sherlockholmesz2
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Sounds like you're finally beginning to accept bfs over the bad alternatives. True weakness would indeed be progressive. One day the perceived weakness will just vanish. True weakness wouldn't do that.
Accepting BFs Over Bad Alternatives
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FabulousOne
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... and the fact that it has been here for 4 months ? Is it "enough" to rule out als ? and the fact that i'm doing push-ups - I could do 15 in a row before, now 20 or 25, is it enough too ?
Thank you
Thank you
Pixeldusty
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To me it just sounds like you are focusing on that arm and hand. You've been doing your usual routine and then some with the exercising. I know myself, that if I focus on something to long I'll actually swear that I start to see atrophy, feel weakness etc. Try to distract yourself everyday you start to think about feeling weakness. Snap a rubber on your wrist, or like someone mentioned on here visualize a stop sign.
Once your mind gets caught in that loop it can become endless.
Once your mind gets caught in that loop it can become endless.
FabulousOne
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what do you mean with the rubber and the stop sign ? i'm sorry, i'm not sure I understood that one - my english sometimes is weak too 
starginger
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I've been posting here for about 6 weeks. Once I started taking my focus off the twitching, I also noticed it much less.
I've also had concerns with perceived/clinical weakness, but I'm as strong, if not stronger, than I was when this started. I'm now doing 15 pushups with my 35 pound 3 1/2 year old son on my back. He enjoys it, but my wife doesn't and thinks I'm nuts.
I went to a Steelers game a week ago and walked from downtown to the stadium, about 1 mile or so walk each way. When I got home, my legs were hurting so badly that I would have sworn I have the bad disease. The next day they felt fine and no weakness. I think once the weakness hits, it hits hard and never gets better.
I've also had concerns with perceived/clinical weakness, but I'm as strong, if not stronger, than I was when this started. I'm now doing 15 pushups with my 35 pound 3 1/2 year old son on my back. He enjoys it, but my wife doesn't and thinks I'm nuts.
I went to a Steelers game a week ago and walked from downtown to the stadium, about 1 mile or so walk each way. When I got home, my legs were hurting so badly that I would have sworn I have the bad disease. The next day they felt fine and no weakness. I think once the weakness hits, it hits hard and never gets better.
Pixeldusty
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I saw a therapist for a while and she said to put a rubber band around your wrist. When you start thinking negative thoughts, snap the rubber band, it hurst but it gets your mind off of the neg. thoughts! The stop sign is the same idea, when you find yourself anxious, thinking negatively etc., imagine a stop sign, to stop your negative thougts from going any further. Just little tactics like that can help some people from really getting stressed out from what if type of thinking.