Wolfenhauz
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Hello all, first time poster but have been lurking for a little while. I have read the read before posting threads and I want to be as respectful and clear as I can.
I am a 32 year old male. Fairly decent shape, I recently lost 110 lbs through what I think to be diet and exercise over the course of a year and a half. I also have been having severe anxiety primarily about my health during that weight loss. I have thought I have had everything including Fatal Insomnia and Parkinson’s. Fast forward to beginning of February I got covid 19. I was only sick for around 3 days and very mild. However about 5 days post illness I developed really intense muscle twitches in my back left lat. This slowly lessened and spread around to my whole body. Now I have on and off twitches all day long as soon as I wake up in the morning until I sleep at night. They have become somewhat singular in nature and are centralized mainly around my calf, shin, top of knee, quad, hamstring and glute. Right after covid my muscles were really shaky but that seems to have mostly resolved. Just these minor twitches remain. They seem to get worse when I get stressed or get anxious and if I take some Xanax and calm down they greatly reduce. I have had blood work done and I am all clear. Next is probably a neurological appointment. I don’t feel like I have weakness except my right index finger has difficulty holding my phone up and kind of shakes/tremors. I also tested positive for Hoffmann sign on my right hand but not my left hand. I do have weird bouts of numbness that happen mainly at night, and I wake up with numb pinky and ring finger fairly commonly although not always. It resolves when I get up and move around. I also get numbness when laying down on my quads and elsewhere like my groin or my feet.
I can swallow fine and I had some hoarseness that went away after my recovery from covid.
Just want to find support and love from anyone who can. Thank you so much.
I am a 32 year old male. Fairly decent shape, I recently lost 110 lbs through what I think to be diet and exercise over the course of a year and a half. I also have been having severe anxiety primarily about my health during that weight loss. I have thought I have had everything including Fatal Insomnia and Parkinson’s. Fast forward to beginning of February I got covid 19. I was only sick for around 3 days and very mild. However about 5 days post illness I developed really intense muscle twitches in my back left lat. This slowly lessened and spread around to my whole body. Now I have on and off twitches all day long as soon as I wake up in the morning until I sleep at night. They have become somewhat singular in nature and are centralized mainly around my calf, shin, top of knee, quad, hamstring and glute. Right after covid my muscles were really shaky but that seems to have mostly resolved. Just these minor twitches remain. They seem to get worse when I get stressed or get anxious and if I take some Xanax and calm down they greatly reduce. I have had blood work done and I am all clear. Next is probably a neurological appointment. I don’t feel like I have weakness except my right index finger has difficulty holding my phone up and kind of shakes/tremors. I also tested positive for Hoffmann sign on my right hand but not my left hand. I do have weird bouts of numbness that happen mainly at night, and I wake up with numb pinky and ring finger fairly commonly although not always. It resolves when I get up and move around. I also get numbness when laying down on my quads and elsewhere like my groin or my feet.
I can swallow fine and I had some hoarseness that went away after my recovery from covid.
Just want to find support and love from anyone who can. Thank you so much.