Crimson_1
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- Cainta, Rizal
Hi there, everyone. So my name is Miguel, i'm 21 years old and i'm a Filipino (so excuse me if if i would have a broken english narrative along the way.) So recently like a week ago, i've first started having this weird mild deep pain from the left joint of my right knee and the next day, i felt some minor stiffness and cramps so i had the urge to search it on google on what it was and then ALS came up for some reason. So, i felt a bit anxious about it and when my friend reminded me that it might be a side effect from my flu vaccine shot then after looking it up, i think i had a mild case of myaglia. It was already resolved when i've learned about it and felt relieved but then i knew that it could also have an onset on the Bulbar area.
So after my 1st anxiety attack, i kept on like speaking this phrase with a fast phase applied into it originally and then for some reason i didn't pronounced it correctly until i managed to say it again perfectly and kept on talking and saying words that i'm not even saying for my everyday life. i kept on having occasional mispronunciations on some words especially if i'm reading out loud and then would just abruptly stop reading and saying the word again correctly. I'm also having this weird feeling within my digestion where if i would swallow foods, i could feel it going down even further around my lower chest/diaphragm area. I also had some muscle twitches on my left cheekbones and experiencing some unusual amount of salivation.
Yes, i know that i sound like i have health anxiety and i really do but my main purpose of creating this thread was i also wanted to know especially to those who really have bulbar onset ALS right now about their progression. what were the first symptoms they felt, did it became worst for just days or weeks, do they also experienced of mispronouncing words while talking/reading but saying it correctly afterwards etc.
wanted to know more about ALS and what anxiety can mimic of symptoms similar to bulbar ALS. I just want some answers from those who knows more about this type of disease or those who are experiencing it as well. I can't afford making an appointment with a doctor since i'am still a student, i have no money plus if i would try to say to my mom that i wanted to go for a checkup, she will just probably gave me a "what the f*** are you saying?" type of response. if only i could just immediately go for a checkup on anytime that i want but i can't. Kind of helpless right now.
And to add up an additional concern, the left side of my tongue looks a bit slanted or smaller.
So after my 1st anxiety attack, i kept on like speaking this phrase with a fast phase applied into it originally and then for some reason i didn't pronounced it correctly until i managed to say it again perfectly and kept on talking and saying words that i'm not even saying for my everyday life. i kept on having occasional mispronunciations on some words especially if i'm reading out loud and then would just abruptly stop reading and saying the word again correctly. I'm also having this weird feeling within my digestion where if i would swallow foods, i could feel it going down even further around my lower chest/diaphragm area. I also had some muscle twitches on my left cheekbones and experiencing some unusual amount of salivation.
Yes, i know that i sound like i have health anxiety and i really do but my main purpose of creating this thread was i also wanted to know especially to those who really have bulbar onset ALS right now about their progression. what were the first symptoms they felt, did it became worst for just days or weeks, do they also experienced of mispronouncing words while talking/reading but saying it correctly afterwards etc.
wanted to know more about ALS and what anxiety can mimic of symptoms similar to bulbar ALS. I just want some answers from those who knows more about this type of disease or those who are experiencing it as well. I can't afford making an appointment with a doctor since i'am still a student, i have no money plus if i would try to say to my mom that i wanted to go for a checkup, she will just probably gave me a "what the f*** are you saying?" type of response. if only i could just immediately go for a checkup on anytime that i want but i can't. Kind of helpless right now.
And to add up an additional concern, the left side of my tongue looks a bit slanted or smaller.
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