AJ87
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Hello,
I'd like to thank everyone that comes here and reads these, and thank everyone for reading my message.
I am a 28 year old male. Past athlete, who had viral spinal meningitis as an infant.
Starting January I was lifting weights regularly and taking protein supplements. beginning in May I stopped abruptly, and within two weeks started having a twitching finger at first.
I would be using the trackpad and the right index finger would twitch rhythmically. I stayed sedentary and stopped eating so much meat and protein and two weeks after that I woke up one morning and was having full body twitches/fasciculations. These are above my knees, my face, triceps, biceps, hamstrings, forearms, calves, and even the arches of my feet. I also developed a hoarse voice a day or two after the fasciculations started.
Since starting fasciculating my feet arches and hands have been a bit sore.
My left calf and right forearm felt kind of weak, and when I exert my bicep under stationary force (like try to lift against something that doesn't move) I notice very light rippling under the skin.
I went to a neurologist who said I didn't have any clinical signs of ALS like weakness or hyperreflexia and he ordered an emg that I will have on tuesday.
I am concerned that by stopping exercise and becoming relatively sedentary right away like that started a chain reaction of nerve death due to lack of stimulation. I was also chewing a lot of sugarfree gum which is bad for nerves and the cells that support them. I am afraid given my past of spinal meningitis I have systemically wiped out the cells in my spine, giving me what will become als soon.
The twitches can be brought on by using the muscle then relaxing but they sporadically twitch anyway too. Theyre everywhere, and weren't in my mouth before but today I checked again and it looked like my uvula jumped up on its own once and I couldn't replicate it voluntarily.
I've also noticed that sometimes after a big meal my arms and feet will be kind of itchy
I am alone in another country away from my family studying and will have the emg alone. My opinion is that they will see denervation and I will be alone in my hardest moment.
What is the opinion of members who would like to reply? Again, I thank you for your time.
I'd like to thank everyone that comes here and reads these, and thank everyone for reading my message.
I am a 28 year old male. Past athlete, who had viral spinal meningitis as an infant.
Starting January I was lifting weights regularly and taking protein supplements. beginning in May I stopped abruptly, and within two weeks started having a twitching finger at first.
I would be using the trackpad and the right index finger would twitch rhythmically. I stayed sedentary and stopped eating so much meat and protein and two weeks after that I woke up one morning and was having full body twitches/fasciculations. These are above my knees, my face, triceps, biceps, hamstrings, forearms, calves, and even the arches of my feet. I also developed a hoarse voice a day or two after the fasciculations started.
Since starting fasciculating my feet arches and hands have been a bit sore.
My left calf and right forearm felt kind of weak, and when I exert my bicep under stationary force (like try to lift against something that doesn't move) I notice very light rippling under the skin.
I went to a neurologist who said I didn't have any clinical signs of ALS like weakness or hyperreflexia and he ordered an emg that I will have on tuesday.
I am concerned that by stopping exercise and becoming relatively sedentary right away like that started a chain reaction of nerve death due to lack of stimulation. I was also chewing a lot of sugarfree gum which is bad for nerves and the cells that support them. I am afraid given my past of spinal meningitis I have systemically wiped out the cells in my spine, giving me what will become als soon.
The twitches can be brought on by using the muscle then relaxing but they sporadically twitch anyway too. Theyre everywhere, and weren't in my mouth before but today I checked again and it looked like my uvula jumped up on its own once and I couldn't replicate it voluntarily.
I've also noticed that sometimes after a big meal my arms and feet will be kind of itchy
I am alone in another country away from my family studying and will have the emg alone. My opinion is that they will see denervation and I will be alone in my hardest moment.
What is the opinion of members who would like to reply? Again, I thank you for your time.