Hey everyone. I have a long story but I'll try to keep it as short as possible. Back in April I experienced some trap/shoulder pain along with tingling and weakness of the right arm. My doctor ordered physical therapy. My symptoms seemed to improve with therapy. I stayed away from weights for a while. Every once in a while I would get tingling weakness in my right when I was active. It would usually go away. After about a month I was discharged from therapy. I would occasionally have issues with my right arm but symptoms would go away. During therapy I would frequently run the bleacher stairs at my high school. A few weeks after therapy I returned to my normal routine at the gym. On Mothers Day the new symptoms arrive. I began getting tightness in the back of my neck, dizziness, hand coordination was terrible, and I began getting heaviness in my right leg. It ached, was stiff, sometimes I could barely walk on it. It went back to my primary care doc and he blew me off. I went to an orthopedic surgeon. He did an MRI of my cervical spine thinking maybe I had a disk issue in my neck. MRI was normal. He referred me to a neurologist. The neuro did his examination and couldn't find any major issues. Maybe just some nerve irritation. He thought maybe I had an onset of MS and ordered an MRI of my brain.

MRI was clean. He said, "You're fine...you have nothing to worry about. Just take it easy." So I went back to my orthopedic doctor. My hand coordination/foogyness subsided a little. He realized my hamstrings were incredibly tight. He said, "This is the tightest I've ever seen." He realized my back muscles were very tight, too. He ordered physical therapy. I went back to the same therapist I went to in April. She was confused by my symptoms. She asked me ALS questions. "Are you having an issues buttoning up a shirt..opening doors..turning keys?" I answered no to them all. She did an exam herself. My leg reflexes were a little brisk. Had me stand on my toes, ECT. All fine. My range of neck has improved greatly with physical therapy. My leg and balance is still off. I went back to my primary doctor and told him what was going on. He seemed a little concerned. Wanted me to continue therapy and recommended me to see another neurologist. He also ordered blood. I'm going to see a neurologist tomorrow. Just recently I've been experiencing a problem with my right hand cramping a little and getting muscle twitches. I'm getting twitches in both legs that are visible. I'm getting twitching all over as well.. which is probably anxiety. I haven't been able to run in over a month because I feel like I might fall over. Walking feels a little awkward sometimes, too. Leg cramping is intermittent but it has felt weak for the most part. A lot of people tell me, "There's NO way you have ALS." They have not done an MRI of my lower spine yet. Does this sound like possible ALS?

There is info in the sticky thread -
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread258.html

Any answers vhdude?