Advice needed

[AnnaHH]

I have just been diagnosed about a month ago. The only symptom I’ve ever had is extreme bloating and had it for many years.
So I’ve now been gluten free for just under a month. Yesterday I went out for lunch with a friend and thought I would try pancakes. Like I said my symptoms have just been bloating so I figured what’s the worst could happen! From about 0200 and for the last 5 hours I have experienced really really bad diarrhoea and feel sick. Is this because I’ve been gluten free for a month and just had the pancakes? This a completely different symptom than I’ve ever experienced. 
last weekend I had drambuie, not thinking anything of it. About the same kind of time (0200) I was violently sick on and off for about 4 hours. I found an article on here that suggested not everyone is affected by drambuie due to the distillation process, but some are. 
I just wanted some advice. Is this a sheer coincidence that I’ve been ill or is this my body reacting to gluten and it’s so extreme because I’ve not had any for a month. 

[Wheatwacked]

Hello AnnaHH and welcome.

The short answer is yes.

Gluten has an opiod effect that essentially numbs the body.  When you stop eating gluten the effect wears off and new gluten intake hits you harder than it used to do.

Eating gluten, I got addicted to 7-11's buttered hard rolls, turned me into an alcoholic in 1984 and gluten free diet freed me from it in 2014 after kess than a week.

[trents]

We do get reports on this forum of people who get "glutened" from drinking distilled spirits. Theoretically, it should not happen.

[Scott Adams]

Some people who go gluten-free seem to get more sensitive to it after a while of not eating it. It's unfortunate that you are having issues staying on a gluten-free diet, and hopefully your doctors informed you of how damaging gluten can be in those with celiac disease. This article may be helpful: