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How quickly does gluten-free begin to help?

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Just curious.  I am new to this and on Friday and Saturday I started gluten free.  By Saturday night I was already feeling a lot better.  The daily headaches I have been getting for 3 weeks now was gone, along with the chest inflammation I have.  Getting a round of blood tests tomorrow because my blood test last year showed negative (my recent endoscopy showed positive) so they want to check again, but more thoroughly this time.  So I ate a couple of sandwiches today on normal bread (thinking I want some gluten in me for my tests lol) and bam!  My damn headache is back.

Is this just a coincidence?  Can stopping the gluten really have that quick of an effect?  Perhaps I am over-analyzing this because even when I was having all kinds of crazy issues the past bunch of years, there were still occasional times when I would feel ok.  So maybe last night was just one of those days. 

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I feel bad for about a week after eating gluten, but the first two days are absolutely miserable.  Other people have different reaction times. If your headaches are caused by gluten you might feel better immediately or it may take more time. I think the current recommendation is to eat gluten everyday (say a half a slice of bread) for 12 weeks before the blood test. 

DevilGluten Apprentice
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33 minutes ago, ch88 said:

I feel bad for about a week after eating gluten, but the first two days are absolutely miserable.  Other people have different reaction times. If your headaches. I think the current recommendation is to eat gluten everyday (say a half a slice of bread) for a couple weeks before the blood test. 

Thanks!  I was only really gluten-free for about 36 hours so I'm hoping that won't effect my test result if I ate some today and get tested tomorrow.  I usually am very gluten heavy - lots of pasta and bread.  But it seemed a bit quick to notice a positive effect in just a day and a half so thought I'd ask about it.  

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I started feeling better in 3 days. 2 weeks a huge improvement. & great after 3 months 

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DevilGluten Apprentice
DevilGluten
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Thanks!  Since I only stopped gluten for a day and a half, I think I'm ok.  Hopefully.  I ate a couple of white bread sandwiches yesterday, and a big mac today before getting tested a few minutes ago.  (the last Big Mac ever?? gasp! lol)  I'm guessing that 36 hours without gluten didn't clean me out and I will test normally as I would.  We shall see.  

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21 minutes ago, DevilGluten said:

Thanks!  Since I only stopped gluten for a day and a half, I think I'm ok.  Hopefully.  I ate a couple of white bread sandwiches yesterday, and a big mac today before getting tested a few minutes ago.  (the last Big Mac ever?? gasp! lol)  I'm guessing that 36 hours without gluten didn't clean me out and I will test normally as I would.  We shall see.  

Should be fine it can take days or weeks for antibodies to come back down after exposures for some people longer. >.> I would have binged out with a monte cristo...call it a obsession but that and monkey bread are some of my old favorites...I actually have told close family if I am dying in a hospital to bring me one I will reserve my last gluten meal before I pass lol. PS a monte cristo is a 3 layer sandwich made of honey wheat bread, swiss, ham, bread, turkey American cheese, bread dipped in a fluffy batter that is a cross of pancake and funnel cake then deep fried coated in powdered sugar and served with a raspberry compote or preserves.

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