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I Might Be Crazy

GlutenFreeAl

By GlutenFreeAl
in Coping with Celiac Disease

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GlutenFreeAl Contributor
GlutenFreeAl
Posted

I'm wondering if anyone else has ever experienced this. I hope so, because I don't want to think that I'm crazy...

Every afternoon at work I get bloated like a third-world child and I get gas pains. Bad ones. It happens whether I eat a little food or a lot, beans, raw fruit, or just cereal. I'm absolutely certain that I'm not getting glutened and I never have D as a result of all of the gas.

Is it just from sitting all day? Is that crazy? It does not happen on the weekends when I'm not sitting in front of a computer all day.

What can I do to make this better? I won't wear anything remotely tight to work because I inevitably look pregnant by the end of the day...

Help!

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pturse Apprentice
pturse
Posted

I don't have an answer for you but I am anxious to see what people say because I experience the same thing. Not a day goes by where I don't leave w/my stomach totally distended and bulging. I too do not wear tight clothes because it only makes it worse too!

i canary Rookie
i canary
Posted

I have the small problem. I wear clothes that are too big in the morning, but by the evening they either fit just right or a little tight. I'm gluten free too. It's really frustrating. Hope someone has the answer. I feel like the Michelin man. :P

Lollie Enthusiast
Lollie
Posted

I thought I was nuts! :P I also get really bloated by the end of the day. I didn't before I went gluten-free but now I do! I was thinking it's my body getting used to the new grains that until now, I had never massed consumed?! But I really have no idea wy it happens! I'm just glad I have alot of pajama's to put on for supper!

Lollie

key Contributor
key
Posted

Don't know, but it could be just sitting.

Do you drink carbonated beverages or maybe dairy?

Just a thought, sorry I am not more help.

MOnica

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
Posted

When I start feeling bloated, I take a Zantac-75 and after a while I feel better. Watch your co-workers, when you need to poot, be discrete. A good poot is a wonderful feeling. :rolleyes:

GlutenFreeAl Contributor
GlutenFreeAl
Posted
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No carbonation. No dairy. And I can't fart at work. I just can't.

Anybody tried Beano, GasX, or the like?

It's frustrating. I don't even want my boyfriend to touch me by the end of the day because I just feel so fat and bloated.

Grr.

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Guest Robbin
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Posted

Again, I have the same thing. I seem to have the same thing as every person who posts. That michelin-man analogy is just too funny. I can't wait till evening to put on pjs. If anyone has something they use that works, please let us all in on it. Also, does anyone have it really bad in the morning when they first get up? I have it bad before breakfast, too. Thanks! :blink:

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
Posted

In addition to Celiac I also have a large Hiatal Hernia , with that I take Omeprazole 20 mg. - generic for prilosic, once in the morning and also in the evening. That is veyr helpful and puts off surgery for as long as I can be comfortable.

Hope this helps

WGibs Apprentice
WGibs
Posted

I had terrible gas before I went gluten-free. I was worse on days when I worked, but I always thought that was because I was holding it in, so it accumulated. (Man, the conversations we have on here...) Anyway, when I'm home, or out in the world, I can release the gas periodically, so it doesn't become so bad.

I find that exercise does help to work it out, so the sitting all day could exacerbate a problem, but I doubt it would cause it all on its own.

All that said, I haven't had many problems with it since going gluten-free.

danikali Enthusiast
danikali
Posted

I love all of the ways you guys describe it. I just say I look like I'm 6 months pregnant! I normally weigh (when my stomach is the way it's supposed to be) like 117lbs. And when I get on the scale when I'm bloated (even in the morning before I eat) I'm like 7lbs heavier! Although I feel like I've gained 20! And yes, when I'm like this, I wear bigger clothes and my pants look so dumb because by the end of the day, they are tight around the waist and the butt is all baggy. <_< Ugly. So of course I have to wear a big sweater just to cover that up! Ahy yai yai!

Anyway, I've been realizing that it happens when I eat a food that I am intolerant to besides gluten. That's why I'm starting an elimination diet. For half of the day today, all I've had is pears and mangos and my stomach finally went down. Maybe you should try an elimination diet because that's what it's got to be. And try pears, they are very easily digested and might even help the bloating a little. At least for me they do.

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

I'm one of the 'puffs up bigger as the day goes on' people! I get tons of trapped gas in my upper abdominal area that can shoot upwards and cause pressure at the base of my throat. My GI told me to take Phayzame--and it does help! The softgels are gluten-free. The quick disolve tablets are NOT.

PghBOB Newbie
PghBOB
Posted
Again, I have the same thing. I seem to have the same thing as every person who posts. That michelin-man analogy is just too funny. I can't wait till evening to put on pjs. If anyone has something they use that works, please let us all in on it. Also, does anyone have it really bad in the morning when they first get up? I have it bad before breakfast, too. Thanks! :blink:

I HAVE IT BAD IN THE MORNINGS. SOMETIMES IT WAKES ME UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, FEEL LIKE I'M LAYING ON A BEACHBALL' SOMETIMES I HAVE NIGHT SWEATS WITH THE BLOATING. DOC THINKS IT IS IBS.

Carriefaith Enthusiast
Carriefaith
Posted

How long have you been gluten free? I used to get bloating like that for about one year after going gluten-free. I only seem to have bloating now when I accidentally have something I shouldn't.

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