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Hello everyone. Thank you in advance to any PALS that answer, I understand that it takes a great deal of time and effort and thoroughly appreciate that I'm being allotted some of it. Likewise, thank you to any CALS that answer, as I understand that you've got fairly intense jobs with little in the way of downtime.
Before I get to symptoms, I will admit that I have Aspergers, Anxiety/Health Anxiety (which I take medication for), and Thanatophobia.
Additionally, I've had some X-Ray's done recently and while they were normal, it was pointed out that I have some muscle spasms and "wear and tear" and an EMG is planned, but we're still sorting out details.
The current symptoms I'm having are centered around my right shoulder. The most persistent symptom is a persistent tense feeling in the upper portion of the trapezius muscle, between my shoulder and neck. It never feels like it relaxes. In addition to this a portion of the right side of my torso, going up into the triceps, will sometimes hurt a bit when it comes to performing certain activities. One prominent example is that I leaned forward to turn on a shower and I braced my arm against the wall, prompting the area to flare up. Finally, it also feels like there is a knot or some form of pressure on the right side of my spine, just about beneath my shoulder blade.
Having read the 'READ THIS FIRST' threads many times, I can recognize that a lot of what I'm describing is starting out with "I feel" and is thus something that could theoretically point away from ALS, since failure would come before feeling. In addition to that, I will also admit that my primary hobby is PC gaming and I spend many hours sitting at my desk, often with bad posture, and I have my right arm not doing much else besides moving my mouse.
However, something that my anxiety has latched onto and the primary thing that worries me: Is it possible that some muscles have failed, and other muscles have stepped in to "pick up the slack", causing these more physical symptoms? Or has my anxiety done the anxiety thing and I'm thinking myself into a hole over something much more simple like a pinched nerve? I haven't lost any noticeable ability and I can still do basically everything I expect just fine, but even as I tell myself that everything points away I cannot stop pondering about the previously mentioned possibility.
Thank you all in advance for any advice given. I've been trying to avoid obsessing over the details, but things are starting to stack up.
Before I get to symptoms, I will admit that I have Aspergers, Anxiety/Health Anxiety (which I take medication for), and Thanatophobia.
Additionally, I've had some X-Ray's done recently and while they were normal, it was pointed out that I have some muscle spasms and "wear and tear" and an EMG is planned, but we're still sorting out details.
The current symptoms I'm having are centered around my right shoulder. The most persistent symptom is a persistent tense feeling in the upper portion of the trapezius muscle, between my shoulder and neck. It never feels like it relaxes. In addition to this a portion of the right side of my torso, going up into the triceps, will sometimes hurt a bit when it comes to performing certain activities. One prominent example is that I leaned forward to turn on a shower and I braced my arm against the wall, prompting the area to flare up. Finally, it also feels like there is a knot or some form of pressure on the right side of my spine, just about beneath my shoulder blade.
Having read the 'READ THIS FIRST' threads many times, I can recognize that a lot of what I'm describing is starting out with "I feel" and is thus something that could theoretically point away from ALS, since failure would come before feeling. In addition to that, I will also admit that my primary hobby is PC gaming and I spend many hours sitting at my desk, often with bad posture, and I have my right arm not doing much else besides moving my mouse.
However, something that my anxiety has latched onto and the primary thing that worries me: Is it possible that some muscles have failed, and other muscles have stepped in to "pick up the slack", causing these more physical symptoms? Or has my anxiety done the anxiety thing and I'm thinking myself into a hole over something much more simple like a pinched nerve? I haven't lost any noticeable ability and I can still do basically everything I expect just fine, but even as I tell myself that everything points away I cannot stop pondering about the previously mentioned possibility.
Thank you all in advance for any advice given. I've been trying to avoid obsessing over the details, but things are starting to stack up.