Matthew Hatchet
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- May 16, 2022
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- Learn about ALS
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- FL
- City
- Cape Coral
Hello, I am an 18 year old male who has high anxiety and a panic disorder. I am turning 19 in June and I’m personally terrified that I have ALS after watching the movie “Father Stu”. As silly as it may sound, let me elaborate as to why I’m petrified that I have ALS despite my age.
Muscle Weakness? Or Muscle Fatigue?
For the past couple days my arm has felt weird or unusual, when I lift up heavy objects then they don’t usually feel heavy but my right arm just constantly feels tired or needing rest. I can’t afford to since I’m a bagger and I constantly grab carts for my job. Now I’ve felt this kind of sensation before but now that I think about it, it freaks me out. It doesn’t feel weaker, it feels tired. Something else I did notice was that when I apply too much pressure to my arm in a certain way then my right arm will hurt or sting a bit.
Twitching
I’ve also had twitching for a while, if anything I wanna say a long time. I’ve always thought that twitching was just a normal thing that occurs in the body. My twitches are scattered across most of my body and depending on how freaked out I am, a muscle will twitch. The very bizarre thing is that once I’m off of work and lying down, my body practically deflated out twitches all over my body. But the thing that concerns me the most is that my right pinky twitches the most and can even occur when I just apply some pressure to it or that hand. But sometimes I’ll go a long time before it happens again.
I have a strong grip and I can still punch like hell, I can lift things without struggling right straining but my arm gets tired easily and I’ve been experiencing twitches along my body, my pinky especially and I’m extremely exhausted all the time.. I blame that on the anxiety though, along with a good percentage of the twitching. I do not struggle buttoning my shirt or writing though. Nor do I experience muscle cramps or full blown muscle spasms. I’m going to the doctor soon to see what they think and if they think it’ll even be worth getting those super expensive tests done or talk to a psychiatrist.
(A personal bonus however is that I believed that I had Dementia at my ripeful age even though it was unheard of for someone under 20 to have it. So I’m hoping this is another case of me having insane health anxiety that’s been making my body twitch wildly and my arm being simply tired at the wrong time and place.)
Muscle Weakness? Or Muscle Fatigue?
For the past couple days my arm has felt weird or unusual, when I lift up heavy objects then they don’t usually feel heavy but my right arm just constantly feels tired or needing rest. I can’t afford to since I’m a bagger and I constantly grab carts for my job. Now I’ve felt this kind of sensation before but now that I think about it, it freaks me out. It doesn’t feel weaker, it feels tired. Something else I did notice was that when I apply too much pressure to my arm in a certain way then my right arm will hurt or sting a bit.
Twitching
I’ve also had twitching for a while, if anything I wanna say a long time. I’ve always thought that twitching was just a normal thing that occurs in the body. My twitches are scattered across most of my body and depending on how freaked out I am, a muscle will twitch. The very bizarre thing is that once I’m off of work and lying down, my body practically deflated out twitches all over my body. But the thing that concerns me the most is that my right pinky twitches the most and can even occur when I just apply some pressure to it or that hand. But sometimes I’ll go a long time before it happens again.
I have a strong grip and I can still punch like hell, I can lift things without struggling right straining but my arm gets tired easily and I’ve been experiencing twitches along my body, my pinky especially and I’m extremely exhausted all the time.. I blame that on the anxiety though, along with a good percentage of the twitching. I do not struggle buttoning my shirt or writing though. Nor do I experience muscle cramps or full blown muscle spasms. I’m going to the doctor soon to see what they think and if they think it’ll even be worth getting those super expensive tests done or talk to a psychiatrist.
(A personal bonus however is that I believed that I had Dementia at my ripeful age even though it was unheard of for someone under 20 to have it. So I’m hoping this is another case of me having insane health anxiety that’s been making my body twitch wildly and my arm being simply tired at the wrong time and place.)