hi im 19 years old and about 3 months ago i started off with a twitch in my muscles whenever i use them, also my hands always have tremors in them jsut recently ive started to notice greatly that my muscles in my hands and feet hurt badly and i feel really weak im getting weaker by the week also anytime i lift anyhting slightly heavy my arms hurt really bad and even standing on my feet too long puts a bad strain on my legs and they hurt really bad also anytime i use any muscle in my body that part of my body shakes horribly there is a strong possibilty that i have some type of muscle disease some one plz tell me if my symptons can be anything other than a terminal illness

ive been tested for my thyroid and also have had blood work done and theyve found nothing wrong

Hi,

It is extremely unusual for someone your age to have ALS, although it has happened. However, let me put you to some ease. ALS is not painful.
It usually starts in two forms: 1) In the extremeties (arms and legs) which one usually notices because either the foot starts dropping down and they have a big fall- plus they start to have muscle deterioration or 2) It starts with problems with speech and swallowing which is called "Bulbar Onset".
You definitely need to have your symptoms checked out by a specialist- but I would relax some about the possiblity of ALS. As I said before, ALS (especially in the earlier stages is not painful at all. In the advanced stages (which you definitely wouldn't have- because you would know it as would everyone else!- some people might complain of pain but it is most often muscle spasms that a muscle relaxant will take care of and not pain meds.


Wish you the best

monday im going to have a emg taken at my neruologists office but also i think i have some form of muscular dystophy i hope not tho

You haven't written on the site in a while - I have the same exact symptoms, how did your tests turn out?