My Journey with Illness at 17

Ok here is my stroy. I am a 17 year old , fit male from vancouver. Just like many kids i had a normal life thinking that ilness can never happed to me. I have never told my whole story to anyone, but bare with me , i want to get some opinions. Here is the time line.2007: September, when i was about 15 i got these small circular dots around the shaft of my getinals (please read , i know this sounds irrelevant but it may connect somehow)2007: October: I started to twitch EVERYWHERE while i was at rest. It was my first twitching experience so i just didnt really pay attention to it. I was more worried about the geitals issue. Since i was very young i was afraid to tell my parent about it, they might have accused me of having sexual relation ship at such a young age. Me and my dad are really close, i felt so bad back then.2008: At this time, still undiagnosed i started getting chest pains, sharp and aching/shooting pains. Afraid that the genitals issue may come up i didnt get checked out by the doctor. These were scary because then happened at night, and i felt like i was having a heart attack. Imagine having a heart attack in the middle of the night and no one knowing.... ( at this point you might think i'm insane , but please, these symptoms may come with stress, so read the whole this, thank you)2009: JUNE --Ok, at this point on a thread i got the answer to my genitals issue. It turned out to be nothing my a cosmettic issue, since there was no change or anything happening to the circular bumps. This was a HUGE weight off my shoulders.2009 JULY- Here i stressed a lot because i had to pass a health test for the military. It ended up to be just a physical so i passed. Then i started noticing some aching pain in my legs, it was so painful my whole leg felt for sensitive to touch and tingling/sharp pains shot down my feet. I started to get stomach aches, acid reflux etc. (i was out of the country at this time) The twitching and chest pains were still there.2009 SEPTEMBER: Now at this point a new school year was starting and i HAAADD ITT!i had NO life because of this crazy roller coaster life, i was depressed the whole time, sucked at school, went from honours to almost failing. So i went to the ER for stomach aches. They did a blood test and urine analysis ( for diabetes, i was also having dry mouth) They also did an ultra sound of my stomach. EVERYTHING WAS CLEAN. Weight number 2 off my shoulders.2009: january : my chest pains didnt stop so i convinced my self to go to the ER again. I got only a EKG of my heart and the doc said i was perfect, AT this age and fittness he told me to stop worrying.2010: weirly enough, the heart pains stoped .., so now genitals/blood test/ekg/urine analysis/ultra sound ALL CLEAN. But i still had twitching with no weakness but pain that comes and goees every 2 months. Sharp and tingling pain, with clamping. Now i fell like i have a lump on my elbow, the in side. It feels sensitive to touch BUT then again when i compare it to the other elbow it seems to be the same size, so there is no lump? i am insane....(atrophy?)i still have twitching randomly at rest and muscle pain issues coming and going every couple of months. Also i felt like my thumb was weak a week ago, it trembled like crazy when i tried to push with it. But not its normal again but i have this elbow issue...SORRY FOR THE LANGUAGE BUT THIS IS "F**KING insane!...i cant live a normal life anymore, these past 3 years have been hell.i have another appointment with GP tmrw.is this als? or bfs?

I think Mr. Mangler is right and that health anxiety is your biggest enemy...I do understand however how irrational and repetitive this anxiety can make you...just ask my partner...So Ill add my two cents for what its worth.Ok first of all you have no symptoms of a major disease. Second of all re-read BFS in a nutshell. Thirdly at 17 you would fall under a subset of ALS that is called early/Young onset... this according to my doctor is 10times more rare than its big brother(1 in 1500000) and likely linked to undiscovered family history.Again according to my doctor It is unheard of for early onset MND to present with twitching because the cases with twitching as a presenting symptom are always in older people who cant be expected to and do not run up stairs, play tennis, hop on one leg etc etc etc.I understand your fear but try to get your anxiety under control a little and things will be better.Darragh

safarhealthsci1:You definitly have a bad case of health anxiety and believe me it can cause all the symptoms you have and had. Itstough but when it becomes a condition you have to treat the anxiety, I suggest anxieycentre.com, they have a tonof information and can answer every question and suggest coaching (over the phone ) that will help.Good luck, Lefty