New here - corn seems to be my biggest culprit

[MattMcDowell]

Hi all,

For about the last 6 years I have been suffering pretty badly. It's hard to put my symptoms into words but I will try

-I wake up and I can tell it is going to be a day where the symptoms are going to develop throughout the day
-Gradually as the day goes on I get like a pressure around my eyes, soreness and tenderness around my eyes, and brain fog. It feels like there is a blanket over my brain and I can't think properly. On these days I just have to basically accept it isn't going to be a good day.

 

In the last year I have been experimenting eliminating all kinds of things.  Currently I am gluten free, dairy free, and (mostly corn free). I'm pretty sure corn is my biggest offender, and I actually started to notice this a long time ago.  But I've really just started to latch onto this possibly in the last month. Because corn is in everything I basically only eat food prepared at home now. The last time I had my symptoms (and last time I ate corn) I had eaten a gluten free pizza (corn ingredients). That was about 3 weeks ago and I have felt like a million bucks since. Last night I decided to buy and eat some vegan cheese, and I missed it had sorbic acid in it (corn). I am feeling terrible again today.

 

So obviously I am going to do a better job avoiding hidden corn ingredients. But my questions are these

 

1) When I have these symptoms is there anything I can do to counteract the intolerance? Caffeine, Advil, tylenol, nothing works and the only thing I know works is waiting it out till the next day
2) Is it worth it to do an intolerance test for corn? 

[trents]

Matt, I do not put much stock in food allergy/intolerance testing. There typically are many false negatives and positives which is to say the results often do not match up well with real life symptomology. It would likely be more helpful to just eliminate corn from your diet for a few weeks and see if you don't fare better. Then reintroduce it and see if you start having problems again. There is no antidote to this I know of except avoidance of the offending food.

[Scott Adams]

Here are some possible ideas that have helped those with gluten sensitivity who accidently eat gluten: