DCreary
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- FL
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- Tampa
Hello, first I am embarrassed that I am to this point that I am looking on Google for answers.
A couple of months ago I was coming off medication that I was having a bad reaction to. During that process I had insomnia. I tried everything to go to sleep but nothing worked. In January I made the mistake of taking a pill for anxiety and later that night I tried some THC oil to see if that would help me sleep (please don't judge me I was desperate to sleep and was not in my right mind). I had a terrible experience and felt like my brain was on fire and my body was overstimulated that night. I felt like I broke my brian that night. Not sure if the pill and the oil counteracted with each other. A month after that experience I started to have twitching in both arms/legs, feet, neck and back. I told my primary care doctor what happened and the symptoms I was having two months after that experience. She said that she doesn't believe I could have hurt myself that night but ordered an EMG and MRI.
I took the EMG early March and it was clean and the MRI was good also. Since I was sleeping again I thought everything would go back to normal. The symptoms unfortunately got worst. The twitching did not stop, my neck was very stiff, I feel cramping in both tights and calf. Recently I feel like it harder to swallow food. My primary care referred me to a neurologist, and the neurologist requested for me to get another EMG at the end of April.
I read the post about twitching is not the main sign but I have a couple of questions, if someone can help.
Can twitching be an initial sign of ALS?
How long should you wait after your first symptoms to get an EMG?
What is the best way to test for swallowing difficulties to see if it's related to ALS?
Thanks
A couple of months ago I was coming off medication that I was having a bad reaction to. During that process I had insomnia. I tried everything to go to sleep but nothing worked. In January I made the mistake of taking a pill for anxiety and later that night I tried some THC oil to see if that would help me sleep (please don't judge me I was desperate to sleep and was not in my right mind). I had a terrible experience and felt like my brain was on fire and my body was overstimulated that night. I felt like I broke my brian that night. Not sure if the pill and the oil counteracted with each other. A month after that experience I started to have twitching in both arms/legs, feet, neck and back. I told my primary care doctor what happened and the symptoms I was having two months after that experience. She said that she doesn't believe I could have hurt myself that night but ordered an EMG and MRI.
I took the EMG early March and it was clean and the MRI was good also. Since I was sleeping again I thought everything would go back to normal. The symptoms unfortunately got worst. The twitching did not stop, my neck was very stiff, I feel cramping in both tights and calf. Recently I feel like it harder to swallow food. My primary care referred me to a neurologist, and the neurologist requested for me to get another EMG at the end of April.
I read the post about twitching is not the main sign but I have a couple of questions, if someone can help.
Can twitching be an initial sign of ALS?
How long should you wait after your first symptoms to get an EMG?
What is the best way to test for swallowing difficulties to see if it's related to ALS?
Thanks