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Message: <blockquote data-quote="viviennem" data-source="post: 306874" data-attributes="member: 31282">At about 03:30 this morning I was idly thinking about leg/foot cramps while hopping about the bedroom on one leg  :shock: .I was diagnosed Type 2 in April 2010 (when very stressed) with an HbA1c of 6.5 and a fasting BG of 9.0. I started testing in December 2010 and the highest reading I have ever seen was 11.7, that Christmas, 2 hours after an experimental mince pie.Of course I have always had the occasional muscle cramp - what some people would call a "Charley Horse" - haven't we all? But the cramps I get now feel more like tendon cramps (if there is such a thing) than muscle cramps, and they tend to twist my feet to unnatural angles, or twist my toes together and across each other. They happen when I'm in bed, or when i have my feet up, or (in my toes) when I'm driving.Now, my BG levels are well-controlled (never over 6 for about 12 months) and my HbA1c has been in the 5s since Sept 2010. The only thing I am doing differently since my pre-diabetic days is being less mobile - and taking Metformin!I don't think cramps are a listed side-effect of Metformin - but could it be that which is causing the cramps?I'd be interested to hear from Type 2s on Metformin with their experiences of cramps; also those of any type, NOT taking Metformin, as to whether they have these cramps as well.Maybe someone who knows how could help me devise a box-ticking survey? Could be interesting!Viv  8)</blockquote>

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