NickT76
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Hello everyone thank you for taking the time to read this and hopefully point me in the right direction. I"ll try and keep this as short as possible.
For the past few weeks I've been experiencing extreme fatigue in my left arm and left hand. It seems to have been getting gradually worse by the day. By fatigue I mean everything just feels really heavy and every little activity makes it tired. Over the past week or so I'm now getting this cramping achy spasms in my left shoulder and bicept and now in my hand and wrist. I really feel it in my wrist when I press up against it or use my left hand. On top of that I do get this tight achy feeling on the side of my neck. Also very oddly every time I wake up the joints in my left hand feel very tight and I have to work my hand to loosen them up.
I did go to my neurologist because this has been building up so much and literally started shaking and crying in her office thinking about what's going on with me. She did a neurological exam. Not sure what she was looking for but sat me down on the table and said there was absolutely nothing she noticed that was even remotely close to ALS. Again I'm not sure what she was looking for.
She has scheduled and EMG and Nerve Conduction study. She thinks I might have a pinched nerve somewhere. The test is 4 weeks away. She did put me on an anti anxiety medication per my request because I feel like i"m gonna crack up.
Fast forward to today the cramping in my left hand and wrist have gotten worse and it really hurts. I have it in my head now that whatever is wrong with me is ALS and now my muscles are getting weaker and weaker in my hand/arms.
Of couse I've gone all over the internet to see if what I'm feeling is ALS weakness, cramping, etc. I think the worst thing I probably did was go to the ALS official web site and bam... first symptoms are usually muscle weakness, cramping, tightness, etc in the arms and hands. Then I go to another site which shows that there is usually no pain until later on when the muscles have died.
Does anything I'm describing sound like ALS? Should I accept what my neurologist has said to me and stop thinking about this?
Thanks for any feedback you can provide me.
Regards,
Nick
For the past few weeks I've been experiencing extreme fatigue in my left arm and left hand. It seems to have been getting gradually worse by the day. By fatigue I mean everything just feels really heavy and every little activity makes it tired. Over the past week or so I'm now getting this cramping achy spasms in my left shoulder and bicept and now in my hand and wrist. I really feel it in my wrist when I press up against it or use my left hand. On top of that I do get this tight achy feeling on the side of my neck. Also very oddly every time I wake up the joints in my left hand feel very tight and I have to work my hand to loosen them up.
I did go to my neurologist because this has been building up so much and literally started shaking and crying in her office thinking about what's going on with me. She did a neurological exam. Not sure what she was looking for but sat me down on the table and said there was absolutely nothing she noticed that was even remotely close to ALS. Again I'm not sure what she was looking for.
She has scheduled and EMG and Nerve Conduction study. She thinks I might have a pinched nerve somewhere. The test is 4 weeks away. She did put me on an anti anxiety medication per my request because I feel like i"m gonna crack up.
Fast forward to today the cramping in my left hand and wrist have gotten worse and it really hurts. I have it in my head now that whatever is wrong with me is ALS and now my muscles are getting weaker and weaker in my hand/arms.
Of couse I've gone all over the internet to see if what I'm feeling is ALS weakness, cramping, etc. I think the worst thing I probably did was go to the ALS official web site and bam... first symptoms are usually muscle weakness, cramping, tightness, etc in the arms and hands. Then I go to another site which shows that there is usually no pain until later on when the muscles have died.
Does anything I'm describing sound like ALS? Should I accept what my neurologist has said to me and stop thinking about this?
Thanks for any feedback you can provide me.
Regards,
Nick