Kiggle
Member
- Joined
- Dec 28, 2008
- Messages
- 12
- Reason
- Learn about ALS
- Country
- CA
- State
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
I'm sorry to burden you all!
But I'm a 24 year old male, average height (5 foot 9), pretty overweight (220 lbs)... been feeling muscle twitching mostly in the upper part of both legs (about 5 inches above the knee), and sometimes also in the calves and upper arms. The twitching is getting worse, sometimes lasting for 5-10 mins at a time. Sometimes dull, sometimes violent and accompanied with cramping (the muscle kind of holds for a while, then releases). Also feeling a burning sensation that is also felt with general weakness in upper arms and shoulders area. If I hold the remote control for even a minute my arms start to burn and feel weak... or if I hold the phone, or whatever object. I just feel a general weakness, sometimes present even if I'm using muscles much (like typing right now), or not using them at all... often in my legs too (SO weak after taking puppy for walks)...I wouldn't think ALS if the two (twitching AND weakness) didn't occur together...
I've gone to the Clinic twice. Twice I was told not really a full sign of ALS. My reflexes, posture, balance, and muscle strength were checked...
what brought me to read up on ALS was the fist doc's first question after telling of symptons, which was, "does ALS run in your family" - I said NO, and forgot about it... until the next day when it was nagging at me as to what exactly ALS is... then of course I come across the dreaded statistic that ALS occurs sporadically the majority of the time. I know she was implying that to have those symptoms related to ALS at a young age was most likely related to genetics... but now going over this forum, seeing ALS near-common in men in their 20's... IT'S REALLY, REALLY frightening...
i feel horrible because there are those who have actually been diagnose with this diease in their young adult lives... here I am just fretting...
BUT my problems are getting progressively worse... the twitching more incessant and the muscle weakness more apparent...
what is the likelyhood of ALS based on what I've described, and also just generally based on my age (24)?
THANKS so much. and god bless all of you.
But I'm a 24 year old male, average height (5 foot 9), pretty overweight (220 lbs)... been feeling muscle twitching mostly in the upper part of both legs (about 5 inches above the knee), and sometimes also in the calves and upper arms. The twitching is getting worse, sometimes lasting for 5-10 mins at a time. Sometimes dull, sometimes violent and accompanied with cramping (the muscle kind of holds for a while, then releases). Also feeling a burning sensation that is also felt with general weakness in upper arms and shoulders area. If I hold the remote control for even a minute my arms start to burn and feel weak... or if I hold the phone, or whatever object. I just feel a general weakness, sometimes present even if I'm using muscles much (like typing right now), or not using them at all... often in my legs too (SO weak after taking puppy for walks)...I wouldn't think ALS if the two (twitching AND weakness) didn't occur together...
I've gone to the Clinic twice. Twice I was told not really a full sign of ALS. My reflexes, posture, balance, and muscle strength were checked...
what brought me to read up on ALS was the fist doc's first question after telling of symptons, which was, "does ALS run in your family" - I said NO, and forgot about it... until the next day when it was nagging at me as to what exactly ALS is... then of course I come across the dreaded statistic that ALS occurs sporadically the majority of the time. I know she was implying that to have those symptoms related to ALS at a young age was most likely related to genetics... but now going over this forum, seeing ALS near-common in men in their 20's... IT'S REALLY, REALLY frightening...
i feel horrible because there are those who have actually been diagnose with this diease in their young adult lives... here I am just fretting...
BUT my problems are getting progressively worse... the twitching more incessant and the muscle weakness more apparent...
what is the likelyhood of ALS based on what I've described, and also just generally based on my age (24)?
THANKS so much. and god bless all of you.