Katly
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Hi,
I truly hate that I'm here and bothering anyone with my fears. It's only because I'm falling apart emotionally that I ended up making this post. I'm a 41 year old woman with 3 children to care for and I am terrified I may have als. About a month ago I had what I thought was a panic attack where I thought I was having a heart attack. It passed, but the tingling/mild pins and needles sensations remained. I went to my doctor and she checked my heart with an ekg (no heart attack) ordered blood work (all fine) and sent me on my way. Tingling sensations remained (hands, feet mostly, sometimes calves). Went back to doctor who said anxiety and prescribed me Prozac. The day I started taking that my right arm felt heavy/numb. Over the course of the next few days I still have tingling, numbness/fatigued feeling in my right arm and now started with muscle twitches. These are happening all over my body and I appear to notice them when I am resting or not moving. They seem to happen periodically throughout the day. I went back to the doctor to tell her about the tingling and now twitches who basically told me I need a psychiatrist, not any scans. I thought I was doing the right thing going to her again (especially after starting the Prozac which I had never taken any kind of medication before) and she sent me to a psychiatrist instead of looking into my physical symptoms further. I feel shaky in my legs and hands and still my right arm feels weaker/tired. I'm not sure what to do. Can this be als and yet I'm being dismissed by my doctor with a diagnosis of OCD? I am so terrified of these symptoms and what they are pointing at. I did read the sticky, but it seems like there is conflicting information by other posters and I'm confused. Thank you for listening, god bless all of you. My heart is heavy for all who are suffering with this.
I truly hate that I'm here and bothering anyone with my fears. It's only because I'm falling apart emotionally that I ended up making this post. I'm a 41 year old woman with 3 children to care for and I am terrified I may have als. About a month ago I had what I thought was a panic attack where I thought I was having a heart attack. It passed, but the tingling/mild pins and needles sensations remained. I went to my doctor and she checked my heart with an ekg (no heart attack) ordered blood work (all fine) and sent me on my way. Tingling sensations remained (hands, feet mostly, sometimes calves). Went back to doctor who said anxiety and prescribed me Prozac. The day I started taking that my right arm felt heavy/numb. Over the course of the next few days I still have tingling, numbness/fatigued feeling in my right arm and now started with muscle twitches. These are happening all over my body and I appear to notice them when I am resting or not moving. They seem to happen periodically throughout the day. I went back to the doctor to tell her about the tingling and now twitches who basically told me I need a psychiatrist, not any scans. I thought I was doing the right thing going to her again (especially after starting the Prozac which I had never taken any kind of medication before) and she sent me to a psychiatrist instead of looking into my physical symptoms further. I feel shaky in my legs and hands and still my right arm feels weaker/tired. I'm not sure what to do. Can this be als and yet I'm being dismissed by my doctor with a diagnosis of OCD? I am so terrified of these symptoms and what they are pointing at. I did read the sticky, but it seems like there is conflicting information by other posters and I'm confused. Thank you for listening, god bless all of you. My heart is heavy for all who are suffering with this.