nicknamedisaster
New member
Hello,I would like to be as brief as possible, because I'm aware, that with so many posters here a long story may be more difficult to follow.I'm a 38 yo male. Till I was 37 I have never had health anxiety. But last year after a bad flu, I became a cyberchondriac. I was cheching every single symptom on the internet and after some muscle stiffness that I experienced (and I still experience) behind my knee I found ALS. I was happy - I didnt have fascics, but few days later I noticed a small twitch in my calf.Since then I twitch constantly in calves. I experience twitches everywhere - thenar, arms, legs, feet, lips, butt, everywhere. I've seen a neuro at 3 mths and had a clean EMG 1/2 year ago. But since then my twitching is much worse. Twitches are much stronger, more frequent and seem to happen in the same muscles - L thenar, R calf, L thing, L biceps, L triceps, l elbow...The twitches that worry me are in my left thigh and left arm. I've done all of the mistakes like self testing and measuring my limbs, and of course this feeded up my anxiety. My L biceps is 1 cm smaller than it was 1/2 year ago, and since it's twitching I'm afraid that it's atropied.I'm also meeting a therapist. My anxiety level has decreased from 300 to 200 but I can't shake the fear of ALS.My right wrist hurts, my right knee is still stiff, my joints hurt and crack all the time and of course I'm afraid it's because of the muscle wasting.Hope this sounds similar to your experience, and truly hope that my 1 yr mark will bring more peace to my mind, because Ive seen many 1 yr anniversaries here of not worried twitchers...Thank you for your time.