Bigtimereader
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Hello, I was one of those people who was really concerned that I might have ALS because of the twitching and perceived weakness but my anxiety on the matter has subsided and my symptoms have lessened greatly(after reading the 'READ BEFORE POSTING' and other posts on this forum) which was in contrast to the various articles that I came across when reading up on the symptom 'twitching' which as you have probably heard, always comes up with about 1000 articles saying 'ALS' which sent me down a rabbit hole which lasted about a month or two.
One of the biggest questions I had and have seen others have, was simply was not answered by the dozens of articles I found and read, was how the weakness manifests, which in all of the articles I read, simply stated 'progressive weakness' which in my case for example: my arms were getting more and more sore as time went on when I was picking up my laptop or a carton of milk, which in my mind, was 'progressive weakness' I didn't know it referred to being slowly being physically unable to do more and more things, which I learned here.
But I could never discern from anything I've read is whether or not there is a soreness in the arms and then clinical weakness? Or If clinical weakness is one of the more early symptoms, and it appeared as though it occurred spontaneously? I could never find an answer.
So if anyone on here would have the time to answer, I think it could be very useful for people like me who came on here looking for answers and maybe stop so many people from coming on here and asking others for a diagnosis, which as I can imagine, is probably very infuriating in some cases.
Thank you for reading
One of the biggest questions I had and have seen others have, was simply was not answered by the dozens of articles I found and read, was how the weakness manifests, which in all of the articles I read, simply stated 'progressive weakness' which in my case for example: my arms were getting more and more sore as time went on when I was picking up my laptop or a carton of milk, which in my mind, was 'progressive weakness' I didn't know it referred to being slowly being physically unable to do more and more things, which I learned here.
But I could never discern from anything I've read is whether or not there is a soreness in the arms and then clinical weakness? Or If clinical weakness is one of the more early symptoms, and it appeared as though it occurred spontaneously? I could never find an answer.
So if anyone on here would have the time to answer, I think it could be very useful for people like me who came on here looking for answers and maybe stop so many people from coming on here and asking others for a diagnosis, which as I can imagine, is probably very infuriating in some cases.
Thank you for reading