I have been having muscle weakness in my arms, legs, and hands for the past 10 days or so now and it is accompanied by a dull ache in my wrist, hands,elbows,thighs,calves, and feet. It is a feeling of weakness and was quite sudden. I also get slight twitches under the skin. It has progressed with feelings of extreme anxiety and worry about als. At this point, my hands and arms have signs of atrophy like a dent in the side of my hand when I move my pinky down. Also my arms have atrophy in the forearm too. My right arm feels heavier and weaker than my left arm and hand. I also got a sudden feeling in my hand where my pinky went tight and seemed to lock up. I should note that just 2 weeks ago I had no symptoms to speak of. Also my left calf is weak and my right thigh is weak. I also recently got short of breath for a while too. I have no problem swallowing or talking, but the rest still worries me. I have however read that anxiety can cause pretty much all the symptoms I have described including the atrophy and weakness. Also I would like to know if 10 days seems too rapid for ALS? Seen as I had weakness in both legs and arms all at once, and all of a sudden too. Since then, different symptoms come and go such as head tension and dull rheumatoid like aches, numbness in head and scalp and like I said, difficulty breathing. I'd say my weakness is a mixture of perceived and clinical. My arms feel heavier than normal as do my legs. But I can still sprint or run up stairs in spite of the weak and weighed down feeling. I have lost considerable weight too as I have not been eating due to extreme anxiety. I get light headed and sometimes my weakness seems worse than other times. I really need to know what's going on.
I should probably mention that my doctor said it is unlikely that I have ALS or MS based on my blood test results showing no indication of any inflammatory condition. I'm not saying a blood test alone can diagnose ALS or MS, but it can indicate. I hope this is a really bad anxiety spell. If so it will probably take a couple of months to recover from the damage I've done to my self with worry. I just want to get someones opinion on the whole thing. Thanks :)