broodjeaapspeciaal
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Hey, im new here and i'd like to respond..
I too have allot of fasciculations lately.
A short history :
Over the past few months during nightshifts, i experienced allot of lightheadedness and headaches between my right eye. Somehow, this jumped to the evening shifts.
2 weeks ago, the lightheadedness started again and got my first panic attack.. i was trembling and shaking like madness with the fear of losing consciousness. The day after, i noticed that i was exhausted and i noticed that i got a 'shaky' or slurred voice.. like your standing outside while its freezing. It forces me to talk a little slowly.. and the more i focus on it, the worse it gets.. i dont seem to have it when i have a good conservation with someone.. or : when the mind is blank.
I examine my body allot for lumps / weird spots, and 1.5 week ago i found a weird lump in my breast.. i immediatly feared that it would be cancer. I went to the doctor straight away and he told me it was a normal infection. Somehow, i did not accepted this and kept an eye on this.. the fear went so worse that i visited him again the day after.
4 days ago, i started to experience allot of fasciculations over my entire body with cramps usually in the legs.. sometimes in the shoulderblades.. this with the 'shaky' voice made me freak out and i started to google allot and came on ALS. I do have muscle weakness or muscle fatigue ( like you overdone yourself with an exersize and your arms / legs feel weak, but you still have full strenght if you force yourself to )
but for the record; i only go to work and fitness maybe once a week.. for the rest i just sit behind my computer playing videogames or lying on my bed because.. well, im not really that social. I have been doing allot of exercises like swimming for the past few days, so this could be the reason for the fatigue. Beign not social and not going out allot doing fun stuff can also be a factor that causes me to look at my own body more then you would normally do
However, 2 days ago, the fear was so intense.. i started to compare my left leg / hand with my right leg and right.. and noticed some muscle differences. I'm right handed myself.. and i had an intense panic attack after i noticed that the muscle between my thumb and the finger next to it did'nt had the size as the muscle on my right hand. I thought this could be a 100% true sign of ALS
I dont know what to do.. i'm a little hypochon.. maybe because some people i know have been diagnosed with some serious illness lately.. and i visited the doctor 6 times now in less then 3 weeks. I have done a bloodtest yesterday, and it was all OK.. now im getting an appointment with a neurolist next week because the doctor doesnt think its healthy to give me anti-depressive medicines.. he thinks its all psychological though; since i never fell to the ground yet or dropped some heavy things from my arms, and the panic attacks and intense fear of a serious illness makes it a vicious cycle. He thinks getting a safe conclusion from an expert will make the complaints drop.. but still.. that appointment is probaly a few weeks away, and im sitting here, biting on my nails fearing the worse...
I must say however, that when i take some medicines like codein and oxazepam, my consciousness seem to lower and the fasciculations seems to change into tingeling sensations.. Is this a vicious cycle of fear / anxiety stress and panic attacks.. or is the shaky / slurred voice ( which i only seem to notice on my self.. others dont ) with the fasciculations something worse?
I too have allot of fasciculations lately.
A short history :
Over the past few months during nightshifts, i experienced allot of lightheadedness and headaches between my right eye. Somehow, this jumped to the evening shifts.
2 weeks ago, the lightheadedness started again and got my first panic attack.. i was trembling and shaking like madness with the fear of losing consciousness. The day after, i noticed that i was exhausted and i noticed that i got a 'shaky' or slurred voice.. like your standing outside while its freezing. It forces me to talk a little slowly.. and the more i focus on it, the worse it gets.. i dont seem to have it when i have a good conservation with someone.. or : when the mind is blank.
I examine my body allot for lumps / weird spots, and 1.5 week ago i found a weird lump in my breast.. i immediatly feared that it would be cancer. I went to the doctor straight away and he told me it was a normal infection. Somehow, i did not accepted this and kept an eye on this.. the fear went so worse that i visited him again the day after.
4 days ago, i started to experience allot of fasciculations over my entire body with cramps usually in the legs.. sometimes in the shoulderblades.. this with the 'shaky' voice made me freak out and i started to google allot and came on ALS. I do have muscle weakness or muscle fatigue ( like you overdone yourself with an exersize and your arms / legs feel weak, but you still have full strenght if you force yourself to )
but for the record; i only go to work and fitness maybe once a week.. for the rest i just sit behind my computer playing videogames or lying on my bed because.. well, im not really that social. I have been doing allot of exercises like swimming for the past few days, so this could be the reason for the fatigue. Beign not social and not going out allot doing fun stuff can also be a factor that causes me to look at my own body more then you would normally do
However, 2 days ago, the fear was so intense.. i started to compare my left leg / hand with my right leg and right.. and noticed some muscle differences. I'm right handed myself.. and i had an intense panic attack after i noticed that the muscle between my thumb and the finger next to it did'nt had the size as the muscle on my right hand. I thought this could be a 100% true sign of ALS
I dont know what to do.. i'm a little hypochon.. maybe because some people i know have been diagnosed with some serious illness lately.. and i visited the doctor 6 times now in less then 3 weeks. I have done a bloodtest yesterday, and it was all OK.. now im getting an appointment with a neurolist next week because the doctor doesnt think its healthy to give me anti-depressive medicines.. he thinks its all psychological though; since i never fell to the ground yet or dropped some heavy things from my arms, and the panic attacks and intense fear of a serious illness makes it a vicious cycle. He thinks getting a safe conclusion from an expert will make the complaints drop.. but still.. that appointment is probaly a few weeks away, and im sitting here, biting on my nails fearing the worse...
I must say however, that when i take some medicines like codein and oxazepam, my consciousness seem to lower and the fasciculations seems to change into tingeling sensations.. Is this a vicious cycle of fear / anxiety stress and panic attacks.. or is the shaky / slurred voice ( which i only seem to notice on my self.. others dont ) with the fasciculations something worse?