ShadowStorm
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- NY
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Hi everyone, so first I want to say I feel very sorry who goes through this horrible disease. I just have symptoms close to Als and just want to know from a professional who knows this disease if it is close to Als. I am 17 years old just turned, Caucasian.
My first symptoms were muscle twitching, it started from march and it is happening occasionally, lately it has stopped not fully but it is not twitching like before. I had twitches mostly on my right arm, my calf and lately abdomen muscles. Then it went away and I was relaxed for a little bit, then started my cramps, pain in my arms, legs. So I went to see a rheumatologist in April for my pain and she examined me she told me i look good and told me to wait for 3 months if any more symptoms appear. So i went home and i was relaxed for a week .
Then my hands started to feel heavy and got tired very quick. I knew this was from my sport but again my mind was focused on Als. This symptoms faded away too.
Not even 1 week ago from now i started to feel throat tension. I can swallow food and liquid but i feel like food gets stuck in my throat, my diaphragm or the thing under your chest i don't know what it is called hurts a little bit. I don't think i have slurred speech because when i talk i always ask the person who i am talking to if i speak funny or i have slurred speech and none of them thank god said no. I sometimes feel like i am slurring but that can be just me inside my head again. i am not American sorry.
My breathing is fine mostly, but what is bothering me is that i feel like like when i swallow my saliva it does not go down completely it just gets stuck in my throat and i need to swallow a couple of times for it to go down. And then i realized it can be from allergies so right at this moment i am taking allergy medication to see if it would help. My twitching is happening when i am sitting in front of my computer with the same position. My eyelid started to twitch too but just the eyelid at the moment. I have no one in my family that had Als so familial Als is out of the picture.
I don't have muscle atrophy, no weakness at all like none, the new symptoms are eyelid twitching, throat tension, saliva getting stuck in throat. Food also but not all the time, i can drink normally. Muscle twitching very very rarely.
My sleeping is very bad but i am trying to fix that now, i rarely drink water, my diet is not bad i think. I think i have health anxiety but of course my mind is somewhere else all the time because new symptoms arise every time. I am very very sorry for taking your time i know that you have met lot of people like me but i just want a simple opinion. Please respond when you can and tell me the whole truth please if there is something wrong with me. Again sorry for taking your time.
My first symptoms were muscle twitching, it started from march and it is happening occasionally, lately it has stopped not fully but it is not twitching like before. I had twitches mostly on my right arm, my calf and lately abdomen muscles. Then it went away and I was relaxed for a little bit, then started my cramps, pain in my arms, legs. So I went to see a rheumatologist in April for my pain and she examined me she told me i look good and told me to wait for 3 months if any more symptoms appear. So i went home and i was relaxed for a week .
Then my hands started to feel heavy and got tired very quick. I knew this was from my sport but again my mind was focused on Als. This symptoms faded away too.
Not even 1 week ago from now i started to feel throat tension. I can swallow food and liquid but i feel like food gets stuck in my throat, my diaphragm or the thing under your chest i don't know what it is called hurts a little bit. I don't think i have slurred speech because when i talk i always ask the person who i am talking to if i speak funny or i have slurred speech and none of them thank god said no. I sometimes feel like i am slurring but that can be just me inside my head again. i am not American sorry.
My breathing is fine mostly, but what is bothering me is that i feel like like when i swallow my saliva it does not go down completely it just gets stuck in my throat and i need to swallow a couple of times for it to go down. And then i realized it can be from allergies so right at this moment i am taking allergy medication to see if it would help. My twitching is happening when i am sitting in front of my computer with the same position. My eyelid started to twitch too but just the eyelid at the moment. I have no one in my family that had Als so familial Als is out of the picture.
I don't have muscle atrophy, no weakness at all like none, the new symptoms are eyelid twitching, throat tension, saliva getting stuck in throat. Food also but not all the time, i can drink normally. Muscle twitching very very rarely.
My sleeping is very bad but i am trying to fix that now, i rarely drink water, my diet is not bad i think. I think i have health anxiety but of course my mind is somewhere else all the time because new symptoms arise every time. I am very very sorry for taking your time i know that you have met lot of people like me but i just want a simple opinion. Please respond when you can and tell me the whole truth please if there is something wrong with me. Again sorry for taking your time.
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