Recent content by LukeM

Just to help you with anxiety, my tongue does similar things to yours and I do NOT have ALS.

Thanks for the nice words everyone, I got frustrated when I was reading other people's posts and never found out what happened with them so I thought it was important close off my case. I'm (very willingly) seeing a Psychiatrist that specialises in health anxiety next week. With regards to my...

Hello, I wanted to provide an update (unsure why my original thread was closed?) Saw Neurologist last week who did a complete Neuro exam which revealed no abnormalities. The exam was very thorough so I have confidence she would have detected abnormalities if I had ALS. The doctor acknowledged...

Hello your symptoms are very similar to mine, are you still around?

The tingling has been there for months, as well as sporadic pain. It was the symmetrical atrophy of the palms as well as the body wide twitches that freak me out. Just the numbness and tingling wouldn't have taken me to the ER. The more I look at these issues I'm having I'm thinking they...

Not that they told me, they did a neurological exam things like pulling and pushing as well as taping my reflexes ect and said everything appeared normal.

What took me there was the intense tingling and weakness in the hands, more so then the dents in the palms.

I see you're from NZ, I see your All Blacks just gave us another whipping Yeah I hope everything is alright, very anxious at the moment.

No, and I apologize.

Look forward to 4 months of misery while I wait.

Problems is I have been to the doctor and they are pritty dismissive, in terms of seeing a Neuro it's s 4 month wait. I do have lots of transient tingling and sporadic pain in my fingers, especially the ring and pinky fingers so I'm hoping this leads to a more benign diagnoses.

I went to the ER because of the atrophy because it was a 4 month wait to see a Neurologist. They did the MRI and blood tests which showed nothing. They also performed a Neurological exam where they pulled this, pushed that, ran keys down my foot, taped my knee etc and said it all appeared...

Thanks for your reply. I only noticed the atrophy over a couple of days it's possible it was there earlier. It's nearly 100% symmetrical and is like a dent in both my palms. It's slightly painful if I push on it. I also have body wide twitches. Over the last few months I've had weakness in...

Hello, I'm rather concerned about hand atrophy. Over the last few days I have noticed hand atrophy which is symmetrical in both hands in the area between by thumb and forefinger. I've had a number of other neurological systemptoms and an MRI recently ruled out a lot of things I thought could be...