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How Long Did It Take You To See A Difference?

jnclelland

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jnclelland Contributor
jnclelland
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Okay, we started DS (age 6) on a trial gluten-free diet, and I'm wondering how long I should expect it to take before we notice a difference - if, in fact, gluten is a problem for him. (Brief recap: his only symptoms are anxiety and bed-wetting, and he had a definitely negative TTG test, so the main reason why I suspect that gluten *might* be a problem for him is that MY anxiety level has improved so much since going gluten-free. In other words, we're not exactly working off a firm diagnosis here!) We're on day 4, and I haven't seen any noticeable change in him yet - except that he's been complaining of headaches when it gets close to mealtime, and eating seems to take care of them. (Sounds like low blood sugar to me.) For those of you who had kids whose main symptom was anxiety, how long did it take you to notice a difference?

Jeanne

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With some people it takes a long time. I think it depends on how sick a person is.

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I know my anxiety got better when I quit wheat two years ago, but I can't remember if it was sudden or not. Since I quit gluten a couple months ago, my itching has gotten better right away, but the rest of the changes I hope for are taking their time.

Good luck.

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Just a little while after I posted this, DS had a really gross poop (so much so that he called me to come "investigate" it!) - very loose and paler than usual. Since he never had any GI symptoms ON gluten, I was kind of surprised. Detox, maybe?

Jeanne

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Just a little while after I posted this, DS had a really gross poop (so much so that he called me to come "investigate" it!) - very loose and paler than usual. Since he never had any GI symptoms ON gluten, I was kind of surprised. Detox, maybe?

Jeanne

My DD (now on 13th week gluten-free) seemed to get worse during the first week trial. More pain in her belly, lots and lots of very loose pale poop, headaches and rolling-around-in-bed cramps. At about 12-13 days she improved almost overnite. Felt better, no pain, normal poop.

So give it time!

mamatide

Guest cassidy
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It took me two weeks before I could tell if I had been glutened. I felt a bit better each day, but after two weeks I really could tell a difference.

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