Poboyross
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I’m 38, married with 3 young children, and I’m scared to the point of falling apart. I will keep the story as brief as possible. This year has been the most stressful of my life. We almost lost my youngest at the beginning of the year and she was in the hospital for weeks. We had major financial events, marital problems, potential legal problems from a trademark troll, etc etc. I started having breathing problems back in June and went to the GP. She said it was anxiety. Shortly thereafter (crazy life events still happening) I started having terrible nightmares. The recurrent one was an event from when I was a kid, and over the span of several months, I’d wake up from these dreams shuffling my feet. I was aware of it happening and that I was coming out of a dream, but when I consulted Dr. Google, RBD comes up, along with its association to Parkinson’s. I *melt down*. I’ve had massive lack of sleep for months, slondue to the youngest’s sleep issues. Spattered in those searches were pings on stories regarding ALS. I started to notice a whole lot more fasciculations all over my body. I know I’ve had some here and there over the years, but the volume went up 100 fold. I had them in my triceps, shoulders, torso, arms, thighs, feet, calves, and umentionable places. This has gone on now for about a month and a half. They seem to really like my lower legs, and the others have faded in volume, but still happen all over. I don’t have any noticeable weakness or problems doing anything. I am fatigued, but can still do whatever I need to do without hindrance. I went to my GP again, who I don’t think is very good, who did a mild neuro exam and didn’t note anything other than saying I should see a neurologist so they could do a biopsy, and that she doesn’t make any guesses on what’s going on, but that the month and a half of twitches should be investigated.
I’m scared out of my mind right now. I read things like ALS twitches can be elicited by touching the muscles. Mine may do that in my calves, but it’s hard to tell. When I saw her I had none that she would see. I notice that they seem to go away overnight, as when I wake up they don’t seem to be doing anything until I wake up, get anxiety, and get moving. Again, they’ve mostly settled into my calves. I’ve had hypochondria for decades, and my wife isn’t very supportive, so it’s hard for me to go see the neurologist. Does anyone have any insights into my situation? I’m praying it’s BFS. The thought of leaving my family behind makes me manic.
I’m scared out of my mind right now. I read things like ALS twitches can be elicited by touching the muscles. Mine may do that in my calves, but it’s hard to tell. When I saw her I had none that she would see. I notice that they seem to go away overnight, as when I wake up they don’t seem to be doing anything until I wake up, get anxiety, and get moving. Again, they’ve mostly settled into my calves. I’ve had hypochondria for decades, and my wife isn’t very supportive, so it’s hard for me to go see the neurologist. Does anyone have any insights into my situation? I’m praying it’s BFS. The thought of leaving my family behind makes me manic.