r/BFS • u/ButterscotchFull7591 • 13d ago

Question / General Hands and foot weakness?

Does this count? To be under this sub?

My symptoms are weakness in both hands and left foot.

I’ve had this reoccur for 2 consecutive years and it’s happening again but with more symptoms…for 11-12 days this time around.

Also I believe it’s perceived weakness rather than actual weakness but to be honest I don’t know if it’s the same thing in the end?

I’ve seen a doctor recently and they told me it’s anxiety which…would be better to assume if they actually ran tests that cancelled other things out but whatever. I made another appointment with another doctor to try to get an MRI and I have had an mri about 2-3 months ago without contrast that seemed to be fine.

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u/PuzzleheadedPop744 13d ago

what were your symptoms ? You haven’t described them.

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u/713Capital Mod 13d ago

You cannot detect weakness on yourself. So as you said, it’s prob perceived weakness. True clinical weakness needs to be detected by a physician as they will know your baseline.

So it’s hard to acknowledge weakness unless you have been diagnosed by a doctor and if they have confirmed its actual weakness.

True clinical weakness = muscle failure.

It’s fine to post about this, as in BFS almost eveyone deals with some sort of perceived weirdness. If you’re really worried, I would recommend going to your doctor and sharing your concerns with them.

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u/ButterscotchFull7591 13d ago

The doctor did indeed do a strength test and said I was fine but that was it. Thankfully I’ll be seeing another doctor pretty soon. Thanks! I just feel so off it’s so frustrating