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Hi. =]
A 20 year old from the UK here. I've had a some worrying symptoms over the past 6 months and I was just looking for some opinions from people who know what they're talking about.
About 6 months ago I noticed a twitch for about a week in my face that didn't go away. Eventually it disappeared, but within a couple of days I had a widespread onset of twitches. I was basically twitching everywhere. With a visit to the Dr's I was diagnosed with anxiety with virtually no questions asked. And admittedly I am quite an anxious person, but I do believe I amen't imagining these symptoms. Haven't been back to the doctors yet but I have an appointment and plan to ask for some proper testing.
Anyway, I noticed a week or two ago that my hands are looking excessively skinny. I am quite a skinny person but my hands have never been this thin, I'm sure of it.
I haven't had any noticeable weakness as far as I'm aware. Not sure if this is normal or not?
Yfrog - dsc00181j
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3610/dsc00184t.jpg - This is a normal place to have an indentation I know, but as you can see mines is a lot bigger than normal.
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/5455/dsc00183eo.jpg
Palms of hands - which are fine I think
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4407/dsc00187xb.jpg
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/7277/dsc00188q.jpg
I have more photos but as you can see they aren't particularly good quality.
Does this look like typical atrophy to anyone that posts here? I should mention that both hands are almost identical, is this typical of ALS or is the atrophy usually only on a single limb initially?
Thanks for taking time out to read this. Obviously alot of you have got alot more important stuff to be attending to so it's really appreciated that you've taken time to read/reply to this.
A 20 year old from the UK here. I've had a some worrying symptoms over the past 6 months and I was just looking for some opinions from people who know what they're talking about.
About 6 months ago I noticed a twitch for about a week in my face that didn't go away. Eventually it disappeared, but within a couple of days I had a widespread onset of twitches. I was basically twitching everywhere. With a visit to the Dr's I was diagnosed with anxiety with virtually no questions asked. And admittedly I am quite an anxious person, but I do believe I amen't imagining these symptoms. Haven't been back to the doctors yet but I have an appointment and plan to ask for some proper testing.
Anyway, I noticed a week or two ago that my hands are looking excessively skinny. I am quite a skinny person but my hands have never been this thin, I'm sure of it.
I haven't had any noticeable weakness as far as I'm aware. Not sure if this is normal or not?
Yfrog - dsc00181j
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3610/dsc00184t.jpg - This is a normal place to have an indentation I know, but as you can see mines is a lot bigger than normal.
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/5455/dsc00183eo.jpg
Palms of hands - which are fine I think
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4407/dsc00187xb.jpg
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/7277/dsc00188q.jpg
I have more photos but as you can see they aren't particularly good quality.
Does this look like typical atrophy to anyone that posts here? I should mention that both hands are almost identical, is this typical of ALS or is the atrophy usually only on a single limb initially?
Thanks for taking time out to read this. Obviously alot of you have got alot more important stuff to be attending to so it's really appreciated that you've taken time to read/reply to this.