Caboose
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To begin I'm currently 21 years old, and about two & 1/2 weeks ago I was hit with a huge surge of anxiety and depression over some life issues that really weren't a big deal. I'm normally massively anxious/manic and almost am never depressed, when I'm not anxious I'm extremely happy.
Anyway to the real question....after this dramatic wave of anxiety/stress/depression I found myself in a massive brain fog along with my allergies(maybe my allergies caused it) which I haven't had an allergy problem in years.
So on top of this brain fog I had fasciculations(in my right hand and prior to this about two weeks ago I had fasciculations(muscle twitchs) in my chest near my heart and though it was my heart at first(you can imagine how that went over....spent a while feeling my pulse to make sure), and also pretty bad/werid insomnia....I couldn't sleep, and even if I sleep 8+ hours I still feel fatigued/brain fog/tired all day.This brain fog is gone now, however my body kinda still hurts a bit.
Anyway the brain fog and fasciculations were crazy.....then I had pain in my right arm(same arm as fasciculations) this is also probably due to my new mouse that I just got....since the way I rest my hand it caused pain in my palm....one day I had it like that for 16 hours or so....maybe I pinched a nerve?
Anyway the brain fog and faciculations and chronic fatigue/sleepiness even while rested, and neck pain in back of my neck(very slight and only hurts sometimes) led me to think I had ALS then I read that fasciculations in ALS occur after nerves have died and that I would have weakness(which I do not). So I moved onto MS which I have a one or two other symptoms for, namely frequent urination, and dizziness(happened recently with the anxiety and stress) and insomnia(I couldn't sleep much the past week or so). I also last night while I was sleeping face up...got this weird numbness in the back of my neck...like when you sleep on your arm numbness.....and when I turned my head I heard multiple cracking/popping sounds....freaked me out.
Oh, I also get random stinging pain in my head and right inner ear....but it's happened about 4 times in the past few days....it happens at once in a instant then is gone completely. Also have a vibrating feeling inside my chest to the right side under the breast bone......idk what that's about.
The twitches in my right arm made me nervous so I pushed my left and right hand together to test for weakness but they came out even, and did several other tests as well and I think in the process may have injured both my arms. I have neck pain and pain in my right arm but it comes and goes and isn't that bad. I think I pinched a nerve, maybe that combined with the stress caused the twitchs?
What would be weakness in my right arm?
What is a spasm?
My right arm isn't different or at least not that different then it felt before the twitches.....I get pins and needles and a weird feeling with the twitches sometimes, and I can feel and see them in my arm, forearm, and hand. So I have twitches in my right arm and sometimes other areas, does this absolve me of it possibly being ALS? Also note this all came on quite fast, because just 2 or 3 weeks ago I felt totally fine and at ease.
So my question is could this have been caused by my terrible anxiety/stress, or should I see a neuro?
Symptoms -
Pain in right arm and wrist(heavy computer gamer/user)
Twitches in fingers and forearm, and upper arm, and jaw, and neck, and chest.
My twitches last anywhere from 10 seconds to 1 minutes then go away for many hours
Some pain in left arm
Brain fog(about a week ago it has gone away since)
Maybe some weakness in right arm, can't really tell idk what I'm looking for
Also god bless all on this forum whom are struggling with this terrible condition.
Anyway to the real question....after this dramatic wave of anxiety/stress/depression I found myself in a massive brain fog along with my allergies(maybe my allergies caused it) which I haven't had an allergy problem in years.
So on top of this brain fog I had fasciculations(in my right hand and prior to this about two weeks ago I had fasciculations(muscle twitchs) in my chest near my heart and though it was my heart at first(you can imagine how that went over....spent a while feeling my pulse to make sure), and also pretty bad/werid insomnia....I couldn't sleep, and even if I sleep 8+ hours I still feel fatigued/brain fog/tired all day.This brain fog is gone now, however my body kinda still hurts a bit.
Anyway the brain fog and fasciculations were crazy.....then I had pain in my right arm(same arm as fasciculations) this is also probably due to my new mouse that I just got....since the way I rest my hand it caused pain in my palm....one day I had it like that for 16 hours or so....maybe I pinched a nerve?
Anyway the brain fog and faciculations and chronic fatigue/sleepiness even while rested, and neck pain in back of my neck(very slight and only hurts sometimes) led me to think I had ALS then I read that fasciculations in ALS occur after nerves have died and that I would have weakness(which I do not). So I moved onto MS which I have a one or two other symptoms for, namely frequent urination, and dizziness(happened recently with the anxiety and stress) and insomnia(I couldn't sleep much the past week or so). I also last night while I was sleeping face up...got this weird numbness in the back of my neck...like when you sleep on your arm numbness.....and when I turned my head I heard multiple cracking/popping sounds....freaked me out.
Oh, I also get random stinging pain in my head and right inner ear....but it's happened about 4 times in the past few days....it happens at once in a instant then is gone completely. Also have a vibrating feeling inside my chest to the right side under the breast bone......idk what that's about.
The twitches in my right arm made me nervous so I pushed my left and right hand together to test for weakness but they came out even, and did several other tests as well and I think in the process may have injured both my arms. I have neck pain and pain in my right arm but it comes and goes and isn't that bad. I think I pinched a nerve, maybe that combined with the stress caused the twitchs?
What would be weakness in my right arm?
What is a spasm?
My right arm isn't different or at least not that different then it felt before the twitches.....I get pins and needles and a weird feeling with the twitches sometimes, and I can feel and see them in my arm, forearm, and hand. So I have twitches in my right arm and sometimes other areas, does this absolve me of it possibly being ALS? Also note this all came on quite fast, because just 2 or 3 weeks ago I felt totally fine and at ease.
So my question is could this have been caused by my terrible anxiety/stress, or should I see a neuro?
Symptoms -
Pain in right arm and wrist(heavy computer gamer/user)
Twitches in fingers and forearm, and upper arm, and jaw, and neck, and chest.
My twitches last anywhere from 10 seconds to 1 minutes then go away for many hours
Some pain in left arm
Brain fog(about a week ago it has gone away since)
Maybe some weakness in right arm, can't really tell idk what I'm looking for
Also god bless all on this forum whom are struggling with this terrible condition.