I was recently diagnosed with GBS. The symptoms were an acute stomach infection, which led to diarrhoea and muscle cramps in my whole body, starting from the lower portion of my body. I initially took some medicines for diarrhoea from the local doctor without examining the conditions, thinking it would be a mild stomach infection which would go away with some medication.
Eventually, after a few days, I did recover from diarrhoea, but the muscle cramps got severe and started moving towards the upper part of my body.By the next day, the whole body got completely paralysed and I was not able to move at all. I was having gulping problem in my throat and slight difficulty in breathing, but my speech and my mind were still very active.