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Hello I am 19 years old and a freshman in college. It all started in october when I started to get random headaches. They lasted for several weeks. Then one weekend in early November I came home and started experiencing ringing in my ears. The monday going back to school is when weird symptoms occurred. I felt twitches all over my body, I was very shaky. I noticed when I would be in a squatting position my legs would shake and if I was leaning on one leg or in other positions I would notice my legs shaking. The shakiness and twitching scared the hell out of me and ever since I am convinced there is something wrong with me. I went to the emergency room due to my headaches and shakiness and they did a CT scan it was normal. They referred me to a neurologist in December and he did blood work and an MRI of my head and everything was normal. Some other symptoms I have experienced are shortness of breath easier. For example if I walk from one side of the room to the other I feel my heart beating fast and feel slightly out of breath. I have had neck pain for years now that radiates to my lower back, but never mentioned that to my doctor. The thing that is really worrying me lately is my arms and hands get tired very easily. For example if I am on the phone my arm gets tired within seconds. When I write my hand gets very tired quickly. I feel like my hands and fingers are very weak and shaky. When I run I feel like my legs get tired and sometimes have pain in my legs after. I have had some issues with health anxiety always convincing I have something extremely wrong with me. Overall I have no idea what the hell is wrong, but ALS is defiantly on my mind do to twitching in my arms and legs, shakiness and weakness in my hands, arms and fingers. The burning feelings like I have just completed a workout with simple tasks such as eating with a fork or holding a cell phone to my ear is scaring me. Any ideas you may have would be greatly appreciated thank you
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