Bad health anxiety - should I be concerned?

[Bg2213]

Hi all, 31 year old male. I have horrible health anxiety and now is one of my flare ups. Looking for reassurance of potential symptoms.

About a week and a half ago I started to have some random things going on with my body - head tingling on the right side of my body, intermittent eye twitching and some right handed thenar eminence pain. I had 2 brief twitches of my right thumb which may have been due to fatigue of my hand? I currently still have some pain in my right hand and the head tingling, and I’m wondering if this is serious or my mind playing tricks on me. I even thought I was having some hand atrophy but people told me I definitely don’t. Just have some muscle definition.

Here’s a few things to know too:

1. As I mentioned I have pretty bad anxiety, and the eye twitching and head tingling came on during my last bad episode
2. I have a bad right shoulder including tightness in my neck and shoulder, so I wonder if the head tingling is from this
3. I have the pain but haven’t really noticed any weakness. Maybe weakness from the pain or have a perception of weakness
4. I use my right hand mostly to text so I wonder if it’s overuse or some carpal tunnel. I wear my watch on my right wrist too

I’m trying to be less anxious but I think these symptoms are making it hard. Any insight would be great! Thanks!

 

[Nikki J]

I note you looked at the read before posting sticky after writing this. I hope you now realize nothing sounds like als. If health anxiety is destroying your peace of mind PLEASE get help. If you already are you need more / different. First step would be swearing off Mr Google for all health issues

 

[Bg2213]

I appreciate the quick response. Just to clarify, you are saying that nothing I have described sounds like ALS, or were you just generalizing from the sticky post?

 

[Nikki J]

Nothing sounds like ALS.

After reading the sticky you should know that. The sticky was written by us. It is our knowledge and experience- I have no need to use it as a guide as I have lived with ALS all my life. I am FALS