Jump to content
This site uses cookies. Continued use is acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. More Info... ×
  • Welcome to Celiac.com!

    You have found your celiac tribe! Join us and ask questions in our forum, share your story, and connect with others.




  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A1):



    Celiac.com Sponsor (A1-M):


  • Get Celiac.com Updates:
    Help Celiac.com:
    eNewsletter
    Donate

Psychosomatic Symptoms


nonnarae

Recommended Posts

nonnarae Rookie

Does anyone else have a problem with stomach cramps just from smelling wheat bread? Since my dx I have really had problems when I go to the grocery. 1st I am seriously paranoid about being glutened. The migraine, hot poker stomach and instant tired are awful. It has gotten tot he point where even walking through the bakery at the store makes my stomach sort of crampy. It goes away once I leave the area or cant smell the baked goods anymore. It has been nice on one hand. I don't crave gluten foods; however, its pretty bad going tot he grocery.

 

Does anyone else have this issue?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):
Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):



Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):



cyclinglady Grand Master

Anxiety levels can run high when you are either undiagnosed or just diagnosed! I blamed it on menopause, but a lot of it was from celiac disease. Talk to my hubby and he will tell you that I am normal again (thanks to gluten-free and hormone replacement )

Just wash your hands when you get home from the store to protect you from gluten and germs! Take this time to have family and friends help you shop, clean house, etc. Anything that will help you relax. You should be babied! I fractured my back two months into my diagnosis. Amazingly, my family stepped up and I learned to let things go. Eventually, you will be back to normal!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
nvsmom Community Regular

I get a bit nervous around bread too.  I feel much better when I am out of the bakery aisle of the supermarket. LOL  

 

For me it is just nerves. I KNOW being near it won't hurt me but I don't relax by it... Sort of like I know the spider can't hurt me but if it lands on me, I still react (much) stronger than I should.  ;)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
mamaw Community Regular

I've been gluten-free  for  twelve  years  now  very strict...very clean eating.. But I still  get a  weird ill feeling  when I go past an Auntie Ann pretzel  place... I can be in fast food  &  everything  else  just  this one  gets me!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
she-phipps Newbie

I wonder if it's not the smell but maybe particles in the air?  If you're that sensitive, even being in the same room as dough that's tossed around all day long in flour could leave you inhaling it's dust and then experiencing a reaction. Have you ever looked at your kitchen after baking?  There's always a fine dusting almost everywhere (except my dust is gluten free in my own kitchen). ;-)

 

My friend's son has an anaphylactic allergy to wheat and he can't be in the same room even when a cake is being mixed without a reaction.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
notme Experienced

I wonder if it's not the smell but maybe particles in the air?  If you're that sensitive, even being in the same room as dough that's tossed around all day long in flour could leave you inhaling it's dust and then experiencing a reaction. Have you ever looked at your kitchen after baking?  There's always a fine dusting almost everywhere (except my dust is gluten free in my own kitchen). ;-)

 

My friend's son has an anaphylactic allergy to wheat and he can't be in the same room even when a cake is being mixed without a reaction.

if you are breathing flour dust from baking that can be in the air, it's a thing.  because you breathe it into your mouth and then swallow it (ingesting it) and then a reaction can be a reality.  the bread aisle at the wal-mart = not so much.  because they aren't actually baking it or mixing it, you can just smell the aroma.  so, dust = maybe a possibility of a real reaction, smelling it is not without anything to actually ingest.  

 

wheat allergy isn't celiac, although i'm sure the reaction is serious.  somebody with a wheat allergy maybe cannot walk down the bread aisle, i do not know, but for celiac, you have to actually have particles that are ingested.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
mamaw Community Regular

It's  the  smell   I   run past  one  holding  my breath every time I pass  one... I  also  cover  my  nose  with my hand... Believe  I look like  Mario A  running  past  one of these  joints!!!!!! I also  walk  longer  distances to avoid  one of these  places....up close....

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):
Celiac.com Sponsor (A8):



Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):



notme Experienced

lolz newsflash:   WOMAN PASSES OUT FROM HOLDING BREATH IN BAKERY  that would be me...........

 

reality is, if you live in The World, you stand a chance of getting cc'd from just about anywhere.  think about it, do people wash their hands *after* they eat their meal/sandwich?  nope.  but they sure do open doors and turn on lights, etc.  

Link to comment
Share on other sites
mamaw Community Regular

Arlene , maybe  we need to  start  a  new  support  group!!!!!! :wub:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 2 weeks later...
nonnarae Rookie

I at least know that I am not alone in my issues! I am talking about at my local Smith's. They do bake all their own cakes and breads. Uggghh I hope I am not that sensitive. 

 

How do you eat out?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
nvsmom Community Regular

How do you eat out?

 

I hardly ever do.  Maybe once per year.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
mamaw Community Regular

I do  eat  out  & only go to restaurants  that have  a gluten-free menu....I am very selective, I always  remind  them  to  make  my salad  in a clean bowl ( some are  made  in BIG  bowls in the am) change  gloves, no croutons....Meat  prepared  on  foil, baked  potato or  sweet potato  in foil.  individual  butter  packets....  they may  think I'm overkill  but  I  don't  get  gluten   !!!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.


  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A19):



  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      120,462
    • Most Online (within 30 mins)
      7,748

    Astugart
    Newest Member
    Astugart
    Joined

  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A20):


  • Forum Statistics

    • Total Topics
      120.2k
    • Total Posts
      1m

  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A22):





  • Celiac.com Sponsor (A21):



  • Upcoming Events

  • Posts

    • knitty kitty
      Welcome to the forum, @LimpToeTheTimeless Bone growth plates close in the late teens to early twenties, so it's doubtful you'll grow much taller, but you may start to bulk up in muscle.  Remember to boost your absorption of vitamins and minerals needed to build muscle by eating a nutritionally dense diet and supplementing with essential vitamins and minerals, especially Thiamine B1, to counteract the malabsorption caused by Celiac Disease. Keep us posted on your progress! References: The effects of endurance training and thiamine supplementation on anti-fatigue during exercise https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241913/ A functional evaluation of anti-fatigue and exercise performance improvement following vitamin B complex supplementation in healthy humans, a randomized double-blind trial https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10542023/
    • B1rdL0ver
    • shadycharacter
      Fermentation breaks down some of the gluten in wheat. Nowhere enough for a wheat dough to become gluten free, but the gluten may be significantly reduced. I think some pizzerias make the dough the day before and leave it overnight. The longer the microbes are acting on the flour, the better.
    • LimpToeTheTimeless
      I am M 21 and I diagnosed myself after a week of fasting and slowly reintroducing stuff in my diet except gluten, I had terrible eczema scars ,dandruff and brain fog, now I am free after 6 years of just pain, I am 6'2, will I grow taller? And since I am a gymnast will my muscles grow like quicker, cause before no matter how effort I put in I just couldn't. 
    • trents
      And the fact is, no two celiacs will necessarily respond the same to gluten exposure. Some are "silent" celiacs and don't experience obvious symptoms. But that doesn't mean no harm is being done to their gut. It just means it is subclinical. 
×
×
  • Create New...