Gog13 2 Posted March 27, 2021 Hi there...i'm sorry if i posted in the wrong place im kinda new to all of this...so im gonna try to be as detailed as i can mb somone that knows what im going through could give me some reassuring...so it all started about four months ago with after a verry and i mean horrible stressful month i've experienced some depression/anxiety ...but well i've always been anxious so i coped with it no problem ....now after n years eve i've had some sort of throat pain ...the kind you get while getting cold...now as i said before i've had episodes of huge health related anxiety before in my life with panic attacks and all that stuff but i went over it. Now i made the stupid decision to check the internet for different diseases and let me tell you guys it all went south pretty fast. In the past four months in my mind if had from liver to pancreas cancer to ms and als....now im pretty stuck on als and let me tell you why ...after that throat pain that went away pretty fast i've developed some kind of irritable bowel or smth due to stress...like nausea while esting everything and stuff and it just made me even more scared...for like 2 weeks i was convinced i was going to die because of liver cancer because my stomach was making non stop sounds and alot of gas and stuff...i was a ruin ...couldn't eat for like a week.. couldn't sleep ...everything seemed to be over for me i was already dead from what i taught. Now after going to the doctor he got a doppler abd everything he said im fine some fat on the liver bmnothing too tragic...well now that went away...and now starts the real deal. Like 2 months ago after a 6 km walk i came home and i noticed that my feet are pretty tight...you know the usual muscular fever...but something else was happening ...it was like little balloons popping in my calves, witch went away in like 1 week...from that point on i've noticed that my muscles are twitching especially in my feet now ,i've had a spot near the knee before but thosd stopped...but i twitch throughout my whole body...like i stay in bed and suddenly a muscle in my forearm fires for like 10 seconds than gone....its verry random and bodywide except the feet witch go on like once a minute...my feet are not weak or sore i can pretty much run and do genos and everything it's just sometine i have pain in my muscles and joints...i wanna tell you that during the time i taught i was gonna die i also had alot of myoclonus ...like everytime i tried to fall asleep i would go awake instantly...now as some of the anxiety went away those kinda went away but the twitching is still going on ....im sorry for the long and maybe wrong spelled topic but im not native 😁. I'm 26 male and i've been pretty healthy like all my life except my anxiety disorder witch has been going on for like 7 years...let me tell you guys i kept picturing that day i wouldn't be able to walk anymore in my head non stop...it's killing me...i'm testing my strenght and stuff 10 times a day....checking for any sign of atrophy....my folks are going crazy with me already ...i've been seing a psychologist and she keep telling me i have to stop but i can't...this ideea is like pummeling my brain 24/7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mamaisanxious3 17 Posted March 28, 2021 Nope. Not ALS. Stop now! I’ve been twitching for 8 months. Started just like yours, after an extreme health freak out. ALS is failing not feeling. Stay away from any ALS forum. I twitch all over. Big, small, flutter, tap. Arms, legs torso, hand, ect.... ALS in someone under 40 is almost unheard of. And over 40 it’s extremely rare. Please try and stop now. I’m not trying to be harsh but this is a deep and scary hole to Fall into. You can do this. Get help from a therapist if you need it. Breathe!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ironman 198 Posted March 28, 2021 16 hours ago, Gog13 said: Hi there...i'm sorry if i posted in the wrong place im kinda new to all of this...so im gonna try to be as detailed as i can mb somone that knows what im going through could give me some reassuring...so it all started about four months ago with after a verry and i mean horrible stressful month i've experienced some depression/anxiety ...but well i've always been anxious so i coped with it no problem ....now after n years eve i've had some sort of throat pain ...the kind you get while getting cold...now as i said before i've had episodes of huge health related anxiety before in my life with panic attacks and all that stuff but i went over it. Now i made the stupid decision to check the internet for different diseases and let me tell you guys it all went south pretty fast. In the past four months in my mind if had from liver to pancreas cancer to ms and als....now im pretty stuck on als and let me tell you why ...after that throat pain that went away pretty fast i've developed some kind of irritable bowel or smth due to stress...like nausea while esting everything and stuff and it just made me even more scared...for like 2 weeks i was convinced i was going to die because of liver cancer because my stomach was making non stop sounds and alot of gas and stuff...i was a ruin ...couldn't eat for like a week.. couldn't sleep ...everything seemed to be over for me i was already dead from what i taught. Now after going to the doctor he got a doppler abd everything he said im fine some fat on the liver bmnothing too tragic...well now that went away...and now starts the real deal. Like 2 months ago after a 6 km walk i came home and i noticed that my feet are pretty tight...you know the usual muscular fever...but something else was happening ...it was like little balloons popping in my calves, witch went away in like 1 week...from that point on i've noticed that my muscles are twitching especially in my feet now ,i've had a spot near the knee before but thosd stopped...but i twitch throughout my whole body...like i stay in bed and suddenly a muscle in my forearm fires for like 10 seconds than gone....its verry random and bodywide except the feet witch go on like once a minute...my feet are not weak or sore i can pretty much run and do genos and everything it's just sometine i have pain in my muscles and joints...i wanna tell you that during the time i taught i was gonna die i also had alot of myoclonus ...like everytime i tried to fall asleep i would go awake instantly...now as some of the anxiety went away those kinda went away but the twitching is still going on ....im sorry for the long and maybe wrong spelled topic but im not native 😁. I'm 26 male and i've been pretty healthy like all my life except my anxiety disorder witch has been going on for like 7 years...let me tell you guys i kept picturing that day i wouldn't be able to walk anymore in my head non stop...it's killing me...i'm testing my strenght and stuff 10 times a day....checking for any sign of atrophy....my folks are going crazy with me already ...i've been seing a psychologist and she keep telling me i have to stop but i can't...this ideea is like pummeling my brain 24/7 You need to take what doctors tell you as truth. They didn't find anything. Your anxiety is so bad that your are actively looking for things to be anxious about. A spot on the knee, muscle twitches, joint pain.....checking your strength 10 times a day? Nothing happens that fast! Muscle twitches can be anything from vitamin deficiency to dehydration to overuse. My muscles twitch - I just ran 7.5km. I make sure I have enough fluids to replace what I lost in exercise. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gog13 2 Posted March 28, 2021 16 hours ago, Mamaisanxious3 said: Nope. Not ALS. Stop now! I’ve been twitching for 8 months. Started just like yours, after an extreme health freak out. ALS is failing not feeling. Stay away from any ALS forum. I twitch all over. Big, small, flutter, tap. Arms, legs torso, hand, ect.... ALS in someone under 40 is almost unheard of. And over 40 it’s extremely rare. Please try and stop now. I’m not trying to be harsh but this is a deep and scary hole to Fall into. You can do this. Get help from a therapist if you need it. Breathe!! Yea but what worries me is that my twitches even tho they are widespread and i kinda feel them popping randomly in my calves the ones that fire randomly in a muscle (like super random anywhere in my body)will go for like 10 seconds in the exact same place like pop pop pop ...and also i've noticed that while my feet are going crazy twiching theres also a little spot that goes on and on like a pulse....from what i saw those are the worrisome kind...im telling you man i feel like im losing my minds over here...i'm so obsessed with this shit ...im all over the place..(quick edit) i think that might just be my pulse given thats exactly on the artery and my skin is verry thin there and it's exactly on the pulse checking place in the inner ankle..and can be seen exactly in the same rhytm in both feet and in the exact same spot and only whilst paying verry much attention to it😂...i swear i know every inch on my body its crazy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ironman 198 Posted March 28, 2021 3 hours ago, Gog13 said: Yea but what worries me is that my twitches even tho they are widespread and i kinda feel them popping randomly in my calves the ones that fire randomly in a muscle (like super random anywhere in my body)will go for like 10 seconds in the exact same place like pop pop pop ...and also i've noticed that while my feet are going crazy twiching theres also a little spot that goes on and on like a pulse....from what i saw those are the worrisome kind...im telling you man i feel like im losing my minds over here...i'm so obsessed with this shit ...im all over the place..(quick edit) i think that might just be my pulse given thats exactly on the artery and my skin is verry thin there and it's exactly on the pulse checking place in the inner ankle..and can be seen exactly in the same rhytm in both feet and in the exact same spot and only whilst paying verry much attention to it😂...i swear i know every inch on my body its crazy That's the issue; you are overanalyzing everything. There are parts of the body (technically the whole body, but more apparent in some places), where you would feel a pules. That's blood pumping through the body. Anxiety nerves are also getting in the way of your muscles. I mentioned hydration, stretching. Calmness is what you need, not worry about ALS. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mamaisanxious3 17 Posted March 29, 2021 8 hours ago, Gog13 said: Yea but what worries me is that my twitches even tho they are widespread and i kinda feel them popping randomly in my calves the ones that fire randomly in a muscle (like super random anywhere in my body)will go for like 10 seconds in the exact same place like pop pop pop ...and also i've noticed that while my feet are going crazy twiching theres also a little spot that goes on and on like a pulse....from what i saw those are the worrisome kind...im telling you man i feel like im losing my minds over here...i'm so obsessed with this shit ...im all over the place..(quick edit) i think that might just be my pulse given thats exactly on the artery and my skin is verry thin there and it's exactly on the pulse checking place in the inner ankle..and can be seen exactly in the same rhytm in both feet and in the exact same spot and only whilst paying verry much attention to it😂...i swear i know every inch on my body its crazy Hot spots are normal too. I will get one in the same spot for a while then it migrates. The difference is when it migrates, it’s not leaving our muscles dead and unusable. I know how hard it is. Distract your mind. Overcome this I know you can! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gog13 2 Posted April 3, 2021 Ok so im coming up with some follow-up...i've been working in the garden lately and i noticed smth strange..my strenght is fine just my muscles hurt really easy like after i use the shovel a couple of times i have to stop for like 10 seconds because my hands ache hard...it goes away when i stop...then i can start again...i mean i worked for like 3 hours but with endless 30 seconds pauses...sorry if im bugging you but im new to all this and idk whrre to go for info Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gog13 2 Posted April 3, 2021 50 minutes ago, Gog13 said: Ok so im coming up with some follow-up...i've been working in the garden lately and i noticed smth strange..my strenght is fine just my muscles hurt really easy like after i use the shovel a couple of times i have to stop for like 10 seconds because my hands ache hard...it goes away when i stop...then i can start again...i mean i worked for like 3 hours but with endless 30 seconds pauses...sorry if im bugging you but im new to all this and idk whrre to go for info Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gog13 2 Posted April 3, 2021 On 3/29/2021 at 4:10 AM, Mamaisanxious3 said: Hot spots are normal too. I will get one in the same spot for a while then it migrates. The difference is when it migrates, it’s not leaving our muscles dead and unusable. I know how hard it is. Distract your mind. Overcome this I know you can! im coming up with some follow-up...i've been working in the garden lately and i noticed smth strange..my strenght is fine just my muscles hurt really easy like after i use the shovel a couple of times i have to stop for like 10 seconds because my hands ache hard...it goes away when i stop...then i can start again...i mean i worked for like 3 hours but with endless 30 seconds pauses...sorry if im bugging you but im new to all this and idk whrre to go for info ...sorry for the triple post quote option got the best of me😂...i wanna tell you that im not a verry sporty guy and i have no term of comparision since i havent done any workout in a while but feels pretty strange Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mamaisanxious3 17 Posted April 3, 2021 The point is you could do it! You were able to grip the shovel and dig. It took me along time to learn that the big three letter disease causes your muscles to stop working. And pretty quickly too. Go back and search some Of my posts here. People with first hand knowledge and who have had family with this disease will tell you the same. Carpal tunnel, stress, out of shape.... all reasons for what you are feeling. Don’t be sorry, just try and live your life with gratitude. Theoretically any one of us could get a horrible disease. But you don’t have it now and probably never will. Als is also about failing. People don’t really feel weak they just are. It’s also soooooooo rare. Most cases are older folks and the few that are younger people have been related to genetics. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bobnnat 496 Posted April 3, 2021 100% agree with Mamaisanxious. So many reasons why your descriptions are not ALS. Like Mama, I could write many paragraphs explaining why, but trust us. Stop googling, get exercise, try to lower stress and go back to living your life. Bob 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gog13 2 Posted April 4, 2021 23 hours ago, Bobnnat said: 100% agree with Mamaisanxious. So many reasons why your descriptions are not ALS. Like Mama, I could write many paragraphs explaining why, but trust us. Stop googling, get exercise, try to lower stress and go back to living your life. Bob On 4/3/2021 at 5:38 PM, Mamaisanxious3 said: The point is you could do it! You were able to grip the shovel and dig. It took me along time to learn that the big three letter disease causes your muscles to stop working. And pretty quickly too. Go back and search some Of my posts here. People with first hand knowledge and who have had family with this disease will tell you the same. Carpal tunnel, stress, out of shape.... all reasons for what you are feeling. Don’t be sorry, just try and live your life with gratitude. Theoretically any one of us could get a horrible disease. But you don’t have it now and probably never will. Als is also about failing. People don’t really feel weak they just are. It’s also soooooooo rare. Most cases are older folks and the few that are younger people have been related to genetics. So i'm back with something even stranger...after those days of working in the garden let me tell you i am so beat i can barely bend down to a 20 degree angle without having to bend my knees...i mean i worked some and expected mb some soreness but not this kind...could rhis be normal ? Cuz i have read of "exercise intolerance "and that might be a symptom of whats worse🥺 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MARC 431 Posted April 4, 2021 As I have said in other posts, I have known a number of people who had ALS and their symptoms were nothing like yours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ironman 198 Posted April 4, 2021 5 hours ago, Gog13 said: So i'm back with something even stranger...after those days of working in the garden let me tell you i am so beat i can barely bend down to a 20 degree angle without having to bend my knees...i mean i worked some and expected mb some soreness but not this kind...could rhis be normal ? Cuz i have read of "exercise intolerance "and that might be a symptom of whats worse🥺 It's called "being out of shape", not ALS. The more you do that gardening, the better you will feel because you won't be sore each time you do it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doug97 19 Posted September 23, 2021 None of your symptoms are symptoms of ALS. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
