Hello, first of all thank you for letting me join this forum.
I’ve been dealing with some symptoms in the last month and I wanted to ask your opinnion about it. I’m 40.
For some time I had some numbness in my hands, legs and upper lip so I had an appointment with neuro to see if something happened.
Neuro told me not to worry and asked for an MRI on Feb 1st.
On Feb 2nd I had lots of events through the day and at night I felt soreness in my legs.
That soreness didn’t dissappeared and on Feb 4th, after a long day, I started twitching and ha OMG little cramps so much I couldn’t alero so well.
That week was a little nightmare, lots of stiffness, twitching (specially in legs, calfs and arms) and I started notice I’ve lost some hability in doing things with my right (dominant) hand, specially with the ring and pinky finger. I googleized my symptoms and the word “ALS” appeared all the way.
I felt so bad on Feb 9th I went to the hospital and after a blood test (with CK level ok) and some basic tests they sent me home saying it was all due to anxiety.
On Feb 11th I went to my 2nd appointment with the neuro. He told me the craneal MRI was ok. I told him about the new symptoms and my fears about having ALS. He made some test on my feet and tried to see the twitching hitting here and there. He couldn’t see it, told me to forget about ALS and prescript me alprazolam for the next weeks. I asked him about if an EMG was needed but he said “no, it’s anxiety, you don’t have ALS”.
Symptoms stayed with me until the 3rd appointment with neuro, on March 4th. I told him I had less twitching but that symptoms stayed. He told me not to worry again and prescripted me vortioxetine, an antidepressant. Told me as well to take alprazolam only at night.
All the symptoms stay there, sometimes I feel that it’s hard to speak as well. And yesterday I took some bags with my right arm and I had spasticity and pain on my biceps, leaving my arm with a 90 degrees angle. Some hours later my arm is more or less ok again but stills aching. I have pain on arms, legs, fingers, shoulders... I feel little cramps on my feet and legs. And twitching keeps there on my legs and my right arm now.
I am so worried about ALS, I want to have a new appointment with neuro and ask about doing an EMG, but I’m so afraid now. If some of you can tuve me some advice.
I’ve been dealing with some symptoms in the last month and I wanted to ask your opinnion about it. I’m 40.
For some time I had some numbness in my hands, legs and upper lip so I had an appointment with neuro to see if something happened.
Neuro told me not to worry and asked for an MRI on Feb 1st.
On Feb 2nd I had lots of events through the day and at night I felt soreness in my legs.
That soreness didn’t dissappeared and on Feb 4th, after a long day, I started twitching and ha OMG little cramps so much I couldn’t alero so well.
That week was a little nightmare, lots of stiffness, twitching (specially in legs, calfs and arms) and I started notice I’ve lost some hability in doing things with my right (dominant) hand, specially with the ring and pinky finger. I googleized my symptoms and the word “ALS” appeared all the way.
I felt so bad on Feb 9th I went to the hospital and after a blood test (with CK level ok) and some basic tests they sent me home saying it was all due to anxiety.
On Feb 11th I went to my 2nd appointment with the neuro. He told me the craneal MRI was ok. I told him about the new symptoms and my fears about having ALS. He made some test on my feet and tried to see the twitching hitting here and there. He couldn’t see it, told me to forget about ALS and prescript me alprazolam for the next weeks. I asked him about if an EMG was needed but he said “no, it’s anxiety, you don’t have ALS”.
Symptoms stayed with me until the 3rd appointment with neuro, on March 4th. I told him I had less twitching but that symptoms stayed. He told me not to worry again and prescripted me vortioxetine, an antidepressant. Told me as well to take alprazolam only at night.
All the symptoms stay there, sometimes I feel that it’s hard to speak as well. And yesterday I took some bags with my right arm and I had spasticity and pain on my biceps, leaving my arm with a 90 degrees angle. Some hours later my arm is more or less ok again but stills aching. I have pain on arms, legs, fingers, shoulders... I feel little cramps on my feet and legs. And twitching keeps there on my legs and my right arm now.
I am so worried about ALS, I want to have a new appointment with neuro and ask about doing an EMG, but I’m so afraid now. If some of you can tuve me some advice.
