I recently had a flair-up with anxiety again - and again coinciding with a fear that I have ALS.
This time, it was triggered by a weird feeling in my left forearm/wrist/hand a week ago. It's difficult to describe; it doesn't hurt but it also doesn't feel right. The only way I can describe it is that my wrist feels weak or fatigued all the time. There's also sometimes a strange tugging feeling in some of the muscles. I've fallen in to the trap of doing frequent strength tests on myself and haven't noticed any physical weakness, but just can't shake the feeling of it not feeling right. Sometimes it especially feels tired and fatigued and I can't understand why - I even feel like I can feel small spasms in my wrist sometimes. I don't notice anything in my other arm.
Has anyone had an issue like this before? I've looked in to the possibility of carpal tunnel but as I don't have any real pain it's hard to believe it's that. I also struggle to believe that anxiety can be responsible for such a sensation.
My last flair up like this was in 2015. I was getting twitches around my body (probably a side effect of anxiety) and after consulting Dr Google had convinced myself that I had ALS. I had a few GP appointments, blood tests etc and everything came back fine. Eventually, after being prescribed Sertraline for my anxiety & depression, I got the anxiety under control and hadn't worried about it since. In January I came off this medication and seem to have gone straight back to the way I was before starting it.
What's got me worried this time is that I've never had a feeling like this in my wrist before, I can't understand why it feels weak and whether I'm giving it way too much thought? As it's something that's gone on for a week now it has my anxiety levels pretty high and I guess it's time for a GP appointment again!
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