Ctizzle82
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Scared it's ALS and now MORE SCARED
Two months ago i started twitching in my right arm. It started in the forearm and would make my fingers and thumb move. Today I twitch constantly in the same arm as well as other random spots in the body. My right calf has started to tighten up, it's not painful but stiff. No twitch in calf though. Seems like the twitches come from only the right side of body wherever they occur. Two weeks into my twitching i had an EMG and my neuro said it was normal. I convinced myself after that that I didn't have ALS and it was probably BFS. I didn't have the hallmark symptom of weakness and I learned how rare the disease is. Just two days ago I started having weakness in my right arm. It's not imaginary weakness because my arm gives out really quick when i'm doing anything with my right arm and hand. My hand has been cramping and feeling weak. I know there are no good and bad days with ALS and going on day 3 the weakness has been consistent. For the last year i've noticed a cognitive decline and my reflexes are not what they used to be. Everyone knows their body and what it feels like to "feel well and normal." I get these headaches on a daily basis where they impair me from carrying on normal activities at work. I stutter my speech and at times i'm confused as to what I am doing. My motor movements are slower and rigid. My decision making is blurred. Simply put I can't concentrate. I have had CT scans and an MRI and they have come back outstanding from what i hear. I just recently a week ago had a neck MRI and nothing unusual there. There is no explanation for these headaches.
Along with body-wide twitching (mainly in right arm) I have been experiencing other unusual and new symptoms. My hands and feet are always cold. They are either freezing cold or really warm. I live in Michigan so the cold weather has gotten to me. Along with the twitches in my right arm there is at times numbness and warmth. My hands cramp easily and tops of my hands sometimes hurt. I am positive there is weakness but I haven't seen any major muscle atrophy, I look everyday. I'm only 31 years old and newly engaged. I'm scared of these symptoms and every way I look at it i know that it is going to probably be something serious. I feel like my nervous system hasn't been the same since my doctor tried to put me on celexa 4 months ago. I quit that stuff after a month. I've never been the same since. That can't be the reason though. I have been even more terrified since the weakness in my arm and hand has started. What else could it be? Probably a hundred different things... Could it be just a pinched nerve or just nerve damage in my right arm? Or maybe peripheral neuropathy? I'm new here to this forum and scared. Thanks.
Two months ago i started twitching in my right arm. It started in the forearm and would make my fingers and thumb move. Today I twitch constantly in the same arm as well as other random spots in the body. My right calf has started to tighten up, it's not painful but stiff. No twitch in calf though. Seems like the twitches come from only the right side of body wherever they occur. Two weeks into my twitching i had an EMG and my neuro said it was normal. I convinced myself after that that I didn't have ALS and it was probably BFS. I didn't have the hallmark symptom of weakness and I learned how rare the disease is. Just two days ago I started having weakness in my right arm. It's not imaginary weakness because my arm gives out really quick when i'm doing anything with my right arm and hand. My hand has been cramping and feeling weak. I know there are no good and bad days with ALS and going on day 3 the weakness has been consistent. For the last year i've noticed a cognitive decline and my reflexes are not what they used to be. Everyone knows their body and what it feels like to "feel well and normal." I get these headaches on a daily basis where they impair me from carrying on normal activities at work. I stutter my speech and at times i'm confused as to what I am doing. My motor movements are slower and rigid. My decision making is blurred. Simply put I can't concentrate. I have had CT scans and an MRI and they have come back outstanding from what i hear. I just recently a week ago had a neck MRI and nothing unusual there. There is no explanation for these headaches.
Along with body-wide twitching (mainly in right arm) I have been experiencing other unusual and new symptoms. My hands and feet are always cold. They are either freezing cold or really warm. I live in Michigan so the cold weather has gotten to me. Along with the twitches in my right arm there is at times numbness and warmth. My hands cramp easily and tops of my hands sometimes hurt. I am positive there is weakness but I haven't seen any major muscle atrophy, I look everyday. I'm only 31 years old and newly engaged. I'm scared of these symptoms and every way I look at it i know that it is going to probably be something serious. I feel like my nervous system hasn't been the same since my doctor tried to put me on celexa 4 months ago. I quit that stuff after a month. I've never been the same since. That can't be the reason though. I have been even more terrified since the weakness in my arm and hand has started. What else could it be? Probably a hundred different things... Could it be just a pinched nerve or just nerve damage in my right arm? Or maybe peripheral neuropathy? I'm new here to this forum and scared. Thanks.