UnreadierLizard
New member
- Joined
- Jan 23, 2012
- Messages
- 5
- Reason
- Learn about ALS
- Country
- CA
- State
- Ontario
- City
- Niagara Falls
Hello to you folks here on the ALS forums,
The reason I'm here is two fold. One;
a) I have an interest in learning more about ALS and how it works, what it does, etc. Genuine curiosity.
b) I suffer from crippling health anxiety(hypochondria) which makes life a living hell sometimes.
So, my story's simple; it started a few days ago(Saturday, I think). I noticed that my index finger was spasming/twitching(moving on it's own without me stimulating it). It only lasted for roughly 10-15 seconds and then it went away, and I thought nothing else of it. But then, later on, I decided to take a trip to Dr. Google and of course - googling "muscle twitch", one of the top 3 results is ALS(damn you, Dr Google).
Then, thanks to my (probable) anxiety, it went into high gear; my hand was numb, sore, my knuckles are still kinda sore with a shooting pain up my arm, and now my right leg(the same side as my sore arm) is sore too - my left side is sore, but only sporadically. Feels weird to walk - my knee FEELS weak, but my body's showing no sign of weakness at all.
Now, the crazy-health phobic side kicked in and caused me to FREAK out the last few days about ALS - even though, I will say, 90% of my brain knows I don't have ALS - the manic 10% doesn't know.
I've read the stickies and gone over them a few times. I do apologize for taking up bandwidth space on your server, but even without my manic episode, I would have found my way here - I love reading about health and diseases and such ever since my mother's stroke.
Anyway, I just thought I should post this and get it out of the way.
For all of you WITH ALS, I'll pray for you - it's the least I can do.
Much love,
Kamrian
The reason I'm here is two fold. One;
a) I have an interest in learning more about ALS and how it works, what it does, etc. Genuine curiosity.
b) I suffer from crippling health anxiety(hypochondria) which makes life a living hell sometimes.
So, my story's simple; it started a few days ago(Saturday, I think). I noticed that my index finger was spasming/twitching(moving on it's own without me stimulating it). It only lasted for roughly 10-15 seconds and then it went away, and I thought nothing else of it. But then, later on, I decided to take a trip to Dr. Google and of course - googling "muscle twitch", one of the top 3 results is ALS(damn you, Dr Google).
Then, thanks to my (probable) anxiety, it went into high gear; my hand was numb, sore, my knuckles are still kinda sore with a shooting pain up my arm, and now my right leg(the same side as my sore arm) is sore too - my left side is sore, but only sporadically. Feels weird to walk - my knee FEELS weak, but my body's showing no sign of weakness at all.
Now, the crazy-health phobic side kicked in and caused me to FREAK out the last few days about ALS - even though, I will say, 90% of my brain knows I don't have ALS - the manic 10% doesn't know.
I've read the stickies and gone over them a few times. I do apologize for taking up bandwidth space on your server, but even without my manic episode, I would have found my way here - I love reading about health and diseases and such ever since my mother's stroke.
Anyway, I just thought I should post this and get it out of the way.
For all of you WITH ALS, I'll pray for you - it's the least I can do.
Much love,
Kamrian