Hello everyone,
I'm a 36 year old male and have been experiencing some weird symptoms lately. Around July or August of last year I started having twitching in my eye lids both right and left. I then noticed random twitching in my biceps and legs. Either the twitching went away or I just did not pay attention to it. This July I noticed twitching in my left leg on the outside of the ankle/calf area. The twitching is slight and barley noticeable, but is constant all day everyday since July. I also experienced twitching in various other muscles in the body but the twitching was mainly on the left side of my body. I started noticing my left arm felt different than my right arm. It didn't feel as strong but I did not have any clinical weakness. My left foot started feeling different too. I cant flex the foot up and down as well as I can with my right foot. The fingers on my left hand often times feel stiff and I cant move them as rapid as my right hand fingers.
I was seen by a local neuro who did a clinical exam and a NCS/EMG, all which were normal. The neuro referred me to the Stanford Neuromuscular clinic in CA for a second opinion. I was seen by the clinic's director who specializes in ALS. Based on his clinical exam he said no ALS and didn't even feel the need to repeat an EMG.
Since the last exam my symptoms have started to get worse. My throat started feeling different. Swallowing seemed to involve more labor, however I've never chocked or had any problems eating or drinking anything. I've had a harder time clearing my throat and I sound more nasally. My tounge seems to be wasting some, however the neuro said it looked normal and did not note any fasciculation's with my tounge. My neck muscles feel fatigued easily and I experience what I believe are throat spasms, if that's possible. I did a swallow study and it was normal.
My breathing has gotten harder and feels as if I cant get a full breath. I went to a pulmologist and had a pulmonary function test done and it was normal. I also had a sniff test which checks your diaphragm and that too came back normal.
I'm worried the emg was done to soon and these symptoms are progression of ALS that didn't present itself to the DR's earlier.
Any advice or insight would be appreciated. Thanks.
I'm a 36 year old male and have been experiencing some weird symptoms lately. Around July or August of last year I started having twitching in my eye lids both right and left. I then noticed random twitching in my biceps and legs. Either the twitching went away or I just did not pay attention to it. This July I noticed twitching in my left leg on the outside of the ankle/calf area. The twitching is slight and barley noticeable, but is constant all day everyday since July. I also experienced twitching in various other muscles in the body but the twitching was mainly on the left side of my body. I started noticing my left arm felt different than my right arm. It didn't feel as strong but I did not have any clinical weakness. My left foot started feeling different too. I cant flex the foot up and down as well as I can with my right foot. The fingers on my left hand often times feel stiff and I cant move them as rapid as my right hand fingers.
I was seen by a local neuro who did a clinical exam and a NCS/EMG, all which were normal. The neuro referred me to the Stanford Neuromuscular clinic in CA for a second opinion. I was seen by the clinic's director who specializes in ALS. Based on his clinical exam he said no ALS and didn't even feel the need to repeat an EMG.
Since the last exam my symptoms have started to get worse. My throat started feeling different. Swallowing seemed to involve more labor, however I've never chocked or had any problems eating or drinking anything. I've had a harder time clearing my throat and I sound more nasally. My tounge seems to be wasting some, however the neuro said it looked normal and did not note any fasciculation's with my tounge. My neck muscles feel fatigued easily and I experience what I believe are throat spasms, if that's possible. I did a swallow study and it was normal.
My breathing has gotten harder and feels as if I cant get a full breath. I went to a pulmologist and had a pulmonary function test done and it was normal. I also had a sniff test which checks your diaphragm and that too came back normal.
I'm worried the emg was done to soon and these symptoms are progression of ALS that didn't present itself to the DR's earlier.
Any advice or insight would be appreciated. Thanks.