Kornhauser123
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Hi! I hope all of you don’t take any of my questions the wrong way, any answers would be more than appreciated. I am 20 year old healthy male, about 2 years ago I had a very big concern and hypochondriac episode thinking I had ALS (it was all stupid and me being a hypochondriac) well now I have a feeling karma may have caught up with me.
About 14 days ago I was lifting a couch and my left hand cramped up, I couldn’t use it AT ALL. I was scared of a stroke so I went to the hospital. Nothing. My left arm weakness went away slightly (still tired but I was very able to use it, the worst was my grip) then fast forward 8 days ago, I went bowling . I played 5 full games so that’s a lot I know, but same thing happened now with my right arm, had no grip strength and it cramped up severely.
Fast forward like 6 days (2 days ago) it hadn’t gone away at all and my grip strength was bad again on the right hand, and slightly weak on the left hand still but much better. I’ve also started noticing twitches all over 24/7, and I’ve noticed some tongue weakness but no tongue twitching. I got an EMG and he said all was good everywhere, other than my ulnar nerve on my right arm was responding slow to the shocks, indicating some sort of damage. That combined with the recent tongue weakness I’m feeling and the still minimal grip strength on my right hand has me SO SCARED.
Can anyone please help me as to wether this is just me being a hypochondriac? Or does this sound like the beginning of ALS, the one thing making me feel a little better is I know als usually starts in 1 hand and transfers to the other (or leg) in several weeks or so, while my weakness started about 3 days after the original couch incident in the other arm, so is all of this moving too fast and I’m being way too scared about it because ALS wouldn’t progress from hand to other hand and then tongue all in a 14 day span? So sorry for the long message but I have not been sleeping at all and have been finding it hard to get into a neurologist, just had the EMG done at a neuro testing site. Thanks so much in advance for any help u may be able to give.
About 14 days ago I was lifting a couch and my left hand cramped up, I couldn’t use it AT ALL. I was scared of a stroke so I went to the hospital. Nothing. My left arm weakness went away slightly (still tired but I was very able to use it, the worst was my grip) then fast forward 8 days ago, I went bowling . I played 5 full games so that’s a lot I know, but same thing happened now with my right arm, had no grip strength and it cramped up severely.
Fast forward like 6 days (2 days ago) it hadn’t gone away at all and my grip strength was bad again on the right hand, and slightly weak on the left hand still but much better. I’ve also started noticing twitches all over 24/7, and I’ve noticed some tongue weakness but no tongue twitching. I got an EMG and he said all was good everywhere, other than my ulnar nerve on my right arm was responding slow to the shocks, indicating some sort of damage. That combined with the recent tongue weakness I’m feeling and the still minimal grip strength on my right hand has me SO SCARED.
Can anyone please help me as to wether this is just me being a hypochondriac? Or does this sound like the beginning of ALS, the one thing making me feel a little better is I know als usually starts in 1 hand and transfers to the other (or leg) in several weeks or so, while my weakness started about 3 days after the original couch incident in the other arm, so is all of this moving too fast and I’m being way too scared about it because ALS wouldn’t progress from hand to other hand and then tongue all in a 14 day span? So sorry for the long message but I have not been sleeping at all and have been finding it hard to get into a neurologist, just had the EMG done at a neuro testing site. Thanks so much in advance for any help u may be able to give.
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