A month into gluten free and have all kinds of weird symptoms

[Shai 12]

I'm gluten & dairy free for one month and a few days. Idk what's going on lately. When I wake up I feel horrible, extreme aggression and agitation, (I'm suffering from mental illness but this is probably related to the diet and not my illness, it's never happened to me before). So I have extreme aggression, anger, and also lots of old memories come up in my mind for no apparent reason. Don't really know what's going on. 

[GodsGal]

2 hours ago, Shai 12 said:

I'm gluten & dairy free for one month and a few days. Idk what's going on lately. When I wake up I feel horrible, extreme aggression and agitation, (I'm suffering from mental illness but this is probably related to the diet and not my illness, it's never happened to me before). So I have extreme aggression, anger, and also lots of old memories come up in my mind for no apparent reason. Don't really know what's going on. 

What you are experiencing is actually pretty common. It does get better.

Sometimes people have withdrawal symptoms from going off gluten. Have you gotten past the stage of feeling hungry all the time? Sometimes gluten free foods don't have as much fiber, so they don't feel as filling at first. hang in there! 

[Scott Adams]

Here is a search of our site that will give you some more background on this:

https://www.celiac.com/search/?q="withdrawal symptoms"&quick=1&updated_after=any&sortby=relevancy&search_and_or=and 

[Rick Sanchez]

On 3/14/2023 at 9:20 AM, Shai 12 said:

I'm gluten & dairy free for one month and a few days. Idk what's going on lately. When I wake up I feel horrible, extreme aggression and agitation, (I'm suffering from mental illness but this is probably related to the diet and not my illness, it's never happened to me before). So I have extreme aggression, anger, and also lots of old memories come up in my mind for no apparent reason. Don't really know what's going on. 

Hi,

It does get better.  I'd look into adding a good B Complex vitamin, and take the maximum dose. If you have a good doctor, ask them about vit B injections.  Depending how bad you Celiac's had gotten, absorbing enough can be difficult.  Without "Dr. Google diagnosing" you, from all my research, and you have to research, both the protein getting into the brain and the damaged gut not absorbing enough key vitamins (B's in particular, and D leading to depression), can cause mental issues. The absorption will get better, and can be mitigated until it does.  Going batshit and starting to lose my mind was what pushed me to get it figured out, very late in life for a silly yak, 35.  It took time to get better, joints feeling like they were out of place right after going gluten-free, that sucked, probably inflammation going down.

The head issues, believe me you are not the only one.  

I'll pray for you. When I was where your at a friend said to me "How long did it take you to get sick?" I said, "since I was a kid" "So then it will probably take some time to get better?"  That's a good attitude to have in your pocket.