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I am a 17 yr old female and my symptoms started back in Decmeber 2020 when i was 16 years old.
It started when one night i randomlly started getting intense twitches all over my body. Evrey time i would lie on my sides i could feel them pumping intensely. This scared me but i brushed it of and thought it would eventually go away. They did not stop. The twitches continued, i had a blood test done and evreything came back normal. The doctor reassured me that it was nothing to be worried about and after lockdown lifted and schools opened back up my body would return to normal.
However as time progressed my twitching continued and i have been getting new symptoms. Such as feeling like ants are crawling on my body , feeling my face vibrating, my muscles have been involuntarly moving, sometimes a certain area will go stiff or i will get wierd tingly sensations. I have no muscle weakness but i am scared that this could be ALS, i dont know what to do and havent been able to get an appointment for months. It has been nearly 8 months and not a single day has gone by where i havent twitched. Some days it is worser than others and all these new symptoms are scaring me. Also after exercising or walking back from school when i sit down i feel like thousands of insects are crawling evreywhere on my skin. Its like my nerves are running around. When i press my fingers together i can see them pumping and moving. This is all so strange and i do not know what to do. I keep being told that it is anxiety but i am not anxious. Please help
All help will be appreciated. Thank you.
It started when one night i randomlly started getting intense twitches all over my body. Evrey time i would lie on my sides i could feel them pumping intensely. This scared me but i brushed it of and thought it would eventually go away. They did not stop. The twitches continued, i had a blood test done and evreything came back normal. The doctor reassured me that it was nothing to be worried about and after lockdown lifted and schools opened back up my body would return to normal.
However as time progressed my twitching continued and i have been getting new symptoms. Such as feeling like ants are crawling on my body , feeling my face vibrating, my muscles have been involuntarly moving, sometimes a certain area will go stiff or i will get wierd tingly sensations. I have no muscle weakness but i am scared that this could be ALS, i dont know what to do and havent been able to get an appointment for months. It has been nearly 8 months and not a single day has gone by where i havent twitched. Some days it is worser than others and all these new symptoms are scaring me. Also after exercising or walking back from school when i sit down i feel like thousands of insects are crawling evreywhere on my skin. Its like my nerves are running around. When i press my fingers together i can see them pumping and moving. This is all so strange and i do not know what to do. I keep being told that it is anxiety but i am not anxious. Please help
All help will be appreciated. Thank you.