How Soon Can You Tell?

[skipper30]

When you have been glutened...how soon do you feel its effects?

TIA

[jerseyangel]

Almost without exception, about 2 hours. The worst of it is the next day or two.

[Ursa Major]

I usually get a stomach ache within an hour. Within a few hours I will sink into a deep black pit of depression, paranoia, extreme irritability, angry outbursts and anxiety. By the next day I'll be bloated and have bowel cramps, as well as joint pains and possibly a migraine, and I'll feel utterly exhausted. Then I'll either get constipated, or get diarrhea within five days to a week.

[Canadiangirl]

Hi there,

I find that it can totally depend. Usually if I have gluten i feel it within a few hours. Headache and Foggy head are the first symptoms and then for the next day or two I'll have bad stomach and need a toilet close by. It depends on how much gluten though. I was badly glutened over christmas and I am still feeling it 3 weeks later!

[NorthernElf]

For me it's within about a half an hour - my sinuses flare up and I get "that feeling" - and start to analyze what I've eaten. My sinuses are my alarm signal...now if only I had an antidote.

Within a couple of hours or so I start to get lethargic & grumpy and can get gut cramps or mild nausea...or it happens the next day. My reflux acts up and if I don't smarten up, my joints give me grief. It takes 2-4 strictly gluten-free days for me to detox myself...then I have sudden moments of clarity where I realize I actually feel good !

The thing I find weird is that sometimes I don't realize I've been glutened - guess my sinuses don't react to small amounts - but I realize it when it's worked it's way out of my system and I realize just how bad I was feeling. Guess one gets busy...

[TinkerbellSwt]

Mine can take as little as a half an hour. No matter how much the gluten, I get my "tell tale" stomache grumbles. Bloated and gassy, then yup, the good ol D. That I am lucky I think, that usually only lasts a bit, it seems until the poison has left me. Some days it might last a bit longer than what I would normally think it should to leave my body, but at that point, I am a slave to my body and I just go with the flow. My biggest problem is, that once that major bloating and gassy feeling leave, I am darn hungry again. Its like since my body purged itself to get the demon out, now it needs to refuel, but I still have D. oh well, like anything else, makes no sense just go with the flow....

[skipper30]

I am having issues and am just not sure what I have going on. My son was dx'ed a year ago at 2 1/2 wih Celiac.

I had my gallbladder removed after baby number 3, but was having problems with it after baby number 2 and just didn't know it. I get a pain in my upper stomach area like gallbladder pain...but no gallbladder. I also alternate between D and C- this can be daily. Gas pains that make me want to jump out of my skin and I have a lot of headaches also.

I have been tested for celiac and it came back negative...but it was at a local celiac support group, by an out of state dr and we got no results other than + or -.

I get a crampy feeling within 30 min to an hour after I eat a gluten containing product. So I am wondering IBS or Celiac. Do they "react" they same way?

Yes, I know the thing to do is to go gluten-free for a while and see how I feel. But evidently I am stupid for not doing it.

Thanks for listening!!

Dallas

[GlutenWrangler]

30 minutes to feel the effects

[Janie*]

Usually I can tell within an hour or so..and then the stomach cramps and bloating begin. OUCH!

[TestyTommy]

I can usually tell pretty quickly --- 30-60 minutes. It starts with a grumbling in my belly, often accompanied by a sharp pain. The bloating and brain fog come later.