Mines just starting to ease off with some of the shedding after a year!
I felt everything you wrote in that opening post.
I think calcium, vit d ,protein all played a part in mine.
Make sure you get enough calcium if you are dairy free i didn't ........but do now.
I eat eggs mpre now for the protein and the biotin.
.i think the calcium has really helped and more protein.
Try not to worry and stress about it believe me it makes it worse.
Google was my friend lol but i learned a lot about vits ,foods etc for hair loss.
I bought sulphate free shampoo , conditioners with strengthener.
Then tried not to think about it anymore as it was making me ill.
I was scared to go to the hairdressers but my roots (grey) were awful.
Vit d is important but mine was same level as yours and ive seen a lot worse.
The dose they gave me was massive and brought on a whole host of other problems.
Im from the uk too.
I think its the last thing you expect AFTER going going gluten free and thinking you are doing everything right.
As far as the vanity goes sad to say I am the same and its affected me really badly.
Take care and hope it soon resolves for you, don't forget it takes time for stuff to work.
Explain this one to me. I have been gluten free for a year, and all of the sudden I have this horrible joint pain, hips, knees, shoulders but I had these before I went gluten free and I have eaten anything with gluten in it lately so I don't know why it would be like this.. I am seriously considering going to a bone specialist but a coworker recently said that it might be something in my stomach causing this reaction, could I possibly be having other allergies?
I used to associate the lower back ache just to the coeliac but I have been gluten free two years and still get that same awful aching etc when I have had dairy of any kind. I went dairy free too and keep trying to reintroduce in the hope that I am healed and it was temporary but never feel well after the dairy. My symptoms for dairy dont really fit the ones that are standard so its confusing. I think its something in the proteins in dairy.