Hi. I do not think I have MS or ALS but I made an appt with a neuro for a month from now. This is my problem: Last winter I had this weird 3 week illness, similar to a flu, but without a high fever. My daughter was also sick and when her fever broke, she broke out in a rash on back/abdominal area that looked like roseola, but she is up to date on vaccinations, she is fine now. WIth me, I had bloodwork done and all was normal except atypical lymphocytes were 5% but mono spot test was negative, so i had some viral illness. So then for a couple months after this i had really bad knee and hip joint pain, but now that's gone. Also, I had itchy bumps for a couple months on my back, top of shoulders, chest, that looked like folliculitis but they are gone. Anyways, the most annoying thing, remember the sickness started in Dec/Jan was in march i started getting muscle twitching and it hasn't stopped. It started just my right eyelid for 8 weeks straight, then moved to right side of my face, then down my right arm, and now it spread everywhere. Some days are better than others. It does not hurt and is not a spasm, just twitching. But the ones in my face bother me and my cheeks hurt sometimes, it feels like they are being pulled backwards towards my ears sometimes, and that hurts. Past couple months been having chest discomfort, not pain, but pressure. I started taking gaviscon and that helped! Yay! I think my esophagus is also spasming down low and letting gastric acid flow up causing GERD symptoms. SO when is this going to stop? I wonder if that weird viral thing went into my nervous system and caused some damage, that would be biggest concern. ANd then, how do i repair myself, or do i have to live with twitching forever? And i do not want botox injections in my face (the eye doc told me that). That has to be an answer somewhere. What do i do?