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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chlsybwnx" data-source="post: 1519356" data-attributes="member: 252123">I got diagnosed 2 years ago now (at age 21), but, around a month before diagnosis I had the worst leg cramps of my life. I'll never forget on one occasion I woke up at 3AM screaming in agony because of a calf cramp in my right leg, I couldn't physically walk for 2 days because my muscles hurt so much. Once diagnosed this made sense in my mind but my gp told me it wasn't a symptom and unrelated. My lovely DSN told me that it's very common with newly diagnosed Type 1, due to extreme dehydration which comes along with the high blood sugars! The plus side is, as soon as my blood sugars came into normal range, and I stopped feeling thirsty every second of every day, they stopped without the need of any vitamins etc. I did request a full vitamin test around that time as a veggie and personally wasn't deficient in anything! So definitely believe mine was down to dehydration at the time!</blockquote>

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