Blood Test After Gluten Challenge

[gluZen]

Hello!

First thanks to many of you - I've read many messages here that greatly helped me. I am not yet diagnosed Celiac, but last year I had terrible GI problems, mostly D. Tried several things, but only going Gluten-free Casein-free helped me out so I've been Gluten-free Casein-free since October. Recently I met a GI in order to get a diagnostic (wouldn't it be only for tax purposes lol), and he suggested that I should go gluten for 7-10 days and hopefully he'll see the antibodies which would be enough for him to conclude on Celiac.

Well, here's the interesting part. I expected that as soon as I would get back on gluten, D would run back to me within hours... but it did not. I've been fine for the whole challenge (10 days) on the GI side, however, soon after reintroducing gluten I started being negative. I was sooooo not myself, down like I can't even remember. Could not find any interest in anything, I had no energy and wanted to sleep all day!

If you'd known me you'd know this is really not me! I am such a positive person. 12-18 hours after going gluten free again I felt all my energy come back!! Yeee!

I've read some articles and posts that relates gluten to a bunch of mental state or problems such as depression, autism, brainfogs, etc. It would someone be linked to serotonin, etc.

This part makes sense - but why didn't I get D problems? I thought this was one of the very first reaction?

Note - still waiting results but reading this forum I think they'll be (false) negative.

Thanks!!!

[nora-n]

Hi, I did not get awfully sick back on gluten either. But I did notice neuro symptoms after six weeks.

There are man postinga about neurological or psych . symptoms here, by the way, and gluten trigger antigliadin antibodies that attacck the brain, just google hadjivassiliou .

nora

[loraleena]

Getting better on gluten free diet is all you need to know. Even if your tests do not show celiac, you are probably gluten intolerant. Intolerance can reac havoc on you body just as much as celiac. You could also get a stool test from entero labs.