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Emotional Reaction From Gluten? Do You Get This?


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tiffjake Enthusiast

Ok, so I had a little incident tonight (see the post about rude people and notes on cars) and I was glutened last night by a chip at a resturaunt....and I am really feeling the effects....but now I am wondering if the glutening could be adding to the emotional rollercoster I am going through. Part of me wants to find whoever wrote that note and hit them. Part of me wants to buy a new car now (so they cant find me or something.....it isnt a rational thought). Part of me is crying (the physical part, LOL). I am a mess. I don't think I would be like this if not for the gluten........anyone else get like this? I am so upset, and on top of it, I am running to the bathroom for d. Ug, this sucks........

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Tiffany,

Sorry for your troubles - you have been thrown into a bit of a tailspin over this, haven't you?! Don't let em get you down. You didn't do anything wrong. You just feel guilty because you probably don't normally do that, and the one time you do..., well, look what happens. The parking note was uncalled for and left by someone who is insensitive and has their own issues. You know what, person who left the parking note? This is life. $tuff happens! Your parking note person needs to learn to deal with it. <edited to clarify that my comment was directed to the person who left the note - not you!>

I know what you are feeling because that is how I react to such things, and that is what I need to learn to tell myself all the time. I don't attribute it to gluten. I just always thought I was hypersensitve and too introspective. My family always told me I needed to develop a thicker skin. Easier said than done.

Anyway, try turning the tables on your thoughts. It's not you with the problem - it's the one who left the note. Why do they think it is their job to tell other people how to live and that others must live by their interpretation of the rules?

Maybe that will help a little.

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Ok, so I had a little incident tonight (see the post about rude people and notes on cars) and I was glutened last night by a chip at a resturaunt....and I am really feeling the effects....but now I am wondering if the glutening could be adding to the emotional rollercoster I am going through. Part of me wants to find whoever wrote that note and hit them. Part of me wants to buy a new car now (so they cant find me or something.....it isnt a rational thought). Part of me is crying (the physical part, LOL). I am a mess. I don't think I would be like this if not for the gluten........anyone else get like this? I am so upset, and on top of it, I am running to the bathroom for d. Ug, this sucks........

Oh yeah, did I ever have the emotional roller coaster rides when glutened. Even a little bit of cross-contamination can put me in a depressed tail spin. (Almost as bad as being a teenaged girl again!) I don't miss them. I think it's more of the psychological aspects of being glutened that keep me on the straight and narrow than the physical. I have learned to ride it out as there is nothing to do for it anyways. Develop a mantra "it's the gluten, not me" You will come out of this so long as you are gluten-free, so hang in there!

Annette

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Fiddle-Faddle Community Regular

Heck, situations like that put me on the emotional rollercoaster even without gluten!

I think your reaction is totally normal. By leaving anote on your windshield, that person invaded your personal space. That's definitely alittle scary. He or she directed rage at you when you did absolutely nothing wrong--of course that isn't fair and makes you feel beaten down, and then justifiably angry.

Now you're stuck having to let it run its course. It will run its course in a few days' time or less. There are some things you can do to help it exit your system a little faster. Venting here is good!

What helps me is exercise and fresh air. Go for a good long walk in the park if it's not raining, or go tothe mall and walk there. Swing your arms--my physical therapist says that swinging your arms releases endorphins!

Do something unusually nice for total strangers (and, I suppose, for people you know!). Drop off some toys at the local children's hospital. Let someone with 3 items in front of you on the grocery store line. Offer to take a cart back to the store for an elderly lady. Be the total opposite of the jerk who left the note on your windshield. It'll help put balance back in your universe, and it will keep the jerks from controlling you (i.e., forcing you into being angry and upset all day). It feels much nicer to be nice than to be angry!

If you are religious at all, but don't like religious institutions, all hospitals have a little non-denominational chapel where you can go talk to God without any clergypeople interrupting you. Or, conversely, you might feel better talking to a priest, minister, or rabbi.

Pets are very therapeutic, too. If you don't have one, yuou could go to your local animal shelter--they usually need volunteers to help walk the dogs. You'd be doing a good deed for the dog and getting exercise!

REPEAT: YOU DID NOTHING WRONG. YOUR REACTION IS NORMAL. :)

Hang in there, it does get better.

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Hi Tiffany--I'm so sorry you're going through all of this right now! I know exactly how you feel--I am a very sensitive person--on a good day. Add gluten *and* a situation like the one you had with your truck, and I would be reacting the same way! Really--I understand taking things to heart that way. The gluten makes it even worse because, for me at least, it brings back the depressed and anxious feelings for a few days. The only advice I can offer is what I would tell myself--try to relax and not think about it. (easier said than done, I know!) Focus on other things--even mundane everyday things that need to be taken care of. After a time, you'll be able to look back and see the whole thing without getting so emotional. I think we are kindred spirits--sending a hug to you ;)

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Hi Tiffany--I'm so sorry you're going through all of this right now! I know exactly how you feel--I am a very sensitive person--on a good day. Add gluten *and* a situation like the one you had with your truck, and I would be reacting the same way! Really--I understand taking things to heart that way. The gluten makes it even worse because, for me at least, it brings back the depressed and anxious feelings for a few days. The only advice I can offer is what I would tell myself--try to relax and not think about it. (easier said than done, I know!) Focus on other things--even mundane everyday things that need to be taken care of. After a time, you'll be able to look back and see the whole thing without getting so emotional. I think we are kindred spirits--sending a hug to you ;)

Ditto to that. Getting emotional for no reason is about the 3rd symptom I have of glutening. Brain fog, face goes numb, and then I get depressed.

And I'm overly sensitive on a good day!!!

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Lollie Enthusiast

Tiffany-YES!!!!!!! I absolutely have an emotional reaction to gluten. I posted at the beginning of the week about the depression. I think it is deffinantly a chemical reaction to the gluten for me. I get very irritable, impatient, depressed, ect.....

Alot of people recommended trying B-complex to counter the effect of the gluten. I went right out to whole foods and bought one with probiotics and it really has helped me! You might want to look at that posting for the advice I got!!!!

I hope you feel better- and you are not alone!!!!

Lollie

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Oh heck ya!

The best way to describe me when I get glutened is "The Incredible Hulk". I can explode in anger at the drop of a hat!

Hugs and hope you feel better today,

Karen

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I have a similar response--I wouldn't say that I get actual clinical depression (i.e. tell-tale symptoms that last for over two weeks), but I do get very emotional--sometimes weepy, sometimes very angry. I've tried to work on the anger lately because I still want people to like me when I emerge from my emotional gluten-induced haze, but, at the same time, I don't want to turn that anger inward.

I was doing so well not getting glutened for a while, but I've been on several business trips where I've been unavoidably at the mercy of people bussers, waitresses, linecooks and other people who don't understand the subtleties of cross contamination. I finally just had to stop eating meals with the groups and go back to a hotel room full of food from Whole Foods. I just try as much as possible to focus on other things that are more important and then I try to reward myself when I do well. It's never fun to deal with the physical or mental side effects of gluten contamination.

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Ok, so I started this post about being emotional, and now, I am crying and shaking. But I don't even know if I should post that. If you are keeping up with the back and forth on the parking post, someone is being really ON me and I just can't handle it right now. I am a friendly, nice person, who can normally let things roll off of my back, but not now. I am soooo emotional. And what this person is saying is getting me SO upset, and I don't understand it. I thought that this was a safe place to vent and rant. I wish I had my husband here to cry to but he is in Iraq. And don't start in about everyone having problems. I know that. Everyone knows that. But sometimes those of us here understand that our special diet makes us even more sensitive to everyday problems...........ok, I dont even know where I am going with this......I just need to talk, and I don't have anyone at home with me and I cant stop crying. I sound pathetic now. I will stop.

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Yeah I know what you mean :( I'm starting to think that the emotional effects of gluten are as bad as the physical! I made egg rolls on Monday night...and ate left overs on Tuesday. I know the egg rolls are fine, but I used an over the counter sweet and sour sauce to dip them in. I have been fooling myself for too long now, that I'm not affected by distilled products. I called the company with the sweet and sour sauce and was told it was not gluten-free because of the distilled vinigar. I disregarded that info because (although I get sick after eating something that is gluten-free through distillation.....vinager, whiskey, mcdonalds fries....ok I guess mcdonalds fries used some other process, but I still got sick) I thought "OH that won't bother me"! Well, it did. Sure enough I've been snapping at my poor hubby, then feeling guilty and weepy, then wondering if he still loves me (this only happens when I'm glutened) Today I just wanted to stay in bed and hide under the covers. I was awake all last night and I feel awful. UGH...I swear that's it with my distilled vinager experiments! :angry:

Hey, I just read your latest post....I skimmed over what is happing over there and it looks like something just to walk away from. Here lately it seems like there has been a lot of hostility on the board....must be the gluten :P Just step away from it for a while...it's not worth it.

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Hey, I just read your latest post....I skimmed over what is happing over there and it looks like something just to walk away from. Here lately it seems like there has been a lot of hostility on the board....must be the gluten :P Just step away from it for a while...it's not worth it.

Yup. (period, the end, I am done, please dont respond, leave me alone, I quit)

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Rusla Enthusiast

Actually when I am glutened I am so sick I can't be upset. However, for you it could have been a combination of gluten, weather, and all the other stuff.

The things that make me more than emotional, even violent are certain allergies and one is to cigarette/cigar smoke. Not only do they make it so I can't breath but cigar and certain cigarette smoke, just a whiff makes me violent. I have to leave or I may sock someone in the nose.

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elonwy Enthusiast

Gluten makes me nuts. Angry, sad, whathaveyou. SEVERE emotional reaction. ick.

Elonwy

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Canadian Karen Community Regular

I swear being glutened should be a valid reason to plead "Temporary Insanity" for a crime! :lol:

Hugs.

Karen

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Robix Apprentice

Hey guys,

I am a gemini and have pernicious anemia, and (I think) celiac disease. Plus am a woman, with the typical PMS mood-swings, plus am a single mom....plus plus plus....

Welcome to the emotional roller-coaster ride! I feel a bit happier and "even-tempered" off of gluten though - so of course, from now on I will be "blaming it on gluten" or on my brand new favorite scientific phenomenon "delayed lunar reaction"...

But sometimes laughter is the best medecine - so don't know if you read my email in the now defunct parking thread - but:

1. Wave your arms in the air and push away the negative energy some people give off and try to pass onto you - send it back out into the universe in a symbolic "back to sender" gesture. I garantee you will immediately feel better, if not from having pushed away the negative energy, then from how silly you look and feel actually waving your arms around like a mad woman - and if you do it around co-workers, them laughing at you will make you laugh too!!! :blink:

or

2. Go read my posts on "gas 101" in the symptoms thread (sorry am a thread-pasting virgin, dunno how to do it yet) . Garantee it will make you giggle, especially if you turn your volume on really loud. If you have kids they will laugh HYSTERICALLY. :o

Sending out the good vibes! Woohoooo!

;)

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Fiddle-Faddle Community Regular

Tiffany, are you okay? Are you feeling any better yet? I'm getting worried about you....

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Lollie Enthusiast
Tiffany, are you okay? Are you feeling any better yet? I'm getting worried about you....

DITTO!

Lollie

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I just re-read what I posted to tiff earlier......I told her to step away for a while and leave it alone. I hope she knows I was talking about that particular thread and not the board in general :unsure: After re-reading I see that it could have been taken that way. I didn't mean to make her think that she should leave the group or anything!

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Rusla Enthusiast
I swear being glutened should be a valid reason to plead "Temporary Insanity" for a crime! :lol:

Hugs.

Karen

Let's see if we can get being "glutened" and "delayed lunar response" accepted in a court of law for murder. Kind of like temporary insanity. Alright girls let's go run over dear John with the John Deere. Remember the gluten made me do it along with delayed lunar response.

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I just re-read what I posted to tiff earlier......I told her to step away for a while and leave it alone. I hope she knows I was talking about that particular thread and not the board in general :unsure: After re-reading I see that it could have been taken that way. I didn't mean to make her think that she should leave the group or anything!

I was pm-ing her through the "incident", and I'm pretty sure she'll be back to the boards. She just was upset and stepping away from the thread for a while.

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I just re-read what I posted to tiff earlier......I told her to step away for a while and leave it alone. I hope she knows I was talking about that particular thread and not the board in general :unsure: After re-reading I see that it could have been taken that way. I didn't mean to make her think that she should leave the group or anything!

I knew what you meant.

Tiffany, let us know that you are okay. Because we are worried as you are so upset. There are lots of things that are probably upsetting you along with gluten, weather, your husband not being there and some of the left overs from the other thread.So, just try to wash that other thread out of your head.

Yeah I know what you mean :( I'm starting to think that the emotional effects of gluten are as bad as the physical! I made egg rolls on Monday night...and ate left overs on Tuesday. I know the egg rolls are fine, but I used an over the counter sweet and sour sauce to dip them in. I have been fooling myself for too long now, that I'm not affected by distilled products. I called the company with the sweet and sour sauce and was told it was not gluten-free because of the distilled vinigar. I disregarded that info because (although I get sick after eating something that is gluten-free through distillation.....vinager, whiskey, mcdonalds fries....ok I guess mcdonalds fries used some other process, but I still got sick) I thought "OH that won't bother me"! Well, it did. Sure enough I've been snapping at my poor hubby, then feeling guilty and weepy, then wondering if he still loves me (this only happens when I'm glutened) Today I just wanted to stay in bed and hide under the covers. I was awake all last night and I feel awful. UGH...I swear that's it with my distilled vinager experiments! :angry:

Hey, I just read your latest post....I skimmed over what is happing over there and it looks like something just to walk away from. Here lately it seems like there has been a lot of hostility on the board....must be the gluten :P Just step away from it for a while...it's not worth it.

What do you make your egg rolls out of?

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I Pm'd her too and told her about my experiences along the lines of the one she is having in her other thread. I think she's OK.

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Well, we have that down pat! :D We take vietnamese rice paper and brush it with egg. Then we wrap up ground pork, cabbage, bean sprouts, gluten-free soy sauce, and corn starch in them. After that we dip them in a VERY thin batter made from eggs, rice flour, corn starch and milk. Then deep fry till brown...mmmmmm.....they are good. I usually make my own sweet and sour sauce too, but I was lazy this time. I guess I got what I deserve....it's so easy too.....just rice vinegar, sugar, and soy sauce.

I Pm'd her too and told her about my experiences along the lines of the one she is having in her other thread. I think she's OK.

I'm glad! I think this board is the best place for people with celiac disease to be. I don't know where I would be if it wasn't for the advice I have recieved here. I would never intentionally tell someone to leave :ph34r:

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I Pm'd her too and told her about my experiences along the lines of the one she is having in her other thread. I think she's OK.

I did the exact same thing! I've been there, too. She seemed ok to me, also.

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