I'd actually say that I do have hypochondriasis to a degree (I think DSM calls it "Health anxiety" or something now). My fears are always about having cancer though, never about having anything else. The reason I came on was to ask if any of you thought my symptoms were compatible with the...
Sorry I should have specified when I said the "muscle-in my foot would spasm and take a long time to relax" I meant the midline muscles and tendons that attach the superior aspect of the foot to the superior aspect of the ankle.
First off, I want to say that I am a General Internal Medicine physician and, while I have cared for many ALS patients suffering through the later stages of ALS, I know relatively little about the various ways that the earliest manifestations of ALS can present themselves (I know the classic...
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