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Hi my Name is harry i am a 23 year old male my legs have been twitching when i was on the horse im starting to think that this could be the start of ALS
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vanessavee harry79098
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Hi Harry!
I can't tell you whether it is or not. But I do want to just validate your fears. I've been terrified that I'm suffering from ALS for the past 9-10 weeks—all because of muscle twitches, too. In my legs. In my arms. In my face. Just about everywhere.
I've read a lot about how stress and anxiety can cause this type of thing. In my case, I've been suffering from a lot of health anxiety, so I am truly hoping that it's just heightened nerves doing me in. Hope you begin to feel better.
jan34534 harry79098
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no it’s not the start of ALS. That’s not the way it starts. I have had the muscle twitching for over 30 years. It’s called benign fasciculations which means that it’s not serious twitching. It’s caused by anxiety and stress. As a matter of fact, when I visited a top rated neurologist a long time ago for the twitching he told me that ALS is not a sensory disease. In other words you don’t feel anything like twitching or tingling or anything like that. it starts is muscle weakness in an arm or leg. That’s why he tested my strength. now that doesn’t mean if you ever have muscle weakness that it’s ALS. In fact it most likely would not be that.
So you can relax about that.
athletes get the muscle twitches for how they use their muscles. You were horseback riding. You probably used muscles that you hadn’t used in a while and hence the twitching. Hope this helped!
jan34534 harry79098
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no it’s not the start of ALS. That’s not how it starts. I’ve had muscle twitching for over 30 years and it’s called benign fasciculations meaning that it’s non-serious twitching. ALS is not a sensory disease. In other words it won’t feel twitching or tingling or anything like that. This is what a top neurologist told me. He also said that ALS starts with a weakness usually in the leg or arm. Now that doesn’t mean that if you ever get muscle weakness that it’s ALS. In fact 99% chance it’s not that. So you can relax. athletes get muscle twitches all the time with how they use their muscles. The fact that you were on a horse tells me that you were using muscles that you probably haven’t used in a while. Hence, the fasciculations. I hope this helps!