I have had extreme heath anxiety since I was about 10, but it has gotten a million times worse since my dad dies a year ago. I have had pretty consistent localized twitching in the arch of my right foot for months. I also get random twitches in other places, but the are very few and far between. I am so afraid of having ALS. I think about it every second. Before I shut my eyes at night, I usually dream about it, and I think about it the second I wake up. It’s ruing thing my life. And the worst part for me, is that there isn’t one test that says you don’t have it. So I just obsess constantly.
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I'm the same exact way. I just have to finally make myself trust i don't have it especially after numerous dr.s say I don't...
A lot of the time i second guess then but as soon as those neg thoughts pop in and the "what ifs" start i try to change my thinking to what if I don't have this, what if this is just anxiety, what if i am just stressed, what if the dr is correct. I try not to feed i to the neg what ifs. Then straight to meditation i go...
A lot of the time i second guess then but as soon as those neg thoughts pop in and the "what ifs" start i try to change my thinking to what if I don't have this, what if this is just anxiety, what if i am just stressed, what if the dr is correct. I try not to feed i to the neg what ifs. Then straight to meditation i go...
Molinemom...ALS is about doing not twitching. Everybody twitches. I’ve twitched for months at a time in my arms, eyelid, leg, and other places. They are brought about by anxiety and occasionally overuse of a muscle. If you had ALS you wouldn’t be able to do things, such as turn a key, rise from a chair, hold a coffee mug, climb stairs, etc. It’s sad to hear how you’re suffering because it’s clear as can be you do not have what you fear. Plus, and this needn’t even be said since you 100% don’t have ALS, but the incidence is 1 in 50,000 people, most over 60. The incidence of twitching is 1 in every 1 or 2 people.
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read this article. it will help ease your mind.
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Muscle Twitching Help; Foot Drop Strength Tests & ALS
If you have muscle twitching and have googled twitching muscles, you’ve most likely stumbled upon some links for the deadly disease ALS. You now might think you have ALS, since muscle twitching is a symptom of …