Spasms in feet and jaw trembling

static192

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Hi guys last 1year i have been experiencing my feet getting spasms and moving involuntary and sometimes my lower jaw is trembling moving involuntary has anyone experienced anything like this?.
 

Antechinus

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Type of diabetes
Don't have diabetes
Treatment type
I do not have diabetes
Don't want alarm you, but see a doctor. These may be the early signs of something. Or it may be nothing. Get checked out anyway.
 

TypeZero.

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Hi guys last 1year i have been experiencing my feet getting spasms and moving involuntary and sometimes my lower jaw is trembling moving involuntary has anyone experienced anything like this?.

I experienced this with my feet and calf muscles.

Before starting insulin I used to regularly get cramps in my feet and my big toe would act weirdly clinging onto rest of the toes and it was hard to separate them. In the middle of the night I would get random stabbing pains in my calf muscles which would wake me up and literally made me scream .

My theory is:
-dehydration due to high BG
-lack of insulin so muscles cannot get energy

Together they make sense
 

michalmondje

Newbie
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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
I have exactly the same symptoms (+ anxiety) that happen following periods of time with low amount of food and relatively low amount of insulin (even if the blood glucose is not increasing). Not sure if this is directly caused by ketones build up but every time it happens I have some ketones present. For me, checking ketones during theses times and seeing their moderate/high level helps with reassuring myself that ketones caused it and I can fix it by decreasing them.

Taking insulin, eating equivalent amount of carbohydrates, drinking water and waiting 1-2 hours always works for me when having these states.
After taking insulin and eating I have a habit of taking a shower just to avoid thinking about it. No idea if the shower helps but I tend to feel better afterwards.
 
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