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Symmetrical muscle aches

Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Dec 24, 2022 | Replies (5)

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@rjs64

Thanks for your reply Sue. Yes, I fear als because of my symptoms of muscle ache, or burning, and lots of faciculations continue and are getting worse. Fasciculations started about a month after the limb soreness began. They too are random in both severity and location. Of late, I’ve even had some full muscle jerks or spasms the arms and legs. This is odd as the muscle feelings are symmetrical and come and go. For example both thighs might burn, or both firearms, or both feet or both thumbs. I do have anxiety and am taking meds for it, have for 20 plus years. This is not good when I don’t know what’s causing these things. Saw a neurologist a month ago and all in office tests were normal. I’ve had a full scope of blood tests (all normal) and an emg of arms and neck. Also normal.

Re next steps. The myleographer suggested the legs be tested with emg although he didn’t expect a different result.

Seems to be a wait and see with physicians. Kinda makes sense as I don’t have weakness. Maybe that develops? I don’t know, when your muscles are denerving, is weakness a gradual or sudden thing?

I’m going to try massages tomorrow.

Other than that I’m open to suggestions, and reassurances given my symptoms. Many thanks in advance.

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@rjs64 - your problem makes me think of the latest diagnosis - Stiff Person Syndrome with which Celine Dion has been diagnosed. It is something new, and like Fibromyalgia and Lyme disease it will take some time to be recognized as most doctors may not be familiar with it so may fail to make the diagnosis …? Just wondering … 🤷🏼‍♀️