rysteph9577
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Hi everyone I’m 18 years old and I’m French (sorry for my bad english).
I know I shouldn't be worried about ALS at my age but a lot of weird things are happening to me lately. It all started almost a month ago when in the middle of the day I felt a kind of weakness in my right arm and more than 2 hours passed before I lost this feeling. I did some research and came across ALS. Being naturally very anxious I started to be afraid of this disease. Now I know that these are not symptoms of ALS but I felt these weaknesses several times in the arms with sometimes pain and obviously my doctor told me that I had nothing.
After that I had twitches in my right foot (I feel them and I can see them). I was very stressed after that and the twitches spread to my left foot and then to my whole body (even my tongue sometimes). Twitches in my feet are often present with numbness and tingling. What scared me the most was the twitches in my right hand and specially in my middle finger.
I tried to convince myself it was anxiety but now i noticed another strange thing. When I bend down and put my hands on my knees I have difficulty keeping my right arm in this position (I don't feel any pain but I can't explain it). I've been feeling this for a few days and I noticed earlier while looking in the mirror that I had some sort of hole in my right shoulder that I don’t have in my left one. I thought maybe it could be the start of muscle atrophy.
Between that, twitches and all the other weird symptoms I'm now lost. I want to clarify that I took magnesium and I didn’t notice any change. Also I never really felt a loss of strength.
Now I would like to have opinions on what is happening to me and does it correspond to ALS? My shoulder problem being the one that worries me the most right now.
I know I shouldn't be worried about ALS at my age but a lot of weird things are happening to me lately. It all started almost a month ago when in the middle of the day I felt a kind of weakness in my right arm and more than 2 hours passed before I lost this feeling. I did some research and came across ALS. Being naturally very anxious I started to be afraid of this disease. Now I know that these are not symptoms of ALS but I felt these weaknesses several times in the arms with sometimes pain and obviously my doctor told me that I had nothing.
After that I had twitches in my right foot (I feel them and I can see them). I was very stressed after that and the twitches spread to my left foot and then to my whole body (even my tongue sometimes). Twitches in my feet are often present with numbness and tingling. What scared me the most was the twitches in my right hand and specially in my middle finger.
I tried to convince myself it was anxiety but now i noticed another strange thing. When I bend down and put my hands on my knees I have difficulty keeping my right arm in this position (I don't feel any pain but I can't explain it). I've been feeling this for a few days and I noticed earlier while looking in the mirror that I had some sort of hole in my right shoulder that I don’t have in my left one. I thought maybe it could be the start of muscle atrophy.
Between that, twitches and all the other weird symptoms I'm now lost. I want to clarify that I took magnesium and I didn’t notice any change. Also I never really felt a loss of strength.
Now I would like to have opinions on what is happening to me and does it correspond to ALS? My shoulder problem being the one that worries me the most right now.