by valger59 on November 28th, 2007, 12:02 am
Hi~~
That is weird, and I'm going to mention that to my brother, cause he started getting the twitching thing and all the fun symptoms that go along with it back when he was younger, and he has always been thin, and in very good shape. He's a runner, and just generally thin, lean, and tall. He still gets the twitching nowadays, but he doesn't worry about it as much as he did back then. Since it's been years now, I guess he figures it's nothing too serious.
LOL~~that's funny about getting hit with lightning while you are leaving the bank! Right after you cash your lotto check, right? Also, you being 22, I mean, that would be the rarest case of als ever!! I'm just a teensy bit older than you, and so for me, it's more likely that it could be als, but I think it's still on the list of rare things, even as you are older. I felt better after reading something on the internet, which is unusual, but it said that even if you do have twitching with weakness and atrophy, even then, als would be a rare cause of your symptoms, that there are still lots of other things that do that. Good to know!!
I worry alot about the tongue twitching, only cause I didn't have it at the beginning, so it feels like some kind of progression. Do you ever notice that it will come at certain times? I guess mine has no real pattern, although it does seem, and I'm not really sure yet, but it seems like it'll come on as I'm rushing around alot. Today, I was at the store, and in kind of a hurry, and as I was carrying some heavy bags out to the car, after I got in, my tongue started popping a bit. Kind of like going along with my heart rate being up or something, or maybe nerves, since I was rushing around.
Also, and I'm sorry if I'm repeating myself here, but do you get the tongue twitching all over the tongue, or in one particular spot? I will get it in the middle, but I do get the twiches in the tips alot too. Sometimes, like what happened the other night, is that I'll feel the pops on the tip, and then it'll feel like my whole tongue is kind of twitching, sometimes even far back, almost going down my throat or something. Hard to explain, almost like a short of breath feeling that only lasts a second or two.
Thanks, talk to you soon! Val