jusarn4299
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Hey All,
So I am a 32 year old male that isn't extremely in shape, but good enough i would say. I have had pretty apparent general anxiety issues for about 12 years now. I used to have bad panic attacks, but over the years I have learned to cope with them.
I just recently got over COVID about a month ago and was where the symptoms first came to my attention. My two calves were just firing off tons of muscle spasms which I had never experienced before. They kind of went away after a few days or so but now that i am in the recovering phase, they seem to be coming back and manifesting randomly throughout the day (not as bad as when I first had COVID) but still happening. Now that I have noticed them I am noticing spasms more so in the: thigh as well now, in buttocks area sometimes, left back sometimes, and right hand once in a blue moon.
I don't see any signs of muscle waste or atrophy or anything. I am getting cramping like pain in some of the affected areas I just listed but they come and go as well. The only thing I can say I had prior to the spasms was sometimes I would get like pricking pain randomly in calves and thighs, and also some days I would experience pins and needles sensations in my lower body from waist down. Also sometimes when I wear long pants my legs are super sensitive to the clothing touching them as I walk, and this sometimes happens in my upper body as well. Sometimes the pins and needles would be from neck down but mostly in extremities.
But the spasms are a new thing I am experiencing, and of course I go straight to Dr. Google for reassurance just to find MND's like ALS which has brought me here. I am worried about it and just trying to get some insight from you guys. Should I see a doctor about this? Can you get spasms as a first symptom before it progresses and gets worse like to the point of muscle wasting clinical weakness and atrophy. I have also thought with the pins and needles I have had for years may be MS or something but idk? Just trying to get some advice and help!
Thanks,
Justin
So I am a 32 year old male that isn't extremely in shape, but good enough i would say. I have had pretty apparent general anxiety issues for about 12 years now. I used to have bad panic attacks, but over the years I have learned to cope with them.
I just recently got over COVID about a month ago and was where the symptoms first came to my attention. My two calves were just firing off tons of muscle spasms which I had never experienced before. They kind of went away after a few days or so but now that i am in the recovering phase, they seem to be coming back and manifesting randomly throughout the day (not as bad as when I first had COVID) but still happening. Now that I have noticed them I am noticing spasms more so in the: thigh as well now, in buttocks area sometimes, left back sometimes, and right hand once in a blue moon.
I don't see any signs of muscle waste or atrophy or anything. I am getting cramping like pain in some of the affected areas I just listed but they come and go as well. The only thing I can say I had prior to the spasms was sometimes I would get like pricking pain randomly in calves and thighs, and also some days I would experience pins and needles sensations in my lower body from waist down. Also sometimes when I wear long pants my legs are super sensitive to the clothing touching them as I walk, and this sometimes happens in my upper body as well. Sometimes the pins and needles would be from neck down but mostly in extremities.
But the spasms are a new thing I am experiencing, and of course I go straight to Dr. Google for reassurance just to find MND's like ALS which has brought me here. I am worried about it and just trying to get some insight from you guys. Should I see a doctor about this? Can you get spasms as a first symptom before it progresses and gets worse like to the point of muscle wasting clinical weakness and atrophy. I have also thought with the pins and needles I have had for years may be MS or something but idk? Just trying to get some advice and help!
Thanks,
Justin
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