Cupcake89
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- Learn about ALS
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- Country
- CA
- State
- BC
- City
- Maple Ridge
Hi everyone,
I am a 33 year old mom of two.
On May.20.2022 it started with a muscle fasciculation on my face. Right below the corner of my mouth on the left side. I have it on video, it looks like a little snake moving under my skin. It never stops!
After a week my doctor prescribed 4 different medications (2 were muscle relaxers) but nothing helped! Then he told me to get botox to freeze the muscle.. botox didnt work.
After 3 weeks of this non stop, the fasciculation begin to spread.
My left cheek is twitching, my jaw is twitching and my neck is stiff on the left side. It was so bad that i didnt sleep for 3 days and went to the hospital. It felt like i was vibrating infernally on my left side of neck and cheek.
They only did a blood test and everything came back normal.
Now i feel twitching in my arms, abs, hands, calfs, knees, feet and left middle toe. I have never in my life had a twitch before. Not even after working out or having too much caffein.
My left arm is weaker as well.
Im worried sick I have ALS. ( i tried to look for natural ways to stop the twitching on google, none of the common reasons are causing it.. so ALS keeps popping up) This is a very scary disease and the fact that I have add/anxiety doesn’t help either.
Still waiting for neurology to call and the “waiting game” is killing me. I keep waiting to wake up and have these symptoms disappear but they just keep getting worse.
Thank you for any advice
I am a 33 year old mom of two.
On May.20.2022 it started with a muscle fasciculation on my face. Right below the corner of my mouth on the left side. I have it on video, it looks like a little snake moving under my skin. It never stops!
After a week my doctor prescribed 4 different medications (2 were muscle relaxers) but nothing helped! Then he told me to get botox to freeze the muscle.. botox didnt work.
After 3 weeks of this non stop, the fasciculation begin to spread.
My left cheek is twitching, my jaw is twitching and my neck is stiff on the left side. It was so bad that i didnt sleep for 3 days and went to the hospital. It felt like i was vibrating infernally on my left side of neck and cheek.
They only did a blood test and everything came back normal.
Now i feel twitching in my arms, abs, hands, calfs, knees, feet and left middle toe. I have never in my life had a twitch before. Not even after working out or having too much caffein.
My left arm is weaker as well.
Im worried sick I have ALS. ( i tried to look for natural ways to stop the twitching on google, none of the common reasons are causing it.. so ALS keeps popping up) This is a very scary disease and the fact that I have add/anxiety doesn’t help either.
Still waiting for neurology to call and the “waiting game” is killing me. I keep waiting to wake up and have these symptoms disappear but they just keep getting worse.
Thank you for any advice