Rachel W
23-04-09, 17:37
Hi Guys,
I wrote a general post a number of months ago about how I started worrying about MS due to some sight issues, then got twitches, read about them and worried about an MND.
Since then I started noticing every twitch, every feeling of weakness, stiffness or clumsiness. I then started to look for speech and swallowing issues and then i noticed small things and I could not let go of this fear. I think about it every minute that I am awake.
It all started in September, and speech in October. I went to a neurologist who specialises in MND/ALS, Myasthenia Gravis and EMGs. He gave me a full clinical exam which was normal and then an EMG on my right side, left lower leg and tongue; again everything normal. This was just before Christmas and he told me 100% that I did not have anything serious.
He said that it was most likely anxiety and when I asked him if anxiety could do this, he said that it can do whatever it wants to.
I was very happy and I expected my symptoms to go away very quickly, but my feeling of speech remained and I was still thinking about them all the time.
I still have the other symptoms a little bit and body-wide twitches, but I know that they are benign because of the clean EMG, however I have not been able to get rid of the speech fear and issues. I have actually noticed that my tongue feels slightly wider than where my teeth are and seems to be making me more hesitant and 'stiff' with speech. I can still roll my tongue, push very ard into my cheeks etc. so am not convinced that I have weakness.
My question is that if I am constantly being obsessed with my speech and tongue, could this anxiety make my tongue sit widely in my mouth and affect my speech?
Thanks, I am still so worried.
Rachel
I wrote a general post a number of months ago about how I started worrying about MS due to some sight issues, then got twitches, read about them and worried about an MND.
Since then I started noticing every twitch, every feeling of weakness, stiffness or clumsiness. I then started to look for speech and swallowing issues and then i noticed small things and I could not let go of this fear. I think about it every minute that I am awake.
It all started in September, and speech in October. I went to a neurologist who specialises in MND/ALS, Myasthenia Gravis and EMGs. He gave me a full clinical exam which was normal and then an EMG on my right side, left lower leg and tongue; again everything normal. This was just before Christmas and he told me 100% that I did not have anything serious.
He said that it was most likely anxiety and when I asked him if anxiety could do this, he said that it can do whatever it wants to.
I was very happy and I expected my symptoms to go away very quickly, but my feeling of speech remained and I was still thinking about them all the time.
I still have the other symptoms a little bit and body-wide twitches, but I know that they are benign because of the clean EMG, however I have not been able to get rid of the speech fear and issues. I have actually noticed that my tongue feels slightly wider than where my teeth are and seems to be making me more hesitant and 'stiff' with speech. I can still roll my tongue, push very ard into my cheeks etc. so am not convinced that I have weakness.
My question is that if I am constantly being obsessed with my speech and tongue, could this anxiety make my tongue sit widely in my mouth and affect my speech?
Thanks, I am still so worried.
Rachel