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This week is a particularly troubling week for me, with many distressing symptoms. First there was difficulty breathing. Monday night, after having eaten more than I needed, I started having apnea when lying down. The thing is I waited a few hours before going to bed to minimize discomfort from a full stomach, but still had apnea. I mean I lyed down, and I relaxed so much, that I forgot to breathe and then I jumped out to brreathee fresh air. This has happened other times in the past though, but it happened once or twice. Now I had many such attacks. The next day was better, though I had symptoms even in waking, which I never otherwise had. I mean when I laid still and relaxed too much, I got again the same stopping of breathing. The second night the sleep was normal, but for the other four days I had such attacks, or just pulpitations without full apnea attacks. I had other symptoms of apnea such as waking often at night to pee or waking up too early. Sleep apnea is something I probably have anyway. A deviated septum and excess weight worsen the problem. But rarely I have experienced so severe symptoms.
At day the situation wasn't good. Even if I had a small nasal block I started experiencing shortness of breath. I felt a pressure sensation at the diaphragm and a tingling sensation sometimes, and also a feeling of material in the airway when inhaling deeply.
Yesterday Satturday the start of the sleep was normal, but when I woke up early in the morning I had trouble sleeping again because of pulpitations/difficulty t breathe.
Also from yesterday night I started getting right arm weakness and fasciculations all over my body. The fasciculations can appear in the limbs, hands, feet, fingers, belly, chest or even lips, nose and jaw muscles. I get them when reasting or before sleep or at random times. That is very distressing and worrying.
Today when I woke up I was in a better state to describe the arm weakness. The arm feels heavier than the contraleteral arm, objects seem heavier, but it can perform the basic tasks. Usually I don't have any lack of coordination when typing, although if I am in a hurry I might have. I am left handed and this arm and I can move the index and middle finger quite fast. I noticed that sometimes if I move these particular fingers while stretched they may fatigue, but still they move quickly if I have them somewhat curled. When I exercise the arm even a little, I feel a burning/fatiguing sensation particularly at the base of the arm at the sholder. Even at rest the arm feels lighter and maybe slightly tingly.
Also I noticed muscle atrophy. The left arm was my strongest, but now that I palpated my sholder I noticed that the left sholder is mostly embedded in muscle, and I can palpate the bones clearly when the arm is stretched in front of me, while in the right arm it is much easier to palpate the bones of the sholder.
I hope this is not ALS. Attacks of weakness mostly at the same arm were noticed in the past, also in the legs sometimes. But they were shorter in duration. I hope at least I have a Chiari malformation or something similar more benign. I don't know what to do. I am very worried, cry all the time, get upset with everyone and everything with no reason and hurt people by talking bad to them, and now that I am typing this I again got some fasciculations which alarm me.
What do you think?
At day the situation wasn't good. Even if I had a small nasal block I started experiencing shortness of breath. I felt a pressure sensation at the diaphragm and a tingling sensation sometimes, and also a feeling of material in the airway when inhaling deeply.
Yesterday Satturday the start of the sleep was normal, but when I woke up early in the morning I had trouble sleeping again because of pulpitations/difficulty t breathe.
Also from yesterday night I started getting right arm weakness and fasciculations all over my body. The fasciculations can appear in the limbs, hands, feet, fingers, belly, chest or even lips, nose and jaw muscles. I get them when reasting or before sleep or at random times. That is very distressing and worrying.
Today when I woke up I was in a better state to describe the arm weakness. The arm feels heavier than the contraleteral arm, objects seem heavier, but it can perform the basic tasks. Usually I don't have any lack of coordination when typing, although if I am in a hurry I might have. I am left handed and this arm and I can move the index and middle finger quite fast. I noticed that sometimes if I move these particular fingers while stretched they may fatigue, but still they move quickly if I have them somewhat curled. When I exercise the arm even a little, I feel a burning/fatiguing sensation particularly at the base of the arm at the sholder. Even at rest the arm feels lighter and maybe slightly tingly.
Also I noticed muscle atrophy. The left arm was my strongest, but now that I palpated my sholder I noticed that the left sholder is mostly embedded in muscle, and I can palpate the bones clearly when the arm is stretched in front of me, while in the right arm it is much easier to palpate the bones of the sholder.
I hope this is not ALS. Attacks of weakness mostly at the same arm were noticed in the past, also in the legs sometimes. But they were shorter in duration. I hope at least I have a Chiari malformation or something similar more benign. I don't know what to do. I am very worried, cry all the time, get upset with everyone and everything with no reason and hurt people by talking bad to them, and now that I am typing this I again got some fasciculations which alarm me.
What do you think?