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Hello,

First i should state that I did read the sticky so i know i have some statistics on my side. However:

I'm a 28 year old male, started having twitches all over my body 1 1/2 to 2 months ago. Legs, biceps, face, neck, buttcheeks. pretty much everywhere. It's normal for me to get facial twitches from time to time, but never had body twitches really. One day my bicep was even firing for several hours. I also have been feeling abnormally fatigued lately, not muscle fatigue but just full body exhaustion. Anyways, about a week or so ago, I noticed while going down some steps that my left leg felt heavier than my right. Since this happened I've been very concerned. I'm wondering if this could be clinical weakness. I haven't fallen or even really tripped but I feel like i have to lift my left left leg higher when stepping up on curbs. My foot itself isn't weak though, this feels like it's coming from my upper leg/thigh. I have an appointment with my PCP today and then the neurologist in 2 weeks. Does this sound like ALS?
 
If you read the sticky then you know we are going to say no it does not. Twitches and feeling
 
never had body twitches
I started getting body twitches at 25, now I'm 60. They're meaningless.

my bicep was even firing for several hours
When that happens, I consider it amusing.

full body exhaustion
Could be anything.

left leg felt heavier...could be clinical weakness
Nope. In ALS, when a muscle is affected, it totally fails.

Congratulations. You have no signs of ALS whatsoever.
 
thanks for both of your responses, and thank you Nikki even though i know some of the questions were in the sticky. I'm just very scared as I don't know why I'm feeling so down and out. My mind immediately went to ALS because the first google search for muscle twitches pulls that up. Google sucks. But I also have heard some stories of people saying their first sign something was wrong was twitching.
 
Blue honey, twitching alone and body-wide are NOT ALS symptoms.

Those who present with twitching early have other obvious symptoms that progress.

This is where people get worried about twitches as they seem to have trouble realising that twitches actually were not the tell tale symptom at all and were not diagnostic.

All the best as you work with your doctors and relax about ALS as we can't really tell you more than this, but your doctor can help you a lot now.
 
I read a statistic that only 5% of PALS present with twitching at onset. And never bodywide. Google brings you to that conclusion because fasciculations become more a symptom as the disease progresses and the motor neurons begin to die and misfire, for those who have been living with the disease for a long while. But not usually at onset. I think you can breathe easy, no ALS in my opinion.
 
This is taken from the post of a member who saw Dr Orla Hardiman a leading ALS specialist. "I asked her about contradictory information about fasics being a precursor of MND. Here is her answer 1. As you know, fasics are common in patients with MND. But we don't look for fascics to suspect MND, we look for weakness, atrophy or change in reflexes.2. Fasics themselves are no real indicator of MND or any other disease.3. In most cases, fasics are of benign origin.4. I have NEVER had a patient with BFS who progressed in MND. And I had a lots of MND (and BFS) patients in my clinical practice.5. In most cases PALS don't even notice fasics by themselves. Usually their spouse, or someone else is the first one who notice them."
 
i also forgot to mention that i feel a bit off balance as well
 
Sorry blue, you won't convince us by adding more feelings to your 'symptoms'.

You will do yourself a great favour now by staying away from the internet and letting your doctors do their job. You have had a good number of solid replies from very knowledgable members so please realise that is all this forum can give.

All the best
 
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