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Just need a place to collect my thoughts, I'm think i may have a problem with wheat or gluten or both, this is why:-

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When i was a baby, everytime my mum fed me i would be sick - the doctors said it was where the muscles that keep food down weren't fully formed and i would grow out of it.

As a todler my parents were worried about my lack of appetite, the doctors told them not to be silly, i would grow out of it, they resorted to leaving scraps of food lying around because i would eat a bite as i walked (or toddled) past

As a teenager my eating habits resembled annorexia, i was never diagnosed but until recently i believed i had a problem (still not 100% sure) My weight didn't drop dangerously low so doctors didn't know this one.

I have never in my life eaten a 3 course meal because i can't understand why anyone would want to, i can feel pretty horrible after eating 1 course!

I had counselling end of last year because my bad relationship with food landed me in a vicous cycle, i needed the energy to work out (my fave thing to do) but i needed the clear feeling of not having recently eaten. I can never seem to balance my energy, in fact unbalanced is the best way to describe how I feel most of the time.

A couple of years ago i had anemia, normal levels are 11 or above, anaemic is below 10, mine was 3.3 ( i don't know what its measured in) Although i haven't had blood tests to diagnose it again, i am pretty sure i have been aneamic on more than one occasion.

Every time i go on holidays i lose weight, Coinidence that i choose different foods, steak and chips, grilled veg etc.. no wheat

A year - 18 months ago there was blood when i went to the toilet, the doctor gave me laxatives and told me to introduce more fibre into my diet. I cut out white bread etc.. altough stupidly not white pasta. Things improved but still wasn't right, i checked online to see how much fibre i should be eating and found i was eating twice what most people need! So i looked around online for possible causes and came accross wheat intolerance, these are the symptons they listed:-

* fatigue

* nasal congestion

* dark circles around the eyes

* headache

* muscle aches

* irritability

* abdominal pain

* hyperactivity

* attention deficits

* memory loss

Everything except the memory loss affects me, wow! so i asked the doctor, I realised i have never felt well, but never felt ill enough to see a doctor before. She agreed with me and has sent me for some blood tests (next monday) and said even if the results come back negative to simply avoid food that make me feel bad.

I know if i have a sensitivity to wheat or gluten, then my mum has too, so i spoke to her about it, she said that it's too much hassle and that the symptons are vague and could cover any number of things, that annoyed me.

There feel better now