A gluten challenge

[carlisima]

After years of flittering around eating/not eating gluten for how it made me feel I am finally doing the gluten challenge with an endoscopy at the end of the 4 weeks. 
 

im nervous given I know how it makes me feel but I also need to know once and for all. Any advice from anyone? How much should I be eating etc. 

Thank you. 

[Scott Adams]

The protocol for a blood test is to eat 2 slices of wheat bread a day for 6-8 weeks, and 2 weeks for an endoscopy:

 

 

[carlisima]

On 7/13/2022 at 3:21 AM, Scott Adams said:

The protocol for a blood test is to eat 2 slices of wheat bread a day for 6-8 weeks, and 2 weeks for an endoscopy:

 

 

Thank you so much for your response. Given how I’m feeling, I managed to persuade the doctor to move my endoscopy a week forward and therefore it will be next Thursday as I’m struggling so much. 
 

Starting back on the gluten, my hair is shedding like there’s no tomorrow and the anxiety and panic attacks are enough to make me never want to eat the stuff again irrespective of the outcome. 
 

In the beginning I did go a bit mental, as in eating all the stuff I hadn’t in years and it put me in bed for 2 days, now I’m barely functioning but have cut my intake down to a sandwich a day and I’m doing a bit better. As much as the GI symptoms are bad, it’s more the mental impact I’m struggling with.
 

 
 

[Scott Adams]

I'm sorry to hear that you are suffering so badly. I do wonder in cases like yours where a formal diagnosis really matters, or just going gluten-free and getting better as soon as possible isn't a better approach, but I do not want to second guess your doctors. My only observation would be that even if your tests end up negative, I suspect you will still end up on a gluten-free diet (you'd be in the non-celiac gluten sensitivity category).