jderecho33
13-10-18, 17:24
Hi my name is John and i'm so scared about ALS that i don't know what to do.
My first symptom is Muscle spams, i don't know if this spams because when i stand quickly and move or move after standing it occurs like there's a sensation that my right calf will stiffen and after two seconds it happens, my calf stiffened, my right hand move towards me uncontrollably, my tounge curls and my posture is awkward it usually last around 6 seconds. The thing about this first symptom is there's no weakness and no pain just uncontrollable muscle spasm that produce awkward posture like dystonia.
Second is full body twitching, like really full body. It does not last long only about 10 to 15 seconds and usally switch places and the only place where there is no twitching present is in my tounge. And this is my symptoms and I suspect that it's ALS.
I google my symptoms and find out it's ALS, MS or stiff person syndrome and because i'm a big hypochondriac i've been 2 doctors and they conclude it's calcium deficiency both gave me calcium tablets and sent me home. I didn't believe them and the vitamins did not work. I contemplated whether to find another doctor or just wait till I die, gathered enough strength and made my final desicion that i should find another doctor. This doctor ordered me to have my blood check (Electrolytes, CBC, Creatinine, BUN, ALT etc.) Urinalysis, drug test, ECG and this doctor and another 1 conducted physical examination on me (reflexes, strength, etc) and all of those has no findings, all of those are negative. Of course i was shocked because the symptoms we're real. And the only thing she said is "it happen because you anticipate it to happen" (and that's true because before i stand or move I always think that what if it happen again? Like everytime, everyday i think about it and it happens after I think about it! ) They didn't diagnose me about that because there's no medical basis on why it's happening and all of my test are negative and diagnosed me with GAD and hypochondriasis she gave me sertraline and sent me home. I didn't believe her and now I'm thinking what if she missed something? What if she's wrong? And that's the reason i post this.
And also think that the muscle in my right calf is wasting away because it's slimmer but my creatinine is normal and no weakness is happening.
And now the endless debilitating cycle begins and the thoughts is destroying my life, and at this i point i want to die.
(About the spasm the more i think about it the more it happens, like one time i didn't think about it i just remember that it didn't happen today and after thinking it occurred because i think about it. And when i think about it, it usually happen around 10 to 20 times a day and it only happens at the right side of my body, right leg excluded)
Is it real that it happens because I anticipate it?
Is this ALS?
Am I dying?
Please help me.
My first symptom is Muscle spams, i don't know if this spams because when i stand quickly and move or move after standing it occurs like there's a sensation that my right calf will stiffen and after two seconds it happens, my calf stiffened, my right hand move towards me uncontrollably, my tounge curls and my posture is awkward it usually last around 6 seconds. The thing about this first symptom is there's no weakness and no pain just uncontrollable muscle spasm that produce awkward posture like dystonia.
Second is full body twitching, like really full body. It does not last long only about 10 to 15 seconds and usally switch places and the only place where there is no twitching present is in my tounge. And this is my symptoms and I suspect that it's ALS.
I google my symptoms and find out it's ALS, MS or stiff person syndrome and because i'm a big hypochondriac i've been 2 doctors and they conclude it's calcium deficiency both gave me calcium tablets and sent me home. I didn't believe them and the vitamins did not work. I contemplated whether to find another doctor or just wait till I die, gathered enough strength and made my final desicion that i should find another doctor. This doctor ordered me to have my blood check (Electrolytes, CBC, Creatinine, BUN, ALT etc.) Urinalysis, drug test, ECG and this doctor and another 1 conducted physical examination on me (reflexes, strength, etc) and all of those has no findings, all of those are negative. Of course i was shocked because the symptoms we're real. And the only thing she said is "it happen because you anticipate it to happen" (and that's true because before i stand or move I always think that what if it happen again? Like everytime, everyday i think about it and it happens after I think about it! ) They didn't diagnose me about that because there's no medical basis on why it's happening and all of my test are negative and diagnosed me with GAD and hypochondriasis she gave me sertraline and sent me home. I didn't believe her and now I'm thinking what if she missed something? What if she's wrong? And that's the reason i post this.
And also think that the muscle in my right calf is wasting away because it's slimmer but my creatinine is normal and no weakness is happening.
And now the endless debilitating cycle begins and the thoughts is destroying my life, and at this i point i want to die.
(About the spasm the more i think about it the more it happens, like one time i didn't think about it i just remember that it didn't happen today and after thinking it occurred because i think about it. And when i think about it, it usually happen around 10 to 20 times a day and it only happens at the right side of my body, right leg excluded)
Is it real that it happens because I anticipate it?
Is this ALS?
Am I dying?
Please help me.