BandersnatchF
Well-known member
First, thanks very much for this post!
It sounds like the stories of fasciculations before other problems are probably true, but with a caveat—everyone twitches. Think about it. If you got a brain tumor, you might think that the migraine headaches you've been getting for four years were an early symptom. Of course, they weren't—headaches are incredibly common, so much so that nearly everyone gets them, including those who later develop brain tumors. So it is with A/L/S. Someone reports twitching as an early symptom, perhaps because they experience it as a true A/L/S symptom later on. Early on, it's just twitching, which is very common in the population. If it were due to a disease, the disease would have to precede the twitching because the twitching is an effect, not a cause.
In other words, get examined by a neuro who knows what s/he is doing, and believe him/her when you get the "all clear" diagnosis. Is it possible that s/he made a mistake? Sure. Of course, you could also be in a fatal car accident on the way back from the neuro's office, but I'm guessing most of us aren't worried about that.
It sounds like the stories of fasciculations before other problems are probably true, but with a caveat—everyone twitches. Think about it. If you got a brain tumor, you might think that the migraine headaches you've been getting for four years were an early symptom. Of course, they weren't—headaches are incredibly common, so much so that nearly everyone gets them, including those who later develop brain tumors. So it is with A/L/S. Someone reports twitching as an early symptom, perhaps because they experience it as a true A/L/S symptom later on. Early on, it's just twitching, which is very common in the population. If it were due to a disease, the disease would have to precede the twitching because the twitching is an effect, not a cause.
In other words, get examined by a neuro who knows what s/he is doing, and believe him/her when you get the "all clear" diagnosis. Is it possible that s/he made a mistake? Sure. Of course, you could also be in a fatal car accident on the way back from the neuro's office, but I'm guessing most of us aren't worried about that.