nxs436
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- Nov 12, 2014
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- Learn about ALS
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- US
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- TX
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- Spring
For about 4-6 years, I have always had pretty intense muscle twitches and never payed too much attention to them. I always attributed them to dehydration after consuming alcohol or over working a muscle. About a year ago I started experiencing pains in my chest. I went to the emergency room and eventually went to a cardiologist and they both said my heart looked great and it was probably due to anxiety. I could definitely agree with that prognosis due to my recent college graduation and starting a career. My chest pains come and go, but it's somewhat constant, just a differentiation in severity(does seem to be worst the day following consumption of alcohol). About 5 months ago, I got a breathing test done for officer candidate school and my doctor said there was a slight obstruction. Which was hard to believe because I could easily run 4-5 miles through the Austin hills. 3 weeks ago, I went another doctor and he said the same thing, slight obstruction. This past sunday, I was experiencing some pretty intense muscle twitches and some chest pain, but again, I attributed it to alcohol consumption. I guess I was just curious about why this was occurring so I typed in muscle twitching into google and bam, ALS. "Symptoms include breathing obstruction and muscle twitching." Now, my muscle twitches have been worse than ever and so have my chest pains. Some aspects that keep me sane right now is that fact that I haven't had problems with motor functions(unless you consider my breathing test results) or any noticeable muscle loss. Obviously this could very well be terrible anxiety but does this sound like ALS at all? Thank you for reading and I hope I don't come off as a crazy