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Hello everyone, I’ve had issues with body twitches and knee pain since 2 weeks ago, now currently been having arm and upper back pain (just behind the neck)

The thing that concerns me the most currently is my right leg and my right arm, both feel stiffed or “off”, I think my right leg is more prone to tripping than before. I am also having twitches on different limbs or parts of my body, not only on my right arm and leg.

My right arm feels weaker compared to my left one, don’t know if it’s just me over analyzing, I can do anything with both arms and hands, but I’ve been feeling I get tired on right arm easier.

I just went to the gym 2 days ago, and got tired first from my right arm doing triceps than from my left, when usually I get tired on both at the same time.

I have Health Anxiety and currently on meds so I’m trying to battle that part.
Are these things how clinical weakness starts?

Hello everyone, I have been dealing for the past two weeks with different sensations on my body, it has been mainly on my leg.

At first, my right leg was twitching a lot from the thighs, then on the calves and then knee pain started, I have been so far able to walk, but have been feeling a little unstable for somethings on the right leg and felt like I am about to trip.

Then my leg and upper back (just below neck) started hurting a lot, not it has been better, but is still hurting on the sides, like if my head rests more if I put it lower.

And lastly, I have been feeling twitches in other parts of my body, but currently the most important thing I began feeling this week is my right arm/hand weird, still with the other two issues.
I was eating noodles and twisting the fork to grab more noodles was a little bit harder than usual, don't know if im hyperfocused but at least that's what I felt, and today I ate chicken wings, I usually held the wing with one hand, but this time I felt harder to grab the wing to dip it, like it was also harder for me to twist it.

I went to the gym today (it was my first day since a couple months break) and noticed my left arm weaker, it started hurting like tired way earlier than my left one, they usually start getting tired at the same time, I was able to finish my workout but felt something off while doing those things.

I am hoping this is not the case but, is this how ALS starts? I get anxious easily, but cannot deny I feel my body weird.

Hello, I [25M] started since 1 week ago feeling my leg twitching a lot, then I started feeling cramps on the same leg, I’ve been feeling my leg weird since 1 week ago and having knee pain, also my left hand has tremors

Now I’ve been feeling twitches on other parts on my body like legs, butt and started having neck pain a few days ago. Today like 1 hour ago felt my hand tired to eat noddles and flipped on to my fork, I was able to but felt weird

Today I started feeling my neck tired from keeping my head straight, I can keep my head up but consciously and feel like I rest it and feel better when I lower my head so my neck doesn’t hold it.

I’m starting to feel more worried about an ALS possibility, I’ve been under a lot of stress due to OCD related things and moving, starting a new job, and I read that ALS is triggered by emotional stress.

My biggest fear is ALS being triggered by actually being anxious or stressed, I just recently (3 weeks ago) stopped anxiety medication due to me feeling better and not having insurance.

Do you guys think I am being rational for worrying about this disease? What should I do? I don’t have insurance yet to go to a doctor

Hello, I [25M] started since 1 week ago feeling my leg twitching a lot, then I started feeling cramps on the same leg, I’ve been feeling my leg weird since 1 week ago and having knee pain.

Now I’ve been feeling twitches on other parts on my body like legs, butt and started having neck pain a few days ago.

Today I started feeling my neck tired from keeping my head straight, I can keep my head up but consciously and feel like I rest it and feel better when I lower my head so my neck doesn’t hold it.

I’m starting to feel more worried about an ALS possibility, I’ve been under a lot of stress due to OCD related things and moving, starting a new job, and I read that ALS is triggered by emotional stress.

Do you guys think I am being rational for worrying about this disease? What should I do? I don’t have insurance yet to go to a doctor

Hello so I’ve been dealing so far with 4 days feeling my right leg weird, first it was twitches then cramps and knee pain. Most of the twiches come from my thigh and I have been feeling my leg overall tired.

Currently I feel my leg weird and have felt some of my fingers weird like if they were tired but then normal, mainly my left thumb and noticed tremors on it. The main issue is my right leg, I can walk and do anything but don’t know if it’s just me but I think it feels tight or weird when doing so, also get cramps or twiches.

I also have ache on one elbow but dont know if that is related to this.

Finally, I have been dealing since yesterday with back neck pain like on the bone that is in the connection between my head and back, but haven’t notice any weakness or anything I cannot do so far, anyway I’m concerned of having first symptoms of ALS or something similar, should I go to primary care? Or maybe consider vitamins before that I don’t know, I just want to feel normal and safe

Thank you all in advance

Hello so I’ve been dealing so far with 3 days feeling my right leg weird, first it was twitches then cramps and knee pain.

Currently I feel my leg weird and have felt some of my fingers weird like if they were tired but then normal, mainly my left thumb and noticed tremors on it.

Finally, when swallowing I notice discomfort to the right side, but haven’t notice any weakness or anything I cannot do so far, anyway I’m concerned of having first symptoms of ALS or something similar, should I go to primary care? Or maybe consider vitamins before that I don’t know, I just want to feel normal and safe

Thank you all in advance

Hey guys I [M25] started having this weird feeling o my on my right leg, and then also something weird on my throat, first of all I’ve been diagnosed with OCD and Health Anxiety since 2023, because of this is hard to me to realize when something is actually a medical concern or not.

Yesterday, at night I started feeling cramps on my thighs, they were not painful or anything, just annoying as they started happening out of nowhere when I was about to sleep, it lasted around 1 hour coming and going.

Today I’ve been feeling still twitching and cramps on my right leg, only on that leg since yesterday, I have been thinking and worrying about ALS as this happens to people with it, I don’t have anyone in my family with it that I know of at least, so don’t know if I should worry.

At what point should I go to a doctor and check my leg? I don’t have insurance right now because I’m in the middle of jobs, but I’m thinking of having that, I’m just 25 years old and I know it’s rare but has happened before.

Are my symptoms similar to what others described before? I have twitching and cramps mostly on the back of my right thigh

Hey everyone,

About 30 days ago, I made a post here. I have a significant fear of rabies and have developed OCD around it. I often feel overwhelmed being outside or touching wet objects because I worry they might somehow be contaminated with rabies.

In that previous post, I mentioned that while I was outside at night listening to music, I saw something dark pass above my head. Because of my fear of rabies, my mind immediately jumped to the possibility that it was a bat.

I've been trying not to seek reassurance. I did not get a rabies vaccine after that incident, even though I have received rabies vaccinations in the past (the full 5-dose series in 2022 and boosters from 2023 through 2025). I decided to challenge my fears and not get vaccinated because I wasn't even sure a bat had scratched me, or whether there had been a bat there at all.

Now, 32 days later, I have a fever, sore throat, and headache. My mind is once again jumping to rabies, and I'm thinking that maybe I should have gotten vaccinated and that now it's too late.

What is the best way to stop this line of thinking? How can I challenge these thoughts and recover from this OCD pattern?

Hey everyone,

About 30 days ago, I made a post here. I have a significant fear of rabies and have developed OCD around it. I often feel overwhelmed being outside or touching wet objects because I worry they might somehow be contaminated with rabies.

In that previous post, I mentioned that while I was outside at night listening to music, I saw something dark pass above my head. Because of my fear of rabies, my mind immediately jumped to the possibility that it was a bat.

I've been trying not to seek reassurance. I did not get a rabies vaccine after that incident, even though I have received rabies vaccinations in the past (the full 5-dose series in 2022 and boosters from 2023 through 2025). I decided to challenge my fears and not get vaccinated because I wasn't even sure a bat had scratched me, or whether there had been a bat there at all.

Now, 32 days later, I have a fever, sore throat, and headache. My mind is once again jumping to rabies, and I'm thinking that maybe I should have gotten vaccinated and that now it's too late.

What is the best way to stop this line of thinking? How can I challenge these thoughts and recover from this OCD pattern?

Hello to everyone, I am diagnosed with OCD since 2022, my fear is scrupulosity mainly and health anxiety as second.

Two days ago I was walking during night listening to music and staring at my phone, just scrolling, when I kinda saw at my forehead level/top of my head a shadow, it might have been a branch, but my brain started thinking of a bat (I’ve seen bats before around those trees)

Then I started to freak out thinking I might have been bitten or scratched, even tho I didn’t clearly see a bat. I showered and scrubbed my face, then I saw a red line above my eyebrow, and I am spiraling thinking it might have been a bat scratch.

My logical side is saying it must not be one as I didn’t see anything and I would have seen a bat scratching my face, but ChatGPT (wrongly used I know) told me to care about bat scratches and well I’m ruminating this

I am taking Escitalopram as SSRI and it has helped me, but sometimes I have these spikes, I have been vaccinated for rabies before and I think my OCD wants me to do it again to be safe

How can I differentiate OCD from real thoughts? And what can I do as ERP in this situation?

Thank you all