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[mikey23590]

hi last week i noticed some body shakes and twitches im a 36 year old male. in the last few days my arms are feeling kinda stiff and hurts more when exert work on them also noticed my jaw is kinda sore and painfull. im kinda scared that these might be the symptoms of als but didnt know if all these would be noticiable all at once..  i went to the doctor on fri about the shakes he ruled out parkinsons but didnt bring up als... but that was before the stiffness and hurting of my muscles when i use them.. my anxiety is going thru the roof. if someone could advise me thanks

[p0rtzer0]

what i have learned from lurking on google.com is .. Anxiety disorders can produce variety of symptoms that could mimic (or provoke):

1. hypertension
2. stroke
3. cardiac diseases
4. migraine
5. ALS
6. other various neuro disease
7. tooth ache
and many more..

(but that doesn't mean that you should sit back and relax assuming that it's all anxiety.. please get all the possible tests done to rule out ALS)

[stephie41]

All I can tell you is that there is no pain associated with ALS.  The muscles twitch, but the shaking does not sound like ALS, either.  Good luck to you!