LucasBatman
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- Sep 13, 2021
- Messages
- 4
- Reason
- Learn about ALS
- Diagnosis
- 00/0000
- Country
- US
- State
- NY
- City
- Saratoga
Just being able to see people’s stories and responses has already helped me weed through so many of my concerns and I cannot explain how grateful I am for that but I still have a singular question. Around three weeks ago I had just left the gym and my lower right side chin and lip went numb. That lasted around two hours and then dissipated. I brushed it off as just a weird little disruption. Then fast forward about a week and a 1/2 later, I’m laying down for bed and once more my lower right chin and lip goes numb, this time lasting just a little longer than the first. Fast forward a week after that and I woke up at night to pain on my right side jaw and numbness once more on my right side chin and lower lip. But this time the numbness has not dissipated. It’s been numb for over a week now. My primary suggested I go to an oral surgeon assuming it had something to do with a tooth issue intercepting a nerve which relaxed me. Upon going to the oral surgeon however I was told he could see nothing wrong especially in the sense of disrupting any nerves, he also called what I was experiencing paresthesia (so not total
numbness but lack of some feeling as well I believe). He then recommended a CT/MRI of my skull and my primary obliged. So that should be taking place within the next couple weeks hopefully. But after visiting that oral surgeon I of course went to doctor Google because I wasn’t getting any answers and that just gave me worst case scenario after worst case scenario and brought up the possibility of ALS. This made me spiral and ever since that visit to the oral surgeon my anxiety has been through the roof leading to panic attacks, sleep deprivation, sleep paralysis, OCD obsession with the fact that I may now have ALS along with the fact that my body is now cramping and twitching just about everywhere for the past week. But no lack of strength as far as I can tell. I have seen a million posts on here of people freaking out and obsessing over symptoms that you pros do not deem as anything related to ALS, however I haven’t seen any forum posts that include chin paresthesia/numbness and whether or not that relates to ALS. Looking for some insight or even just another “No this is not ALS” so I can try to get back to living my life that I am very grateful for. I appreciate you all. Hope to hear from you soon.
numbness but lack of some feeling as well I believe). He then recommended a CT/MRI of my skull and my primary obliged. So that should be taking place within the next couple weeks hopefully. But after visiting that oral surgeon I of course went to doctor Google because I wasn’t getting any answers and that just gave me worst case scenario after worst case scenario and brought up the possibility of ALS. This made me spiral and ever since that visit to the oral surgeon my anxiety has been through the roof leading to panic attacks, sleep deprivation, sleep paralysis, OCD obsession with the fact that I may now have ALS along with the fact that my body is now cramping and twitching just about everywhere for the past week. But no lack of strength as far as I can tell. I have seen a million posts on here of people freaking out and obsessing over symptoms that you pros do not deem as anything related to ALS, however I haven’t seen any forum posts that include chin paresthesia/numbness and whether or not that relates to ALS. Looking for some insight or even just another “No this is not ALS” so I can try to get back to living my life that I am very grateful for. I appreciate you all. Hope to hear from you soon.