Felt Great First Week gluten-free, Now I Feel Bad Again

[DeviD]

Hello all. I suspect that I am gluten intolerant. I went gluten free last Monday. About two days after that I felt great! However, yesterday I started feeling bad again. Today is even worse.

I'm having leg cramps again, bloating (it's like I went up two sizes in two days!), bad cramps, muscle spasms and joint pain. Is it possible to go through gluten withdrawl after feeling better? I've also been very careful with my diet too.  I've also been more on edge and angry. I am not an angry person...

[NotChelsea]

If you are 100% gluten free(which includes beauty products and soaps) then it will probably take over 6 months for the gluten to leave your system and you will see major improvements in your symptoms. I say that you should continue to eat gluten free, probably get tested for celiac(if you haven’t already), and be extra careful about what your touching and what you’re putting into your body. It personally, took me over 2 years before my body started to normalize and the symptoms went away

[kareng]

1 hour ago, NotChelsea said:

If you are 100% gluten free(which includes beauty products and soaps) then it will probably take over 6 months for the gluten to leave your system and you will see major improvements in your symptoms. I say that you should continue to eat gluten free, probably get tested for celiac(if you haven’t already), and be extra careful about what your touching and what you’re putting into your body. It personally, took me over 2 years before my body started to normalize and the symptoms went away

I am going to disagree with some of this.  First - for a Celiac, it isn't important if all beauty products are gluten-free, just ones that might be "eaten" - hand lotion, lipsticks, etc.

Gluten does not hide out in a body.  It is either broken down or passed on thru, just like any other food.  So, even for a constipated person - it will be out of your system in a week or so.

Eating gluten free and then testing for Celiac is a very bad idea.  You need to be consuming a regular gluten diet to get a positive test.  

 

To the Original poster - I am not sure why you went gluten free.  So maybe gluten isn't actually the problem.  Perhaps, by eating gluten-free you are missing something in your new diet that you need to feel well?  Perhaps you caught a virus.