I was in the E.R. some weeks or a month ago or so, when an interested Nurse or Doctor asked me further questions about Stiff Man Syndrome, I had a few answers. I was informed it can take 7.5 years on average to come to this diagnosis. It's also called Stiff Person Syndrome sometimes, however "person" does not translate so well in a number of languages, and the de-facto diagnosis is called "Stiff Man Syndrome" in place of "Stiff Person Syndrome".
While lower GABA has been shown in VA patients with PTSD, the chemistry is in the Generalized Anxiety Disorder neighborhood. There are a few known causes of Stiff Man Syndrome, and there is also an idiopathic form too.
