brisal73
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- Azusa
I am currently 39 years old and I fear that I may have developed ALS. Mostly because of what I read on the internet and that my Grandfather passed away from it in 1999.
The only thing that stops me from thinking that I have ALS is that I took an Antibiotic called Levaquin and this is when my symptoms started to develop.
I took Levaquin (500mg) for 10 days and during and especially immediately after I started to feel weakness and tightness in all of my arms and legs. Then came the twitching all over my body (legs, arms, back, buttocks, and a few times under my eye). The feeling of dehydration and constant set diarrhea. I immediately started to lose weight (BRAT Diet), I noticed that the muscles in my body are starting to deteriorate.
Currently the twitching has been less frequent, when I try to start minor arm curls my arms feel weak, when I go to sleep its hard to sleep throughout the night as I feel sharp pain in my arms, hands, feet, and legs. I notice when I sometimes talk I am having a hard time getting my words together. However, the diarrhea is getting better. So that's a good thing.
I know I am probably worried about nothing, but I am afraid that the antibiotic has screwed up my DNA or nervous system and has started my ALS.
Should I be worried?
What is the best way to get tested?
Thank you to anyone that replies,
Brian
The only thing that stops me from thinking that I have ALS is that I took an Antibiotic called Levaquin and this is when my symptoms started to develop.
I took Levaquin (500mg) for 10 days and during and especially immediately after I started to feel weakness and tightness in all of my arms and legs. Then came the twitching all over my body (legs, arms, back, buttocks, and a few times under my eye). The feeling of dehydration and constant set diarrhea. I immediately started to lose weight (BRAT Diet), I noticed that the muscles in my body are starting to deteriorate.
Currently the twitching has been less frequent, when I try to start minor arm curls my arms feel weak, when I go to sleep its hard to sleep throughout the night as I feel sharp pain in my arms, hands, feet, and legs. I notice when I sometimes talk I am having a hard time getting my words together. However, the diarrhea is getting better. So that's a good thing.
I know I am probably worried about nothing, but I am afraid that the antibiotic has screwed up my DNA or nervous system and has started my ALS.
Should I be worried?
What is the best way to get tested?
Thank you to anyone that replies,
Brian