Appointment prep
Prepare for a stiff person syndrome evaluation
Progressive muscle stiffness, spasms, and heightened startle response are often misdiagnosed as anxiety, dystonia, or multiple sclerosis. Medvo helps you describe the stiffness pattern and request GAD antibody testing and neurology referral.
Symptoms patients describe
- · Stiffness and rigidity in trunk and limbs, worse with stress
- · Painful muscle spasms triggered by noise or touch
- · Fear of falling, anxiety-like symptoms from startle
Tests & referrals to request
Framed as evaluation — your clinician decides what is appropriate.
- · GAD65 antibodies, other paraneoplastic antibodies
- · Referral to neurologist experienced in rare movement disorders
- · EMG and discussion of IVIG or other immunomodulation
If you've been dismissed
- · Labeled as severe anxiety or psychosomatic disorder
- · No antibody testing despite classic stiffness and spasms