matrix123
29-06-12, 10:26
Hello,
I have posted a few times here, mostly worrying about my left leg (which is getting better), but now I'm worried about my left arm. I'm right handed and obviously my left arm should be a bit weaker, but the difference seems to big. Also it is more shaky than the right.
I'll explain below in more details. It all started about 1 year ago (about the same time I had the first anxiety attack), when I felt some pain in my left arm...nothing big, but it bothered me for 2 weeks or so. Also at this time I started have tingling in my left forearm (a few times a day). After this I had periods when it would feel kind of strange and periods when I wouldn't notice. Also the tingling disappeared after some time. The last few months though I notice it most of the time...it feels strange and weak and shaky.
Now here it's what I have tried:
- I can hold weights in both arms, without major differences. For example I live in the 6 floor (no elevator) so I can hold 10kg in each arm and get them home.
- I can lift more or less the same weight. For example I can sit down and try to lift something in the range of 6-7kg. I can do it with each arm several times, but my left arm will get tired more easily.
- With both arms straight in front of me, I have tried to hold something in the range of 1kg in both hands. Here the difference is bigger (this is what worries me the most). My left arm will tire much more easily than the right. It's difficult to be objective about this, but it seems to me its getting weaker as the time pass.
Now, when trying to be rational (if you can be rational with HA), I came with the following list:
- MS, both tingling and weakness are associated with MS. I'm not sure how much it would have developed in about 1 year...but in case of MS it seems that the answer is always it depends.
- ALS, I'm 32 years and at low risk. Also I think ALS develop faster, so after 1 year the difference should have been very big.
- Dystonia, seems possible also because I read the people with dystonia have difficulty holding things.
- Parkinson, at 32 years again it's low risk, but still a possibility.
- BT, I know that it can cause this kind of weakness. Although if you have the bad kind, you're dead in about 1 year, so I can exclude that. But maybe some other kind it's possible.
- Pinched nerve. I think the effects of a pinched nerve wouldn't last so long, but again maybe it's possible if you don't do anything about it.
- anything else that can cause something similar???
Anyone comments are welcome.
I have posted a few times here, mostly worrying about my left leg (which is getting better), but now I'm worried about my left arm. I'm right handed and obviously my left arm should be a bit weaker, but the difference seems to big. Also it is more shaky than the right.
I'll explain below in more details. It all started about 1 year ago (about the same time I had the first anxiety attack), when I felt some pain in my left arm...nothing big, but it bothered me for 2 weeks or so. Also at this time I started have tingling in my left forearm (a few times a day). After this I had periods when it would feel kind of strange and periods when I wouldn't notice. Also the tingling disappeared after some time. The last few months though I notice it most of the time...it feels strange and weak and shaky.
Now here it's what I have tried:
- I can hold weights in both arms, without major differences. For example I live in the 6 floor (no elevator) so I can hold 10kg in each arm and get them home.
- I can lift more or less the same weight. For example I can sit down and try to lift something in the range of 6-7kg. I can do it with each arm several times, but my left arm will get tired more easily.
- With both arms straight in front of me, I have tried to hold something in the range of 1kg in both hands. Here the difference is bigger (this is what worries me the most). My left arm will tire much more easily than the right. It's difficult to be objective about this, but it seems to me its getting weaker as the time pass.
Now, when trying to be rational (if you can be rational with HA), I came with the following list:
- MS, both tingling and weakness are associated with MS. I'm not sure how much it would have developed in about 1 year...but in case of MS it seems that the answer is always it depends.
- ALS, I'm 32 years and at low risk. Also I think ALS develop faster, so after 1 year the difference should have been very big.
- Dystonia, seems possible also because I read the people with dystonia have difficulty holding things.
- Parkinson, at 32 years again it's low risk, but still a possibility.
- BT, I know that it can cause this kind of weakness. Although if you have the bad kind, you're dead in about 1 year, so I can exclude that. But maybe some other kind it's possible.
- Pinched nerve. I think the effects of a pinched nerve wouldn't last so long, but again maybe it's possible if you don't do anything about it.
- anything else that can cause something similar???
Anyone comments are welcome.