Constant random muscle twitches. ALS? MS? What is going on?

[Jdgate]

So, the symptoms started roughly 2 weeks ago. They originated in my left leg. I had a burning/tingling pain running down my bottom into my leg all the way to my ankle. Next, the muscle twitches started first in the left leg and then moved throughout the body. Additionally, I'm having random joint aches and popping joints.

Furthermore, my left leg appears to be weaker than the right. I can do a straight leg squat (pistol squat) on my right leg but I can't on my left. It's like the knee and quad do not want to engage correctly. Pain in the top of leg. Physical therapist the other day mentioned something about my leg muscles being weak. Not sure if he meant from lack of use or clinical weakness. Panic ensured when he made this statement. Additionally, he states he thinks I'm hypermobile (not sure if that's related at all).

So I went to the doctor. The new nurse practitioner did not have any answers or ideas what it could be. She literally was googling stuff on her phone in front of me. She eventually just shrugged it off and sent me on my way saying maybe I reacted to the steroid shot two weeks ago. I've had a ton of steroid shots and have never reacted.

So I went to urgent care the next day, she did a long physical exam and wants to run blood work. She says she thinks it's probably a vitamin issue or maybe autoimmune. I noticed when she did the reflex test my left leg reflex is stronger than the right.

The twitches in my leg are so strong now that it's moving the leg. I'm so scared I have ALS. Google has sent me down a dark and scary path.

Again thank you for your time.

[supermum_ms]

Hi and welcome,

"2 weeks ago. They originated in my left leg. I had a burning/tingling pain running down my bottom into my leg all the way to my ankle. Next, the muscle twitches started first in the left leg and then moved throughout the body" is definitely not a suggestive-consistent pattern of a chronic or serious neurological disease like MS or even ALS.

Burning, tingling, pins and needles, pain etc that runs down from your bottom to your ankle is the classic sign of sciatica because it travels the route of the sciatic nerve and to be brutally honest, the fact the muscle twitches have spread so fast throughout your body, it is more likely a physical refection of your escalating level of anxiety, and or caused by a general vitamin imbalance eg magnesium etc

Hypermobility is commonly used by physiotherapists and it just describes excessive movement or flexibility in one or more joints, many people can have hypermobile joints and don't have any problems at all but hypermobile joints are more prone to recurrent injury as the excessive movement can cause musculoskeletal problems and joint pain.....weak muscle tone or strength around the joint also contributes to hypermobility so your physical fitness exercises should be designed to avoid injury to joints...

It's uncommon to unnecessarily cause your self a little anxiety after googling symptoms, but if your talking about ignoring and skipping over all the common and un-scary causes of your symptoms to get to the serious or chronic medical conditions and the reading about those conditions is really freaking you out....stop doing the behaviour's that are feeding the anxiety, stop googling symptoms and sending your self down a dark and scary path!

I hope that helps.......JJ

[supermum_ms]

sorry type should read...It's 'not' uncommon to unnecessarily cause your self a little anxiety after googling symptoms..."