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Freaked 13 year old!!!!

I am 13 years old. I made a little "pact" I guess with God and said if I broke it He could give me ALS. Stupid, I know but now I am really messed up. After I broke this little pact, I freaked thinking that I was going to get ALS. I looked up the symptoms and what do you know, A day later I started twitching in my legs and having pains. I have been thinking about it and thinking about it and having panic attacks over it. I went to a doctor who said I had an electrolyte misbalance, but after doing what he told me(and not believing him and still thinking I had ALS) the twitching got worse, spreading to my arms and torso. I get really bad anxiety attacks over this. I cry everyday. Nothing anyone tells me makes me feel better. I am worried that I gave myself ALS by thinking about it. I need help! Please, I need to ease my mind!!!! I dont know if this affects anything, but I have had something traumatic happen in the past two months. Please help!! Am I being stupid or is something wrong?!?!?!
Thanks,
Freaked
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Well, I have also gotten this buzzing, mainly in my leg. Now I am worried about MS. Could this just be anxiety?
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well i can tell  u im a little bit worried about that too. .but ia have read so many ..formms about that disease. .and let my tell u.. in the world. .the youngest case of ALS . . is  16 years old  . . IN THE WORLD.. i mean. .  this  disease is "rare" .. and for people under 30. years its extreamly rare. .   have u noticed that  anxiety can cause fasciculation (twhitching)   read about something called BFS   "beningn fasciculation syndrome" u will find what u have there. . and  ..  i dont know if this will helps. .but. .i read many places and it says that in ALS  first come weaknes and then twitching  and ALS twitching is a non-stop twitch i mean 24/7 twitch in just one part of the body for example ur arm.. 24/7  cause that mean that ur muscle is diying . .and is not ur cause . .i can see urs are sporadic(all around ur body  good sign). just like mines
and pain is not a symtom of ALS  .pasients with ASL  die whitout any pain
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