and maybe not all related celiac. a lot of them resolved/got better with the gluten free diet.+daily headaches and frequent migraines
+migraines with vomiting at least once a month
+pain all over my body in muscles and joints when i have a migraine and sometimes just with the daily headache
+TMJD (bruxism also)
+depression/bipolar/adhd
+asthma, seasonal allergies (mostly pollen)
+insomnia
+rectal polyp
+ibs (diarrhea and constipation both.)
+hemorrhoids/rectal bleeding (part from polyp and part from anal fissures/hemorrhoids)
+a lot of gas but i don't know if it's more than the average person.
+bloating
+terrible social skills
+general fatigue
I haven't been tested but out of desperation with migraines tried the gluten free diet. I haven't had any migraines, and only an occasional headache that goes away with drinking water and excedrin (not true before, no meds would help me before not even the really expensive migraine meds) i got through an entire period without a migraine. i can finally hold my own when i go out drinking with people (used to be i would throw up no matter how few beers i drank. now i don't drink beer, and don't throw up, period!) bloating is down so much i went from a size 12 to being able to fit size 6 pants in less than a month (i was underweight before, and still basically the same weight). I can't believe I don't have a headache every day anymore, it's been my life as long as i can remember. i did get really awful vomiting and diarrhea and minor headache once since i started the diet but i am almost positive it was food poisoning as my boyfriend got sick too (and actually, it was more than i typically had with migraines/ibs symptoms)... another time i got a migraine, and vomited had diarrhea and was ready to give up gluten-free when i realized i'd absentmindedly ate a fortune cookie earlier that day.
the only weird thing is that this month my period is MUCH heavier than it was, which seems to be the opposite for a lot of people, who have heavier periods before going gluten free, which then gets lighter. but anyone have that same experience as me? my period this month on gluten free diet was so heavy i would have almost thought it was a miscarriage except i had had a pregnancy test one week earlier for participation in a research study. again don't know if that was related.
I finally made the gluten connection when i became a vegetarian, and noticed my migraines were getting a lot worse eating more veggie burgers. i read something about a possible gluten connection to migraines and decided to try it. I haven't been tested and don't plan to be (no health insurance) but my mom has a lot of the same symptoms, plus osteoporosis and miscarriages and told me she will.
also, my asthma seems to have gotten better? ? its hard to really know because usually my asthma is worse in spring and fall. but i also usually also get asthma if i have a cold and for the first time in my life i had a runny nose with no hacking cough that made people move away from me...
although i'm thrilled to not have migraines/body pain, ibs, etc., I'm still depressed and insomniac and still really tired all the time and very thirsty. i still suck at socializing and it's usually more because being social exhausts me, and i think i just have a hard time relating to people. now that i don't have so many headaches it is a lot easier for me to go out, though -- that used to be a major part of staying in (no excuse anymore though, ha.) i don't know if any of this is really gluten related potentially... but just curious if anyone else had any of the same mood/sleep related symptoms and have that go away later on the gluten free diet?
i still cannot fall asleep without marijuana, muscle relaxants, alcohol, or sleeping pills.
want to say hi. anyone have similar experiences to me? and if yes, did any of your other symptoms go away and how long did it take? specifically i would love to not be depressed/socially anxious anymore
. i've tried many different drugs, therapy, positive thinking, i'm still just a big sad grump! and, i don't have many friends but have a few, most of them think the gluten free thing is weird, since i haven't been to a doctor, my boyfriend loves it because hes noticed huge improvements and i complain a lot less, but he still wants me to go get tested for gluten sensitivity. mostly because i still talk about wondering if i have it sometimes, but i also don't see much point in testing... and REALLY don't want to go back to eating gluten ever again. those are kind of my feelings about it, but mostly i want to say hi, and was wondering if anyone else had the same kinds of symptoms/experience as me? thanks!
