Todd_80
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Hi all - I’ve been lurking the forum for a few months now and would appreciate some advise. In November 2021 I started experiencing the following symptoms: temple headaches waking me up at night, muscle twitching in both legs and left arm (several hundred times a day), fatigue, feelings of weakness in both quads, AWFUL brain fog that has made work a nightmare, stomach discomfort/nausea that worsens at night. These have persisted for the last four months with no sign of regression.
Long story short, I’ve seen my GP and Neuro. The following tests have come back clean: Physical exam by the neuro, brain MRI, Spine MRI, Brain MRA, bloodwork and EMG/NCS. The doctor who performed my EMG said he could see plenty of twitching but that it wasn’t the “scary kind”.
The doctors said they don’t suspect MND, which I accept. However, I cannot get any kind of definitive answer when I ask them for possible explanations. What diseases mimic ALS that would not have shown up in my testing?
Long story short, I’ve seen my GP and Neuro. The following tests have come back clean: Physical exam by the neuro, brain MRI, Spine MRI, Brain MRA, bloodwork and EMG/NCS. The doctor who performed my EMG said he could see plenty of twitching but that it wasn’t the “scary kind”.
The doctors said they don’t suspect MND, which I accept. However, I cannot get any kind of definitive answer when I ask them for possible explanations. What diseases mimic ALS that would not have shown up in my testing?