planningguy
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I some questions regarding twitching, spasms and fasiculations. This is mostly inspired by trying to go for a run last night (dumb idea... made today miserable even with the Provigil to perk me up).
I have been experiencing muscle soreness throughout my entire body (That with the fatigue was one of the first things that clued me in that what I was experiencing needed more attention). If I hold a phone to my ear for too long, my arm gets sore. If I eat something too thick or that requires me to open my mouth too wide my jaw hurts. Stand on my tiptoes, my calves ache... you get the picture.
I really started hovering around the possibility of ALS when I began experiencing twitching in my bicep and calves (and now my back and jaw). I often hear, and I have used the term, twitching very loosely. Now I am starting to understand that not all twitches are the same. What I experience right now is like a type of muscle spasm, the muscle contracts (it almost feels like a throbbing pusle) a half dozen or so times, then stops. Fasiculations I guess are smaller finer twiches that almost wiggle under the skin. With the exception of my eye (which can be normal when experiencing stress), I don't think I am experiencing those.
I guess I'm starting to lose my own way in my post so I will summarize:
1. Are muscle spasms (when combined with soreness and weakness) possible symptoms of ALS?
2. Does muscle stiffness and soreness occur before, after, or simultaneously to experiencing weakness? Two of the people that I have spoken with friends and family members that had been diagnosed with ALS mentioned that the weakness (leg giving out from under them, tripping, etc) proceeded any soreness, cramping, or spasms.
3. Can the muscle soreness be constant?
4. What about a constant sensation of pressure, or a phone ring like vibration in the limbs?
5. Not as related but I am still curious, are swelling and poor circulation common in early stages? What about easy bruising, or indentation on the skin that doesn't go away easily?
Sigh... not trying to work myself up, but like I said, not the greatest of days.
Robert
I have been experiencing muscle soreness throughout my entire body (That with the fatigue was one of the first things that clued me in that what I was experiencing needed more attention). If I hold a phone to my ear for too long, my arm gets sore. If I eat something too thick or that requires me to open my mouth too wide my jaw hurts. Stand on my tiptoes, my calves ache... you get the picture.
I really started hovering around the possibility of ALS when I began experiencing twitching in my bicep and calves (and now my back and jaw). I often hear, and I have used the term, twitching very loosely. Now I am starting to understand that not all twitches are the same. What I experience right now is like a type of muscle spasm, the muscle contracts (it almost feels like a throbbing pusle) a half dozen or so times, then stops. Fasiculations I guess are smaller finer twiches that almost wiggle under the skin. With the exception of my eye (which can be normal when experiencing stress), I don't think I am experiencing those.
I guess I'm starting to lose my own way in my post so I will summarize:
1. Are muscle spasms (when combined with soreness and weakness) possible symptoms of ALS?
2. Does muscle stiffness and soreness occur before, after, or simultaneously to experiencing weakness? Two of the people that I have spoken with friends and family members that had been diagnosed with ALS mentioned that the weakness (leg giving out from under them, tripping, etc) proceeded any soreness, cramping, or spasms.
3. Can the muscle soreness be constant?
4. What about a constant sensation of pressure, or a phone ring like vibration in the limbs?
5. Not as related but I am still curious, are swelling and poor circulation common in early stages? What about easy bruising, or indentation on the skin that doesn't go away easily?
Sigh... not trying to work myself up, but like I said, not the greatest of days.
Robert