I've had muscle twitching for the past few years and severe anxiety for longer than I can remember, however a few weeks ago I came across this ALS disease and I've spent literally hours upon hours researching it and stressing about it. I've had quite constant twitching in my left calf for a couple of weeks now, as well as general twitching all over my body. my left arm has started to twitch a little more now as well.
recently I've had what I can only percieve as weakness in my left arm and leg; although I can still seemingly use both of them to my full ability (such as walking completely normally, walking up stairs normally, fine balance etc) I feel as if my left leg is "heavier" than it should be and whenever I try to stand on that leg and bend my knee, focusing the muscle tension into my quads, my leg becomes very shaky and this doesn't happen to the same effect with the right leg. my left arm seems to feel a little shaky too, and if I move it too much it feels as if it's getting worse.
I went to see a doctor who has referred me to get a blood test this week before I see a neurologist. they weren't very reassuring as my main complaint was the worry that I had ALS upon entering their office, a disease which they had not even heard of or knew anything about, and as such had no answers for me.
all I'm really looking for at this point is answers from someone who knows that they're talking about; do my current symptoms seem similar to that of limb onset ALS? and for those who have had limb-onset ALS, how did your symptoms of weakness start initially? was it very vague weakness in the form of shakyness when attempting to fully use the muscle, or were you unable to even use the muscle properly in the first place?
I've been stressing obsessively about this for weeks to the point where it's overtaken everything in my thoughts; I can't relax and watch movies or talk to people without it always being the main focus of my thoughts.
thanks for any sort of answers you could give me!
recently I've had what I can only percieve as weakness in my left arm and leg; although I can still seemingly use both of them to my full ability (such as walking completely normally, walking up stairs normally, fine balance etc) I feel as if my left leg is "heavier" than it should be and whenever I try to stand on that leg and bend my knee, focusing the muscle tension into my quads, my leg becomes very shaky and this doesn't happen to the same effect with the right leg. my left arm seems to feel a little shaky too, and if I move it too much it feels as if it's getting worse.
I went to see a doctor who has referred me to get a blood test this week before I see a neurologist. they weren't very reassuring as my main complaint was the worry that I had ALS upon entering their office, a disease which they had not even heard of or knew anything about, and as such had no answers for me.
all I'm really looking for at this point is answers from someone who knows that they're talking about; do my current symptoms seem similar to that of limb onset ALS? and for those who have had limb-onset ALS, how did your symptoms of weakness start initially? was it very vague weakness in the form of shakyness when attempting to fully use the muscle, or were you unable to even use the muscle properly in the first place?
I've been stressing obsessively about this for weeks to the point where it's overtaken everything in my thoughts; I can't relax and watch movies or talk to people without it always being the main focus of my thoughts.
thanks for any sort of answers you could give me!