Increased Rates of Migraines for People with Celiac Disease, IBD

True with me.

My son, who was diagnosed with celiac disease at the age of 9 had constant headaches before diagnosis and I had terrible, disabling migraines before adhering to a strict gluten-free diet. Twelve years into the diet, we only have headaches rarely, when unintentionally "glutened".

I have had celiac disease for 5 years. I never had migraines before, but I have had them for 4 years.

I have celiac disease and migraines. Several members of my family have migraines, and some also have celiac disease or symptoms of it.

I have celiac disease and whenever I am exposed to gluten I get a migraine cycle, which takes about a week to break. I have to take migraine medication 2-3 times per day for 6-7 days until the migraine finally breaks. Non-gluten migraines go away after the first or second migraine pill.

Thanks for the article. My wife is a celiac but luckily has not experienced this yet. Hopefully it'll stay that way! Any word on why they believe that celiacs have more migranes?

It's amazing to me how many people have shrugged off the suggestion that their migraines might be gluten related. I had terrible migraines for 30 years before going gluten-free and they ceased miraculously. I was angry that my physicians had given me no clue and even poo-pood the idea that they could be "allergy" related. I had tried everything. Imitrex was new when I went gluten-free and was the only thing that worked after all those years. I still keep it on hand for the inevitable slips. I would have tried anything that held the possibility of relief from the debilitating pain and nausea and it's mind boggling to me that people would rather live with that than contemplate the idea of giving up gluten.

I was diagnosed with celiac disease two years ago and have been eating a gluten-free diet since, but I still have chronic migraines. Did the study mention if the headaches will get better after going on a gluten-free diet, and how long it would take? Thank you for the article.

I'm a celiac and have been gluten-free for a year. I've just met with a neurologist to battle these migraines.

Oh yes - migraines were one of the many 'unrelated' health issues that seem to have resolved since diagnosis and going gluten-free. I'm obsessive about my gluten-free diet (I follow the specific carbohydrate diet), but migraine seems to be the first symptom I get if I have an accidental brush with gluten. For example, I was recently required to attend a team building cooking session for work, and inhaling flour that others were using was enough to launch the visual symptoms and headache. It was short-lasting, thank goodness.

I had really debilitating migraines since I was a youngster. Now 64, I was diagnosed Hashimoto and Graves thyroid 3 years ago. I have irritable bowel syndrome symptoms, (not doctor diagnosed), which led me to going gluten-free 3 months ago. I now find that I have fewer migraines, (2 in 3 months instead of minimum of 6), and they are less severe.

True with me.

Very interesting. My mom (age 77) was recently diagnosed with celiac disease. She has suffered her whole life with migraines. Makes you wonder if she has had celiac disease her whole life. Thanks for the info.