my tongue touches weird places in my mouth or just feels a little bigger/different when I talk. no one seems to notice but me. my throat tightness comes and goes during the day, but hasn't changed substantially since this started 5-6 weeks ago....tongue thing started 3-4 weeks ago
If it were ALS, your symptoms would NEVER improve. The would get progressively and constantly worse and and worse until you die.
Therefore, what you are saying points well away from ALS.