Lumocolor
New member
- Joined
- May 7, 2017
- Messages
- 3
- Reason
- Learn about ALS
- Country
- Ger
- State
- Bavaria
- City
- Ratisbona
Hello everyone,
i´m a Medical Student from Bavaria, Germany and first of all, i want to say sorry for my english. I hope everyone can understand what i´m talking about.
So, i´m here, because i think i could have ALS and tomorrow i have an appointment at a neurologist. As there are only 15 hours to go, im starting to panic even more and i hope, some of you can tell me, if my fear is legitimate or not. Here are my symptoms:
- Tremor since about 10 years ago, especially in my hands if i try to hold something or tense the muscles
- Fasciculations and Muscle twitching since around october 2016. I dont remember when this started, but in the beginning, there where only 1 or 2 a day . Now they are all over my body but more "left" then right.
- I counted the Fasciculations for 15 minutes after:
*trinking coffee,
*taking 300 mg of Magnesia,
*2 beers
*in the morning after waking up.
Results:
15 Minutes after trinking coffee: 40Fasciulations/15 Minutes,
300 mg of Magnesia: 25 in 15 Minutes
2 beers: 20 in 15 Minutes,
In the Morning right after waking up: 23 fasciculations in 15 minutes.
The distribution in every case was about 70:30 for the left side.
I hope, you can understand what i did and what im talking about :/
- The number of fasciculations is also varying (differing?!) from day to day, sometiimes i have online 1-2 in 5 minutes without doing anything, sometimes i got over 20 in one minute.
- Stress like heavy work, sex or sport is decreasing the number of fasciculations, or maybe (i dont know) i dont notice them so much.
- If i´m looking in a mirror and put my tongue out, my tongue is "twitching", even more if i try to put my tonge to the right or left side. Also, if i put my tongue out, my tongue is standing to the left and is not "straight". If i want to stand my tongue out "straight" i have to do this actively. (Is this clear what i mean? Ì´m so sorry !)
- As i am a Med. student, i had a practical training in physiology and neurophysiology. There, i could only lift 28,2 N/cm² with my biceps. The reference was 40-60 per cm² for men and 30-50 for women. Other students got those results, only i got such bad numbers.. I know, that this was only an training for students and we did these tests not as good as a neurologist, but... i dont know... does this mean anything?
- I have hyperreflexia for my patellar-reflexes, and i realy mean "hyper". When my colleague hit my tendon, my leg was kicking up so hard, i hurt my colleagues balls
- I´m feeling weak, but this is subjective and i dont know, if this is a real symptom or hypochondria. I get "Delayed onset muscle soreness" (sorry, i got the word from wikipedia..) realy fast, my muscles are hurting if i´m walking up stairs and so on.
- Babinski is negative, masseter reflexe is also negative.
As you can see, i realy am in panic, even more since i started to evaluate some things, and all of the results are leading to ALS.
I could not sleep for 3 days, tomorrow morning is the appointment. I hope, some of you can calm me down, even if i know that the symptomes are quite clear..
Again: I am realy sorry for my english. I´m so bad in learning languages, but german ALS-forums dont have such a great community, so i tried to get help here!
Greetings from Bavaria,
M.
i´m a Medical Student from Bavaria, Germany and first of all, i want to say sorry for my english. I hope everyone can understand what i´m talking about.
So, i´m here, because i think i could have ALS and tomorrow i have an appointment at a neurologist. As there are only 15 hours to go, im starting to panic even more and i hope, some of you can tell me, if my fear is legitimate or not. Here are my symptoms:
- Tremor since about 10 years ago, especially in my hands if i try to hold something or tense the muscles
- Fasciculations and Muscle twitching since around october 2016. I dont remember when this started, but in the beginning, there where only 1 or 2 a day . Now they are all over my body but more "left" then right.
- I counted the Fasciculations for 15 minutes after:
*trinking coffee,
*taking 300 mg of Magnesia,
*2 beers
*in the morning after waking up.
Results:
15 Minutes after trinking coffee: 40Fasciulations/15 Minutes,
300 mg of Magnesia: 25 in 15 Minutes
2 beers: 20 in 15 Minutes,
In the Morning right after waking up: 23 fasciculations in 15 minutes.
The distribution in every case was about 70:30 for the left side.
I hope, you can understand what i did and what im talking about :/
- The number of fasciculations is also varying (differing?!) from day to day, sometiimes i have online 1-2 in 5 minutes without doing anything, sometimes i got over 20 in one minute.
- Stress like heavy work, sex or sport is decreasing the number of fasciculations, or maybe (i dont know) i dont notice them so much.
- If i´m looking in a mirror and put my tongue out, my tongue is "twitching", even more if i try to put my tonge to the right or left side. Also, if i put my tongue out, my tongue is standing to the left and is not "straight". If i want to stand my tongue out "straight" i have to do this actively. (Is this clear what i mean? Ì´m so sorry !)
- As i am a Med. student, i had a practical training in physiology and neurophysiology. There, i could only lift 28,2 N/cm² with my biceps. The reference was 40-60 per cm² for men and 30-50 for women. Other students got those results, only i got such bad numbers.. I know, that this was only an training for students and we did these tests not as good as a neurologist, but... i dont know... does this mean anything?
- I have hyperreflexia for my patellar-reflexes, and i realy mean "hyper". When my colleague hit my tendon, my leg was kicking up so hard, i hurt my colleagues balls
- I´m feeling weak, but this is subjective and i dont know, if this is a real symptom or hypochondria. I get "Delayed onset muscle soreness" (sorry, i got the word from wikipedia..) realy fast, my muscles are hurting if i´m walking up stairs and so on.
- Babinski is negative, masseter reflexe is also negative.
As you can see, i realy am in panic, even more since i started to evaluate some things, and all of the results are leading to ALS.
I could not sleep for 3 days, tomorrow morning is the appointment. I hope, some of you can calm me down, even if i know that the symptomes are quite clear..
Again: I am realy sorry for my english. I´m so bad in learning languages, but german ALS-forums dont have such a great community, so i tried to get help here!
Greetings from Bavaria,
M.