hinomiko16
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- May 5, 2006
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- PALS
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- Tolland
Hi everyone, I hope this is the right place to post this.
I am an 18 year old female. Around December, I started feeling a strange weakness in my legs and arms, but I ignored it thinking it would go away. Well, it hasn't, and maybe 2 months ago I started having these weird twitches everywhere (like a small pulsation that lasts a couple seconds and then disappears), such as hands, legs, face, stomach. Soon after I felt like I was having trouble gripping my pencil in class. A couple days ago I noticed that my tongue feels kind of thick and I feel like I'm having trouble forming words.
I finally looked up all these symptoms and they all seem to point to ALS. I have been to my doctor about it, and she immediately wrote it off to anxiety. I insisted on a neuro appointment, which is in two weeks, but I'm driving myself insane over worry about this. Can anyone tell me if my fears are rational?
~Megan
I am an 18 year old female. Around December, I started feeling a strange weakness in my legs and arms, but I ignored it thinking it would go away. Well, it hasn't, and maybe 2 months ago I started having these weird twitches everywhere (like a small pulsation that lasts a couple seconds and then disappears), such as hands, legs, face, stomach. Soon after I felt like I was having trouble gripping my pencil in class. A couple days ago I noticed that my tongue feels kind of thick and I feel like I'm having trouble forming words.
I finally looked up all these symptoms and they all seem to point to ALS. I have been to my doctor about it, and she immediately wrote it off to anxiety. I insisted on a neuro appointment, which is in two weeks, but I'm driving myself insane over worry about this. Can anyone tell me if my fears are rational?
~Megan