Severe Health Anxiety: Help Needed

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Ok so here is the story im 18 yes 18 lol kinda of young but i have severe health anxiety I've been on medication is really bad now the other day i had my calf on my desk and seen it twitching but could not feel a thing and this has driven me into panic mode big time with als fears ive had twitches all over my body before but none i could not feel this is really stressing me out plus i read if you tap it and it twitches its worse of course my does that it seems to be in one spot of my calf and once my leg is relaxed i see it and my anxiety is really bad vomited 2 times last night from nerves and when i asked my mom about an emg she honestly thought i was losing my mind i never thought at 18 i would be worrying this bad about als but im in really bad panic mode at this point are twitches you cant feel always als cause im about to go over the deep end its that bad
 
and btw i did all those dumb strength tests i dont know if they prove anything but they were all easy but it does not change anything maybe the als is too early and has not cause weakness in the calf yet i can only feel the muscle twitch if i put my fingers over it =( im hopeless right now :crying:
 
Welcome to the board, you're not alone. I'd recommend using the search feature and reading through a lot of the older posts by people with your exact same story. Young and old, most people come here scared out of their wits and years go by and they realize they are not going to die from this condition. How easy you make it on yourself is entirely up to you. There are some dietary changes and lifestyle changes that help many people with their symptoms, but not all. There are alternative medicine practices that helps others but again, not all. One thing that seems universally effective for all is to get over the anxiety and your symptoms will calm down. The worse the anxiety, the worse the symptoms. You're in the driver's seat there, and yes easier said than done. I personally benefited greatly from a daily meditation to help with anxiety. If you've never tried it there are guided meditations on youtube for anxiety. Everyone has their own way of dealing with it though, so find your preferred method and start working on it, because it will make this journey much easier on you. To find further relief you may want to try some dietary elimination diets. Gluten is a good one to try taking out, but you have to be careful because its in just about everything (even tomato soup as a filler). Again, there's a lot of info on this board. I'd recommend sifting through older posts. Good luck. You'll be fine.
 
BFS can be and is the same way. Don't fear something so much that you constantly search for it until you find it. When you do that you find elements of what you fear in just about everything.
 
Thanks for the help dude but I've had more bfs type twitches they where visable and I could feel them these calf twitches are just pumping all day long and cant feel them at all they are very consistent and weakness has not come yet bu it's probably on its way :crying:
 
I know it is hard to trust and believe - we all know that because we all have been there done that. That is why we also know that when we say "don't worry and you are just like us", those words may not be enough reassurance. But that is all we have to give you and we all wish there were more things we could do and/or say because we have needed that in the past as well. What helped me during my time of doubt was to focus on the day and if that was overwhelming, the moment. Don't look ahead or wait for something bad - first of all because I believe it won't happen and second of all you will drive yourself insane. Just don't go there...focus on the moment and as each passes by and you see that nothing is changing in terms of getting weak (you may see changes in BFS - more twitching or some of its other lovely gifts), life will get easier. Vicki
 
I know it is hard to trust and believe - we all know that because we all have been there done that. That is why we also know that when we say "don't worry and you are just like us", those words may not be enough reassurance. But that is all we have to give you and we all wish there were more things we could do and/or say because we have needed that in the past as well. What helped me during my time of doubt was to focus on the day and if that was overwhelming, the moment. Don't look ahead or wait for something bad - first of all because I believe it won't happen and second of all you will drive yourself insane. Just don't go there...focus on the moment and as each passes by and you see that nothing is changing in terms of getting weak (you may see changes in BFS - more twitching or some of its other lovely gifts), life will get easier. Vicki
 
I must admit that when it was related to fines twitches in ALS victims, it was said here in the stiky post that doctor need not just 'light' but stroboscope (frequently switched on and off strong light source which makes a bit of 'snapshot'). many of our fellows have those fine twitches which are only seen, as far as I know, nobody of them did non developed neither weakness, nor ALS.
 
i light help me see them but even without the light i see a big muscle pounding like a heartbeat and being 18 and knowing how rare als surprisingly has not helped my anxiety at all it helps for about 2 minutes and before you know it im back looking again think i will be one of the 1,000,000 18 year olds with this disease
 
Did you check to see if it is in sync with your pulse? I thought at first the top of my foot and in between my thumb and index finger that I was having those fine twitches, but as it turns out when I take my pulse they are in sync and you do have pulses in other locations of your body so check to see :D)
 
I have 10000s of twitches i can see and not feel in my calves everyday and have done for the past 3years. This is absolutely not more likely to be als.Darr
 
I really wanna believe what you guys are telling me but this is only in one calf not both and if I got in a dark bath and turn a bright light on I can see my calf going ape *beep* there all over the calf and I can't feel a thing I'm pretty much sitting here waiting for my foot and legs to just give in at 18 my mind is destroyed
 
i have also worked my calves hard with strength tests with in turn is making my legs feel kinda weak have there been many cases with 18 year olds developing these horrid devastating disease my ocd is flaring up quite nicely right now =D as you can all see prob think im crazy i cant honestly blame you but the anxiety is driving me nuts i have not eaten or drank anything in about days but 2 cups of water i thought yesterday the twitches were gone but i never went and looked in the dark so my luck they were prob still there i dont wish any of this on my worst enemy
 
Hello my friend,young people have their own MND, for example MS is more expected in people before 30, but as far as I know cases of ALS in youngsters are extremely rare and usually associated with inherited form of disorder (which means that should be other youngsters in the family history died of ALS). I personally have heard about the only guy who was diagnosed with ALS in the age of 23, and everybody know him - it is mr. Steven Hoking who happily lives till now (75 I think) despite on being almost 100% paralysed, was twice married (or even three times?), has several children and still dreams about to to Mars, not talking about him being a one of major physics of the epoche.You need a good paln to work on OCD. People often think, wah, it is a stupid disease, or it is lazyness, or it is funny, but please remember OCD also kills, at least ruins the lives. Make any simplest plan how to fight your OCD (go to specialist would be the best way anyway on my opinion), and in a few years you'd be fine.
 
i have read around on hear and it seems most people say fine twitches are really bad and its just totally stressing me out i mean i see the going all day buy cant feel anything not a thing i have twitches all over my body also that i feel big time but those did not start until i got stressed from seeing these twitches in my calf its just a lose lose at this point my mind is stuck that these are indeed malignant twitches and i cant get it off first leukemia then lymphoma now als but those symptoms were not as cut and dry as these are :crying:
 
Honestly I am having my own crisis at the moment (totally unrelated to your twitching) but I hope I can provide some reassurance. Having twitches you can see and not feel doesn't mean anything terrible. I have one in my tongue that is constant that I can see if I go looking for it in the mirror and I can't feel it. The best thing for me was to not look at it anymore and it allowed my stress to go way down. I had an EMG too and it was never picked up so go figure. I also have a connection between my left hand and left side of tongue. I turn my wrist and my tongue twitches simultaneously. It's weird as can be but I have had it for 4 years now and I'm still alive. I have also had several times where I look and see that I'm twitching and I think, wow didn't even feel that. My elbows also twitch constantly. I don't feel it unless I put my fingers on my elbow. Some things aren't explainable (maybe I should take my own advice). Also, age is on your side. I just turned 31 and my doctor told me I was much too young to be concerned with you know what. She said I'd have a better chance of winning the lottery, twice so I can imagine what the odds are for you, probably zero.The fact that you are getting twitches everywhere now proves how you are letting this get to you. That's how it was for me. I saw one twitch and then it was as if everything came alive. My calves are twitching right now, btw. Also, be rest assured that the bad stuff doesn't involve widespread twitching. The disease doesn't start everywhere in your body. I have been told that by every neuro and doctor I've seen. I have also been told it presents with weakness and wasting. If you are that concerned, see your doctor, but let that be the end of it when they tell you that you're fine. Don't go down the road of fear. It's long and dark. Trust me, I know.
 
practically, the only malignant sign is clinical weakness. You really should remember that, because here we have fellows with fine twitches, coarse twitches, ripples, worms, jerks and other gradation, buzzing. etc. We have people with twitches which they see but not feel and vice versa, and all it is BFS.
 

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