Stimpycat
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- Moorpark
Hi,
I've been searching the forum for symptoms similar to mine and haven't come across anything. My left limbs have a constant feeling of weakness and tightness. I feel it most in my bicep, forearm, hand, hamstring and foot. I don't notice it much when I'm moving around but when I'm still it is always there. I'm 38 and have felt it for probably 2 years now and it has become more noticeable over that time. I mentioned it once to my primary care doctor who said it was just anxiety. He gave me Xanax and I have been on different meds since then for anxiety. All the meds have helped other symptoms to varying degrees but nothing has changed the feeling on my left side.
I have other issues on my left side that seem to be unrelated based on what I've read: jaw stiffness (TMJ I figure) and pulsatile tinnitus.
I hate to bug everyone here and sound like a hypochondriac since I know ALS is rare and I'm on the younger side, etc. But having been diagnosed with a rare kidney/autoimmune disease that typically affects either young children or Asian males (I'm a Caucasian female), I tend to be quite cautious. The pulsatile tinnitus is also rare and I had to undergo several procedures and tests to rule out potentially serious causes but I had doctors initiating and guiding me through the process. I'm just concerned because my GP dismissed this so quickly as anxiety yet as different medications have eased various symptoms of anxiety, nothing has eased these feelings and they have gotten more noticeable.
Thank you and wishing you all the best!
Alison
I've been searching the forum for symptoms similar to mine and haven't come across anything. My left limbs have a constant feeling of weakness and tightness. I feel it most in my bicep, forearm, hand, hamstring and foot. I don't notice it much when I'm moving around but when I'm still it is always there. I'm 38 and have felt it for probably 2 years now and it has become more noticeable over that time. I mentioned it once to my primary care doctor who said it was just anxiety. He gave me Xanax and I have been on different meds since then for anxiety. All the meds have helped other symptoms to varying degrees but nothing has changed the feeling on my left side.
I have other issues on my left side that seem to be unrelated based on what I've read: jaw stiffness (TMJ I figure) and pulsatile tinnitus.
I hate to bug everyone here and sound like a hypochondriac since I know ALS is rare and I'm on the younger side, etc. But having been diagnosed with a rare kidney/autoimmune disease that typically affects either young children or Asian males (I'm a Caucasian female), I tend to be quite cautious. The pulsatile tinnitus is also rare and I had to undergo several procedures and tests to rule out potentially serious causes but I had doctors initiating and guiding me through the process. I'm just concerned because my GP dismissed this so quickly as anxiety yet as different medications have eased various symptoms of anxiety, nothing has eased these feelings and they have gotten more noticeable.
Thank you and wishing you all the best!
Alison