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:
    Where Your Contribution Counts!
    eNewsletter
    Support Us!

accidentally glutened.. how to recover?


1398-Days

Recommended Posts

1398-Days Contributor

I've been gluten free since September and have been glutened several times since then.. which I would guess is pretty common at first. But I've been having lots of problems with CC and have gotten sick more than ever over the past month or two. Probably one of the worst times was around New Years. I wasn't really able to eat anything for 4 days afterwards and I was VERY tired and would get dizzy and feel short of breath. Even just standing up made me tired! It took at least 1-2 weeks to get back to normal. Well, I had another pretty bad one on Thursday night. Stomach cramps, diarrhea, nausea.. all night. The next day I think I only ate a banana and an orange, mostly just drank water. And I felt sick all day.. not nauseous but just that 'off' feeling, headache, tired, overall bad. The next day (yesterday) I woke up feeling great and decided to eat lunch (i sleep in late lol). I ate what I would normally eat and felt fine, so I figured everything was fine. I had another snack a while before dinner, felt fine. Then dinner came around.. I shouldn't have even eaten because I wasn't very hungry, but I feel like I was just desperate to be able to eat.. not like when I couldn't eat for 4 days. So I ate dinner and was also stupid and drank a bit of soda with it. I felt bloated and started feeling a bit nauseous after dinner. The nausea and bloating went away after a while, but I then had a headache and was dizzy and back to just feeling uncomfortable. I had eaten normally and felt fine (except for being a little tired) all day so I'm so mad at myself for eating what I did yesterday. I know I should have been more careful, I'm just so tired of this. Today (sunday) I woke up feeling slightly dizzy and very anxious. I'm so frustrated.. I just want to feel better! And frustrated at myself for not being careful when I know I should have. Now it's like I'm back to the second day. I'm also anxious because I'm getting braces on Wednesday, and my birthday is on Friday and I don't those to be ruined by this. Help :(

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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



Celiac.com Sponsor (A8-M):



Irene Joanne Explorer

How about trying to eat some protein? I was sick for four- five days after eating oatmeal and noticed a dramatic improvement after eating steak the fourth day. 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
peoniesxplease Newbie

I can totally relate to your struggle. People who don't know anything about this ask "really, how can it take you so long to feel better?". I ate a TON of gluten on February 9th (I used to be able to cheat in high school and a bit in college without having adverse reactions with my stomach) and I am still in disarray.

Its awful because you can't starve yourself but at the same time you're scared to eat anything ! Even if its super healthy. My friend recommended only eating fruits, veggies, and nuts for a few days. LOTS of water of course. Sleep. Exercise totally helps me when I do have the energy.

 

I personally do not want to eat veggies and most fruits. What feels good to me right now are really basic fruit smoothies, sushi (so random I know), and lots of fruit juice. Never a fruit juice drinker normally because of the sugar content but it's all that I am really excited to consume... I just don't have a clue how to transition back on to real foods. I'm even scared to eat eggs as well as processed gluten free snack foods.

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
      120,478
    • Most Online (within 30 mins)
      7,748

    Susan Maxwell- Trumble
    Newest Member
    Susan Maxwell- Trumble
    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

    • JustGemi
    • trents
      No! Do not start the gluten free diet until you know whether or not you will be having an endoscopy/biopsy to verify the blood antibody test results. Starting gluten free eating ahead of either form of diagnostic testing can invalidate the results. You don't want to allow the villous lining of the small bowel to experience healing ahead of testing by removing gluten.
    • Scott Adams
      We offer a ton of recipes here: https://www.celiac.com/celiac-disease/gluten-free-recipes/ and have done some articles on fast food places, but keep in mind that eating out is a common source of gluten contamination: https://www.celiac.com/search/?q=fast food&quick=1&type=cms_records2 Many colleges now offer allergen-friendly, and sometimes gluten-free options in their student cafeterias: https://www.celiac.com/search/?&q=colleges&type=cms_records2&quick=1&search_and_or=and&sortby=relevancy PS - Look into GliadinX, which is a sponsor here, but many studies have been done on it which show that it may break down small amounts of gluten in the stomach, before it reaches the intestines.
    • JustGemi
      Thank you! What do you recommend in the next 7 weeks until I see my Doctor?  Just start my Gluten free diet?
    • Scott Adams
      Many people with celiac disease, especially those who are in the 0-2 year range of their recovery, have additional food intolerance issues which could be temporary. To figure this out you may need to keep a food diary and do an elimination diet over a few months. Some common food intolerance issues are dairy/casein, eggs, corn, oats, and soy. The good news is that after your gut heals (for most people who are 100% gluten-free this will take several months to two years) you may be able to slowly add some these items back into your diet after the damaged villi heal. This article may be helpful:    
×
×
  • Create New...