LionChild
Well-Known Member
Hi there,
I was diagnosed with type 1 Diabetes in 2019.
I had a GAD test recently which showed that it is over 2000 IU.
I have also been getting excruciating CRAMP with stiff legs in bed in the early morning often, which includes a different sort of pain to simple cramp, I think, and sometimes involves very painful feet as well. This also often happen in the early hours when I need to go to the loo.... It is worst when my feet are at a certain angle, sitting down...
I have read about SPS (Stiff Person Syndrome) which is associated with high GAD levels and of course this kind of CRAMP also. So I am concerned that the CRAMP is the beginning of SPS.
When I saw the consultant at the hospital, he checked my legs, wobbled them on the couch and concluded at that time there seemed to be no indication of SPS which apparently is very rare.
However , this was before the GAD test result was known, and also no doctors so far have been able to diagnose what is going on with my legs and feet which to me, is not quite the same as a problem with simple CRAMP.
I am definitely Type 1 Diabetic as my C-Peptide is 41.
Does anyone on this site have any insight into my condition? or know anyone else who has experienced similar phenomena in their lower legs and feet?
I was diagnosed with type 1 Diabetes in 2019.
I had a GAD test recently which showed that it is over 2000 IU.
I have also been getting excruciating CRAMP with stiff legs in bed in the early morning often, which includes a different sort of pain to simple cramp, I think, and sometimes involves very painful feet as well. This also often happen in the early hours when I need to go to the loo.... It is worst when my feet are at a certain angle, sitting down...
I have read about SPS (Stiff Person Syndrome) which is associated with high GAD levels and of course this kind of CRAMP also. So I am concerned that the CRAMP is the beginning of SPS.
When I saw the consultant at the hospital, he checked my legs, wobbled them on the couch and concluded at that time there seemed to be no indication of SPS which apparently is very rare.
However , this was before the GAD test result was known, and also no doctors so far have been able to diagnose what is going on with my legs and feet which to me, is not quite the same as a problem with simple CRAMP.
I am definitely Type 1 Diabetic as my C-Peptide is 41.
Does anyone on this site have any insight into my condition? or know anyone else who has experienced similar phenomena in their lower legs and feet?
