Faraday
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- Dec 31, 2020
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- Learn about ALS
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- Creteil
Greetings,
First of all, I am most sorry for intruding, and letting anxiety get the better of myself, but if any of you can bring me peace, or comfort me in pursuing a potential diagnostic, I would be most appreciative of it!
I am a 25 years old man, living in France.
I have had a long history of anxiety, and hypochondria, so this might not be any different from all the other times, but still.
about a week/10 days ago, I noticed, out of nowhere, that I was almost unable to use my little toe on my right foot. It would barely respond. I instantly feared the worst.
a doctor tested me on the very same day for other signs of weakness, but other than that, there was nothing.
Over the next 2/3 days, my toe regained its strength, and now seems fully functional again. I tried to put it on the account that I somewhat hurt my foot by walking in unfitting footwear on that day, but my anxiety keeps gnawing at me.
However, I have begun to feel cramping/pain into my right feet, which quickly went up to my knee the next day or so. I especially feel a burning sensation when it is at rest (however, it does seem to go away while I sleep). Furthermore, while it might /entirely/ be me being nevrotic over the whole thing (I have barely eaten in the last 5 days, due to the anxiety. I simply could not stop myself from looking at more and more ALS documentation...), I could not help but notice my right feet/leg being slightly less muscular than the left.
I am still able to walk normally, although I am extremely obsessed about any potential anomaly that might arise.
I do have twitches in said right foot as well, although they also appear at other locations on occasion.
I went to a doctor again, who saw absolutely nothing wrong in my clinical strength, but I keep having the fear of my toe not responding again...
could this be ALS?
Thank you very much for any given answer! <3
First of all, I am most sorry for intruding, and letting anxiety get the better of myself, but if any of you can bring me peace, or comfort me in pursuing a potential diagnostic, I would be most appreciative of it!
I am a 25 years old man, living in France.
I have had a long history of anxiety, and hypochondria, so this might not be any different from all the other times, but still.
about a week/10 days ago, I noticed, out of nowhere, that I was almost unable to use my little toe on my right foot. It would barely respond. I instantly feared the worst.
a doctor tested me on the very same day for other signs of weakness, but other than that, there was nothing.
Over the next 2/3 days, my toe regained its strength, and now seems fully functional again. I tried to put it on the account that I somewhat hurt my foot by walking in unfitting footwear on that day, but my anxiety keeps gnawing at me.
However, I have begun to feel cramping/pain into my right feet, which quickly went up to my knee the next day or so. I especially feel a burning sensation when it is at rest (however, it does seem to go away while I sleep). Furthermore, while it might /entirely/ be me being nevrotic over the whole thing (I have barely eaten in the last 5 days, due to the anxiety. I simply could not stop myself from looking at more and more ALS documentation...), I could not help but notice my right feet/leg being slightly less muscular than the left.
I am still able to walk normally, although I am extremely obsessed about any potential anomaly that might arise.
I do have twitches in said right foot as well, although they also appear at other locations on occasion.
I went to a doctor again, who saw absolutely nothing wrong in my clinical strength, but I keep having the fear of my toe not responding again...
could this be ALS?
Thank you very much for any given answer! <3
