Welcome: My Marathon Journey

pridestar

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HELLO,

First of all, thank you for the kind attention.

I am male 30 years old.

On april, 2006 I ran my first marathon. One month later (may) I felt some fasciculations. No weakness, no atrophy, but I went to a neurologist. He told me I was fine. The fasciculations didn´t stopped and I back to the neurologist (specialized in ALS). After I persisted a lot with my neurologist I did 2 EMG´s (one in june and the other one in september. Both of them in 2005). The results were normal (just the second one showed rares fasciculations). Then I back to the doctor on december, 2005 (one year ago) to do a check up. He did a clinical exams and told me I was fine, nothing to worry about.

Since then I have been felling fasciculations. They have never stopped. They are widespread but they are not constants (not everyday, 70% in the legs).

Since my first fasciculation (1 1/2 years ago) I stopped my exercises. I was an athlete and my ideal weight was 200lbs. Now I am with 260 lbs. I gained 60 lbs. I try to back my exercises but it is hard to put my worries out of my mind.

This year (2006) I didn´t visit the neurologist.

1) Do you think marathon (or the fact I stopped the exercises) could be the trigger for these fasciculations?
2) If I had ALS, it would appear on EMG´s I made last year (2005)?
3) Do you think I have to worry about it?

It is hard to put my worries out of my mind.

Thank you very much.

All the best for you.
 
Shelley,

Have you been twitching just on calves?

I gained a lot of weight (60lbs) in 1 1/2 year and I am afraid back to exercise/running.

Regards,

GK
 
Hey,

Its typical for people to have 24/7 twitching in the calves during BFS. Also, ALS is not what you have since widespread twitching is a hallmark of BFS. When my symptoms first started, it was right after 2 events. 1) A day of basketball when I had not played in over a year and I played like I was being scouted by the Knicks in which I couldn't move for like 3 days. 2) Preparing for final exams during my last semester of law school at night while working as a derivatives trader on wall street during the day in which my stress level was off the charts. To this day, while I have no idea what caused me to get BFS, I do know that extreme mental/physical stress has something to do with triggering it. It gets better over time but it takes a while to get used to it. I'm 1 year and counting. But I'm probably in the best shape I've been in years ironically. Anyway, your symptoms are completely normal and you'll see an improvement with time. Good luck.
 
Nope- I twitch all over...24/7 in the calves though and probably 50% of the time in the feet....random everywhere else. Exercise aggravates it but I do it anyway....
 

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