Scaredwife
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Hello everyone,
I feel almost ashamed to post here, but my husband has recently been suffering from tongue twitches. He describes it as so: after intensive talking with clients at work, his tongue starts to feel 'thick' which makes him think he doesn't articulate properly. I did not notice anything out of the ordinary while talking to him, expect for him saying he can't talk properly because of this 'thick' feeling. Sometimes i feel like he has a lisp and his tongue seems to be more upfront (against his front teeth)
We also noticed some twitches in his tongue, but really hard to tell if they are actually twitches of just contractions. He also had a tremor on hit left side for 1 or 2 days. Meaning: if he put pressure on his left hand or the left side of his face, he would tremor. There is a difference in strength between left and right, but isn't that normal?
The feeling of a 'thick' tongue only seems to occure after intense talking or after having conversation with someone for a longer period of time (like 30 mins). He did have some pains on his chest a few months ago, those pains come and go. He is also experiencing some dizziness.
I know i might be a bit of a hypochondriac, but im literally so scared about him having ALS i have not been able to eat the past few days.
We did see a neurologist who told us she did nog see anything out of the ordinary. We made videos of his tongue twitches, she did not know if they were fasculations or not. She did not notice the strength difference between left and right.
Please excuse my English, since i'm from the Netherlands. Thank you so much for your time and making effort to read all of this.
Does this sound like ALS symptoms to you?
I feel almost ashamed to post here, but my husband has recently been suffering from tongue twitches. He describes it as so: after intensive talking with clients at work, his tongue starts to feel 'thick' which makes him think he doesn't articulate properly. I did not notice anything out of the ordinary while talking to him, expect for him saying he can't talk properly because of this 'thick' feeling. Sometimes i feel like he has a lisp and his tongue seems to be more upfront (against his front teeth)
We also noticed some twitches in his tongue, but really hard to tell if they are actually twitches of just contractions. He also had a tremor on hit left side for 1 or 2 days. Meaning: if he put pressure on his left hand or the left side of his face, he would tremor. There is a difference in strength between left and right, but isn't that normal?
The feeling of a 'thick' tongue only seems to occure after intense talking or after having conversation with someone for a longer period of time (like 30 mins). He did have some pains on his chest a few months ago, those pains come and go. He is also experiencing some dizziness.
I know i might be a bit of a hypochondriac, but im literally so scared about him having ALS i have not been able to eat the past few days.
We did see a neurologist who told us she did nog see anything out of the ordinary. We made videos of his tongue twitches, she did not know if they were fasculations or not. She did not notice the strength difference between left and right.
Please excuse my English, since i'm from the Netherlands. Thank you so much for your time and making effort to read all of this.
Does this sound like ALS symptoms to you?