they are a symptom of ALS. of course i immediatley assume the worst even though it's probably nothing. This sent me into an anxiety fit for about a week and i then noticed twitching in my calves thighs and other places.
Ive calmed since then but still a bit nervous. Now they are mostly just in my calves and feet. I have a job that requires me to work on my feet all day, so that could be it. My mom is an RN and she has checked my strength and reflexes etc, and to be frank is getting very fed up with me and my twitching lol. she says im fine and need to relax. everyone around me is fed up haha and i am too. I pretty much only noticed the twitches now when i wake up in the morning in both my calves and only when i hold my legs at a bent angle up in the air hahah an odd position i know i guess that could be because no blood is reaching my calves since they are up in the air. those ones are tiny and i cant feel them too well but i can see them. Also im constantly bounching my legs ive just always been that way maybe thats a cause too.
i know that als is very rare at my age without a family history and i think im ok but i was wondering what some other people thought and if they have anything like this.
by the way i am a powerlifter, for example squatted 405 lbs for 12 reps yesterday in the gym and benched 250 for 9 reps, and can run a mile in under 8 minutes usually i weigh 250 lbs. can do 50 pushups etc.
rso would i be able to perform all this with something like als?
I would appreciate any answers thank you so much.
Ive calmed since then but still a bit nervous. Now they are mostly just in my calves and feet. I have a job that requires me to work on my feet all day, so that could be it. My mom is an RN and she has checked my strength and reflexes etc, and to be frank is getting very fed up with me and my twitching lol. she says im fine and need to relax. everyone around me is fed up haha and i am too. I pretty much only noticed the twitches now when i wake up in the morning in both my calves and only when i hold my legs at a bent angle up in the air hahah an odd position i know i guess that could be because no blood is reaching my calves since they are up in the air. those ones are tiny and i cant feel them too well but i can see them. Also im constantly bounching my legs ive just always been that way maybe thats a cause too.
i know that als is very rare at my age without a family history and i think im ok but i was wondering what some other people thought and if they have anything like this.
by the way i am a powerlifter, for example squatted 405 lbs for 12 reps yesterday in the gym and benched 250 for 9 reps, and can run a mile in under 8 minutes usually i weigh 250 lbs. can do 50 pushups etc.
rso would i be able to perform all this with something like als?
I would appreciate any answers thank you so much.