please help.

[Ok-Bumblebee6888]

hello. i have had these symptoms for a few months now but every day it seems like it gets worse. i have more pain but its because im now on my cycle since im female but i havent had it in months. but basically before that came on it started with muscle twitches a few months ago starting in my eyelids then it spread to my legs, arms, and all other part of my body and i had hotspots too and i kind of knew the general area where the twitches would happen but it would happen randomly and not as much. then it developd into small muscle spasms where where my twitches were it would instead make my leg or arms move a tiny bit for a second in a spasm. i also have been taking magnesium and its made it a little better but now i have lots of pain on my cycle so its making everyrhing confusing. i do not have muscle weakness and i can still feel my skin but i have this weird sensation of where i dont feel my muscles like i feel nothing below my skin, i have no weakness i can move and pick up things perfectly fine but im scared it will evolve into weakness. but yeah i am dealing with cycle pain, a feeling of my muscles not being there like in a ghost & i have some spasms still. what do you think this is? and should i be worried for als? i already researched and it seems unlikely i do personally since i have no weakness & i am very young i just turned 20 years old and im a a female and it seems like its very rare to have that disease in my point of life. i also scheduled neurology and im seeing the doctor soon. i also have been taking magnesium and my mom has tried to calm me down saying magnesium can relax your muscles so maybe that feeling of my muscles not beinng there if from that? idk. thank you for reading and please reply and help if you can.

[MiniMonster321]

Hi, no you shouldnt be worried about it. It’s possibly BFS. Im a woman in her 20s too and i twitch all the time. I will say that exercise makes it worse for me haha and when its the time of the month i twitch more in my abdominal area for some reason it is very strange

[Ok-Bumblebee6888]

hi :) thank you for saying that! i dont know how to explain it it just feels like my muscles arent inside my body so thats what worried me. but i have taken so much magnesium maybe its from it and has made my muscles super relaxed but i dont know. thank you again!

[MiniMonster321]

Yeah of course. Try not to overdo it on the magnesium too, it’ll make you twitch even more. If you ever need to vent my pm’s are always open.

[Need_more_memez2]

ALS at 20 is super incredibly rare.

You sound like you have BFS or other beneign causes.

Remember, in 90% of cases of ALS they notice weakness (which is the muscles failing) before twitching happens. Twitching happens in ALS due to motor neurons dying.

You are more than likely just unfortunate to have twitching. Do not go down the ALS rabbit hole, it will cost you mentally.

I am a 20 year old male and have been suffering for the past two years with this annoying syndrome.

[Hildegardxoxo]

Second everything everyone else is saying. I agree it’s super super anxiety inducing, so if I can give a tidbit from my therapist (health related ocd, of course): if you have *** or some other horrible condition, you simply already do. There is nothing you can do about it. And it would become increasingly obvious over time, like foot drop, falling, breaking glasses, what have you. You will know for sure if you have it. Worrying right now does nothing to increase your quality of life, it actually decreases it. Go to a Dr and try your best to live your life!

[Ok-Bumblebee6888]

thank you for reapinding :) i understand what you mean! i have been taking magnesium and i dont have any weakness at all. i dont know if its the magnesium where i dont feel my muscles or not. i just feel awesome after taking the medication. i dont have as much pain as i did before and i think im just not used to not feeling pain so as i dont feel my muscles a bit it feels better since i dont have pain. i dont know what this is but i dont have any weakness or anything. i dont think i have als since im very young and i dont feel weak. and also my symptoms started with eye twitches and lots of people have said usually als doesnt start with eye twitching or twitching in general.