Reading MedHelp Post - General Findings

BandersnatchF

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I read the MedHelp post you're referring to. Sure, the doctor didn't say "relax, it's nothing". Instead, s/he said that an EMG would be prudent (many on here have said the same thing), and that a clean EMG, as the poster mentioned, pretty much rules out ALS. S/he mentioned benign fasiculations, and said that the vast majority of the time twitches are benign. S/he also said that weakness and atrophy are the things to watch out for.

So, no specific reassurance, but a repetition of the facts that everyone here knows: ALS is a disease of weakness and atrophy, and twitching is a secondary symptom present in many otherwise healthy people.

Ginny, you're fine—that one MedHelp post couldn't have changed your own condition, and you know that you don't have a serious illness. Have faith in that.
 
Ginny I am too nervous to read the med boards so I just stick with this site. But even though i've mostly accepted my bfs. I still have a small nagging dought. I just want to stop twithing that will be the only thing that will comepletely reassure me. The order of symthoms probably varies from patient to patient. If you are told my a qualified nero that you are fine and have a supporting emg then we just have to have faith that they know more then us. Our minds can convice us of anything. But we must remain strong.

Good luck

Chris
 

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