Chloemade
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- Learn about ALS
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- KY
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- Bowling Green
Hi everyone! I’m a 21 year old female. I’ve been down the rabbit hole of thinking I have ALS for about 2 years now. It first started with muscle fasciculations over my whole body. I was twitching every day in most of my muscles. I went to see my PCP who told me it was just anxiety and prescribed me lexapro. I started taking it and tried to relax.
My twitching got so much better, but then I started noticing something weird with my foot. It felt numb sort of like pins and needles. It slowly traveled up my whole leg. Now I feel it from the top of my butt all the way down to my foot on my right leg. Now it isn’t so much a pins and needles feeling but just a weird numb feeling. It sort of feels like the leg isn’t mine. I can still walk and use it, but I do notice that it fatigues A LOT faster than my other leg if I’m working out.
I went to see a neuro who did a brain MRI which was clear. He told me I was fine and the weakness was in my head and did no further testing. It’s been a year and I still feel this strange feeling in my leg. I have no idea what it could be besides ALS and it’s driving me crazy. I thought maybe sciatica but I have no pain really just a weird feeling. I’ve been trying to find some more people on here that have this weird one sided leg problem but I can’t really seem to find anyone. I know I’m young but I’m wondering if I’m the exception and I’m incredibly scared. Thoughts? Advice? Thanks so much!
My twitching got so much better, but then I started noticing something weird with my foot. It felt numb sort of like pins and needles. It slowly traveled up my whole leg. Now I feel it from the top of my butt all the way down to my foot on my right leg. Now it isn’t so much a pins and needles feeling but just a weird numb feeling. It sort of feels like the leg isn’t mine. I can still walk and use it, but I do notice that it fatigues A LOT faster than my other leg if I’m working out.
I went to see a neuro who did a brain MRI which was clear. He told me I was fine and the weakness was in my head and did no further testing. It’s been a year and I still feel this strange feeling in my leg. I have no idea what it could be besides ALS and it’s driving me crazy. I thought maybe sciatica but I have no pain really just a weird feeling. I’ve been trying to find some more people on here that have this weird one sided leg problem but I can’t really seem to find anyone. I know I’m young but I’m wondering if I’m the exception and I’m incredibly scared. Thoughts? Advice? Thanks so much!
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