Re: ALS, MS fear I am at my wits end
Well firstly, your tests are coming back normal. That's a good thing. Secondly, those just aren't the symptoms of ALS. ALS is a disease of failure, not of feeling. What this means is that you don't notice a feeling, you notice that part of your body has stopped working, and there ain't no making it work, no matter what you do. A feeling of weakness while the affected body part(s) continue to function as normal is not indicative of ALS, but it is indicative of anxiety. At my worst, I've been so convinced I couldn't feel my legs that I've collapsed - but all it took was telling myself that it was a reaction to a feeling and everything was fine again.
As for MS, it comes in several forms and the symptoms differ a lot from person to person, which is partly why I've had a severe MS spiral in the past but no ALS spiral. Plus, my mum has MS, so I've seen it up close. While her symptoms were fairly vague, there was no mistaking something was wrong. My mum knew it, my dad knew, their GP knew it. For what it's worth, here in the UK it's 2am as I write this and while I'm having a bit of a sleepness night, my mum is still out at a bar somewhere playing her bass guitar (she's in her late 60s). She's living proof that even MS isn't always the end of a good life. She's a tough cookie, though. But I digress. I don't hear anything in what you've described that sounds like ALS or MS. I also trust the experts and the tests you've had.
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