Do l have ALS??? Scared to death! Please help!

[Yuliasir]

Hi Emil,
migrating pains also could happen not only in BFS but overall in anxious people, i had them in the legs when i was younger and was very tired and nervous because of working at brand new plant ))

[Floydian]

Hi Emil, try to look at things in perspective as not every symptom is necessary related to bfs.
Nonetheless it is very common that a variety of (new) symptoms can show up each day, week or month.

[Scandinavian girl]

emil, This type of pain in arms and fingers i can definately recognize. just see my earlier posts. i think it's nerve pain/neuropatic pain. i have it in legs also. interessant that you also see this "floaters /dots "

[SwedenEmil]

Yulia: How did this leg pain feel when you were younger?, cuz l do have pain along my bone in my arm right now. Was it the same 4 u?`

Floydian. Yes lm trying to think more positive, but l cant focus on other things when l do have symtoms l never had experienced before.

Scaandinaviangirl: What kind of dots and visble thing do you also see? cuz l have alot of them years ago, sometimes my whole sight at the left eye could black out during a few minutes.

[Yuliasir]

it was a stabbing localized pain, ,just that. Like I have a big needle inserted in my leg.

pain coming along the bone is usually associated with nerve compression. I had such pains about a year ago in the left leg - they were, they had increased if i strined the arm 9(dragging a suitcase or even taking a 10 pounds pack from the local food market) - it was a peak of my BFS - I do not have them now

[SwedenEmil]

Oh thanx alot for the comforting post, did your doctor ever explain why they appeared? whas it due to the BFS?

[twitchinjohnny]

Hello again, Emil....

From the way you describe your pains, they very well could be a symptom of BFS. I've had many inexplicable, roaming and transient pains in every muscle of my body for years now. This type of pain is pretty common in BFS and in things like Fibromyalgia. Both of these conditions are a real drag, but not life-threatening. Pain is not a symptom of ALS or other motor neuron disease. These nasty diseases affect the motor neuron system, not the sensory nerve system. People who are in the latter stages of ALS may have pain due to a secondary condition brought on by disease.... like pain from compressions sores. Pain in not a primary symptom of ALS, and the kind of pain you describe is definitely not characteristic of ALS.

Sounds to me like you have BFS like the rest of us. Keep you chin-up, my friend! You'll be o.k. I know how the anxiety associated with all of this can wear on you. My sister has referred to my condition as "death by 1,000 little paper cuts." It does seem that way at times!


John

[SwedenEmil]

You probably have right, but l did read days ago about a guy with severe pain in arms and legs years before he developed the heredity ALS one, so lm just worried about that.

Haha totally!

[Floydian]

but l did read days ago about a guy with severe pain in arms and legs years before he developed the heredity ALS one, so lm just worried about that.

Hi Emil, I'm not a docter but I think it's likely that the severe pain could be related to somehting completely different. If it was a primary symptom in his case then it wouldn't last 'years' in my opninion.

[SwedenEmil]

Hi!

Thanx to you all for your supporting comforting post during my deepest and darkest moments, your posts have been a light in the dark cave for me. Really! thanx to you all.

l do have an appointment with the Neruro later in Dec, l will post the result after the appointment. Thanx to you all, and l mean it. You r fantastic, keep up with your great work guys!

Kind regards/
Emil

[Scandinavian girl]

good luck to you Emil. yes, let us know. About the vision: I see red/brown dots moving, sometimes smal black dots..sometimes shadows that are not Really there, and sometimes double and blury and sometimes blinking "stars"...

[vlaf]

I`m from sweden as well,
Please read my post about "twinching and pain". I dont have ALS - I am 200% sure. On the other side when I thought I hade ALS I was 100% sure that I´ve got it...no matter what anybody said to me. I was really hard to be convinced
The best thing from my "hard period of ALS-thoughts" is that I am now enjoying life more than I did hefore !

[SwedenEmil]

I`m from sweden as well,
Please read my post about "twinching and pain". I dont have ALS - I am 200% sure. On the other side when I thought I hade ALS I was 100% sure that I´ve got it...no matter what anybody said to me. I was really hard to be convinced
The best thing from my "hard period of ALS-thoughts" is that I am now enjoying life more than I did hefore !

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