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24 and So Scared of ALS
Hi All,
I am 24 years old I have been in good health all my life without anxiety until the last 3 months. It all started with a flu back in December that gave me brain fog that has persisted all this time. I was vigilant with my doctors, I went to Urgent Care, the emergency room twice, saw my PCP twice, a gastro twice, and even a Urologist twice. I got an MRI that came back normal. That's when it started. A close friend of mine made a silly comment and thought they were joking "oh well hopefully it's not ALS" within minutes I had googled it and knew every symptom that I could face. I had never considered it before that moment, but then, all of a sudden, my left arm felt heavier, my left hand did not seem right to me, it's cold, tingles sometimes, then I started noticing right calf twitches, then the next day it was right foot twitches. I saw a neurologist 2 days ago and he was confident I did not have ALS. I wanted an EMG to make absolutely sure, but he did not see the point. I could walk on my heels, I could walk on my tip toes, I could swallow, I could talk, I can touch my fingers to my thumbs, I can lift my legs, and I can raise my arms over my head.Before the brain fog, I was in what I would call a very stressful time in my life with law school on the horizon, the LSAT, a difficult relationship, and working 50-70 hour weeks.
I am not irrational, I look at that, and I am thinking "anxiety." I guess one of my questions is, let's say this weird feeling in my arm I am having, does that become clinical weakness? I should mention too that anxiety is completely new to me, I have never been an anxious person until now.
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