Renny745
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Helol all , I've been reading on this forum for a while I've read the stickies I just feel so distraught.
My symptoms all started with a right elbow that would hurt deep inside the joint every time I would exert it like arm wrestling and stuff. Then about a month or so ago I felt like both my biceps had a punching/biting feeing in the muscle.
I've always been afraid of ALS and I'm pretty sure I have health anxiety or that I'm a hypochondriac. My stupid self started googling ALS symptoms. I went to my pcp but didn't mention als , the did a blood test and everything came back good besides a vitamin D deficiency of 13.
I decided to do some push-ups to check my strength and that same night my left arm pained a lot hand nimbleness and tingling down to my fingers, it subsisted the next day. About two days after constantly reading on google I got twitching all over my body , pain in both fore arms , pain at the back of my hands no leg symptoms.
I scheduled a neurologist app (note: He wasn't a neuromuscular) for June 13 and they did an EMG (needle on in my right bicep) and NCV on both of my arms , results were mild carpal tunnel and clean EMG. The neuro said I have anxiety and that I was too young and showed no signs of als ( he did a quick strength and reflex tests and they were all fine),
After about a week of still stressing ALS and reading I noticed my left leg would ache and twitch a lot on my left butt muscle. It would ache mostly in the night and radiate from my butt to my foot. Fast forward to today I am more conscious of my walk and I feel like I don't walk the same and that I need more effort to walk. My left leg aches and gets close to cramps especially in the night time, I can still walk on toes and heel.
What made me fall deeper into a sort of depression and more anxiety is a self reflection test on my knees. I sat down on my chair and hit my left and right knee muscle with the bottom of a glass bottle , my leg leg jumps quicker and higher than my right leg( which from what I read is a brisk reflex).After seeing this I cried and spiraled down into terrible state of mind.
I also would like to add hat I don't know if it's anxiety but I've felt as is my throat had a lump and hat my speech was slurring S , but what crazy is that I ponder on everything I say to see if I'll mess it up , so I don't know if it's real or not.
I still get aches in my elbows , wrists and some muscle pain in my arms and back on and off , but the leg is what worried me and caused me to finally post on here.
I'm so sorry for the long story , I know half of you wouldn't even read it . I'm just so upset I don't know what to do. Any opinions and what I'm going through I'm really scared and upset, I admit to being a hypochondriac because I've stressed other health situations before but the brisk reflex along with other symptoms have me going crazy.
My symptoms all started with a right elbow that would hurt deep inside the joint every time I would exert it like arm wrestling and stuff. Then about a month or so ago I felt like both my biceps had a punching/biting feeing in the muscle.
I've always been afraid of ALS and I'm pretty sure I have health anxiety or that I'm a hypochondriac. My stupid self started googling ALS symptoms. I went to my pcp but didn't mention als , the did a blood test and everything came back good besides a vitamin D deficiency of 13.
I decided to do some push-ups to check my strength and that same night my left arm pained a lot hand nimbleness and tingling down to my fingers, it subsisted the next day. About two days after constantly reading on google I got twitching all over my body , pain in both fore arms , pain at the back of my hands no leg symptoms.
I scheduled a neurologist app (note: He wasn't a neuromuscular) for June 13 and they did an EMG (needle on in my right bicep) and NCV on both of my arms , results were mild carpal tunnel and clean EMG. The neuro said I have anxiety and that I was too young and showed no signs of als ( he did a quick strength and reflex tests and they were all fine),
After about a week of still stressing ALS and reading I noticed my left leg would ache and twitch a lot on my left butt muscle. It would ache mostly in the night and radiate from my butt to my foot. Fast forward to today I am more conscious of my walk and I feel like I don't walk the same and that I need more effort to walk. My left leg aches and gets close to cramps especially in the night time, I can still walk on toes and heel.
What made me fall deeper into a sort of depression and more anxiety is a self reflection test on my knees. I sat down on my chair and hit my left and right knee muscle with the bottom of a glass bottle , my leg leg jumps quicker and higher than my right leg( which from what I read is a brisk reflex).After seeing this I cried and spiraled down into terrible state of mind.
I also would like to add hat I don't know if it's anxiety but I've felt as is my throat had a lump and hat my speech was slurring S , but what crazy is that I ponder on everything I say to see if I'll mess it up , so I don't know if it's real or not.
I still get aches in my elbows , wrists and some muscle pain in my arms and back on and off , but the leg is what worried me and caused me to finally post on here.
I'm so sorry for the long story , I know half of you wouldn't even read it . I'm just so upset I don't know what to do. Any opinions and what I'm going through I'm really scared and upset, I admit to being a hypochondriac because I've stressed other health situations before but the brisk reflex along with other symptoms have me going crazy.
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