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Angry & Anxious When Starting Gluten Free Diet

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mainesgem Rookie
mainesgem
Posted

Hi there,

I am new to all this and I have posted a couple of questions on the coping w/

celiac disease forum. Anyway-I gotta another question....

Did anyone feel extremely moody when first starting the gluten free diet???

I feel like I am going to go nuts and my stomach has been nauseous since starting this.

Though the nausea has let up today.

I am at the beginning of day four of being gluten free.

If these symptoms are attributed to "detoxing gluten"-I am absolutely shocked!!!!

This is crazy. Could I be going through withdrawals of wheat bread???????? :blink:

J.

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Absolutely you could be experiencing withdrawals, I remember it VIVIDLY... I remember calling my mom in tears saying it felt worse than withdrawals from drugs (yeah, been there)... It was awful, but it passed fairly quickly, just keep your body nourished and hydrated and try to rest as much as you can. Gluten affects the opioid receptors just like narcotics do, interesting huh? Just hang in there and keep it up, you will get through this and feel so much better for it.

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eleep
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Yes -- the moodiness is something many of us have experienced -- I wish I'd known that at the time since my withdrawal-based moodiness had something to do with the utter implosion of my relationship after my diagnosis. It will pass, however, so just hang in there and remember that you may be overreacting to things for a while.

For anyone who's been wondering, by the way, that relationship is definitively over -- which really has nothing to do with my illness, as I've recently discovered. I did my best to take responsibility for the ways in which my health might have complicated matters between us, but it turns out we needed more than one person giving it their best shot to make it work.

eleep

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Annie/NM
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I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one. I have been gluten-free for one week and I have had a migrane, been realy tired and crabby. I have a hard time coping with my normal busy schedule, work 1/2 time,, 3 kids under 6, the housework and feeding everyone (2 gluten-free and 3 not gluten-free). I'm hoping I will feel better soon and pull myself together! I'm so used to being the rock of the family it has been hard! I feel guilty about not having the enery to play with my kids!

eleep Enthusiast
eleep
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Sometimes rocks need to be pampered as well -- don't be too hard on yourself -- you'll be a much better rock when you're feeling healthy and relaxed!

eleep

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