fuanh
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Good morning, I am a 24 year old male from Mexico and I am pretty scared about ALS which I came to know last week "thanks" to this forum.
I've been having symptoms starting 10 months ago, my left shoulder started to waste with a feeling of pins and needles. Over a course of the next 4 months it reached my right shoulder. This 5 months I didn't give much attention as with ALS early symptoms.
Then, 5 months from now I started to lose strength in my shoulders, I wouldn't lift weight past my shoulders as I did before. I really started to worry 3 months ago when my abdominal area started to weaken, suddenly I was not able not to sleep well in bed beacuse I couldn't move with ease I felt like a rock, strange too that I couldn't stand the Push up position.
Finally 2 months ago, my first fall, wrong step I went all the way to the ground, my arms neither my legs had the strength to support. I felt like my legs didnt responded to me. A month and half ago I decided to bring myself to the GP as I observed some wasting now in my right thigh with the same pin and needle feeling. She ordered bloodwork which the result came within the normal range, so then she recommended an appointment with neurologist.
3 weeks ago the first appointment with neuro, very light examination and he ordered an EMG, and from a very light examination he speculated some inflammation issue. Then a week ago I fall for the second time crossing a street I loss balance trying to hurry my walk, legs didnt responded again and I hit my head and I remember it was very hard to stand up, I WAS SO SCARE IT NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.
The contradiction is that in my second appointment last tuesday my EMG came out clean,
and he diagnosed Myopathy without any further examination. He prescribed a corticosteroid.
Now
I started to feel fasciculations all over my legs this week and I am scared to death that may be ALS, I dont know if it was for good or bad that I found this forum because now I am convinced neuro is wrong because of reading symptoms and this forum my issue points towards some MND I want to seek a second opinion.
My EMG, Is it too soon? like the thread here
What do you think any comments.
Thank you
I've been having symptoms starting 10 months ago, my left shoulder started to waste with a feeling of pins and needles. Over a course of the next 4 months it reached my right shoulder. This 5 months I didn't give much attention as with ALS early symptoms.
Then, 5 months from now I started to lose strength in my shoulders, I wouldn't lift weight past my shoulders as I did before. I really started to worry 3 months ago when my abdominal area started to weaken, suddenly I was not able not to sleep well in bed beacuse I couldn't move with ease I felt like a rock, strange too that I couldn't stand the Push up position.
Finally 2 months ago, my first fall, wrong step I went all the way to the ground, my arms neither my legs had the strength to support. I felt like my legs didnt responded to me. A month and half ago I decided to bring myself to the GP as I observed some wasting now in my right thigh with the same pin and needle feeling. She ordered bloodwork which the result came within the normal range, so then she recommended an appointment with neurologist.
3 weeks ago the first appointment with neuro, very light examination and he ordered an EMG, and from a very light examination he speculated some inflammation issue. Then a week ago I fall for the second time crossing a street I loss balance trying to hurry my walk, legs didnt responded again and I hit my head and I remember it was very hard to stand up, I WAS SO SCARE IT NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.
The contradiction is that in my second appointment last tuesday my EMG came out clean,
and he diagnosed Myopathy without any further examination. He prescribed a corticosteroid.
Now
I started to feel fasciculations all over my legs this week and I am scared to death that may be ALS, I dont know if it was for good or bad that I found this forum because now I am convinced neuro is wrong because of reading symptoms and this forum my issue points towards some MND I want to seek a second opinion.
My EMG, Is it too soon? like the thread here
What do you think any comments.
Thank you