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Gluttened Question

Rpm999

By Rpm999
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hey everybody- i wanted to know if anybody has had anything similar happen...well, i've been fully gluten-free (or tried to :lol:) for about two months...thursday last week, i had a few utz chips and believe i got sick from them, because the bigger bag has wheat flour, and the site says that kind isn't, and all of that so it's not surprising

the thing is, i feel that i'm getting worst as time goes on here...for days and days and days, i feel like how i felt about 2 months ago...completely off, crying a lot for no reason, flush sensations, have barely been able to sleep at all for seriously about 4 days, bad anxiety....i feel like i keep walking back and forth and feel like i want to die here....i can't even really watch tv or do anything, my brain feels REAL frozen, like literally nothing is going on...and i forgot how bad i felt before, but having this happen reminded me that i haven't felt that way in a while....actually, for a while before this, i was sleeping great, i actually kept falling asleep early and not even trying to and it was definitely a change...but with so many symptoms, i guess you don't notice when things get better

the thing is, i think i was gluttened once before and it was NOTHING like this...it was terrible, but it wasn't like how i used to felt, only a couple of days, wasn't getting worst/got better as days went on i think....then again, that was about a month ago i believe

my question is, when first going gluten-free, is it normal to have a reaction THAT bad? with such crippling symptoms and getting worst as time goes on?

another strange thing is that around the time i started getting sick, i started taking b12, and i've heard some people have a hard time with that, and it makes me wonder if maybe this triggered something off in me....who knows, but this has been scary :(

thanks to anybody that can help me! you've all been a great help, this has just felt traumatizing and so severe so i'd like to know if any of that is common/possible/makes sense to happen like that

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Hi, I'm really sorry you are having such a hard time, this has never happened to me.

I never had any symptoms and was only diagnosed because I decided to get tested after my grandmother my mother and my sister all found out they had celiac disease. My blood tests and biopsy were both positive!

I have noticed that if I have any gluten now (after 5 years gluten free) I get really bad stomach aches and other nasty symptoms, so maybe as you have been gluten-free for a while your symptoms are just a lot worse when you do have gluten in your system.

Really watch what you eat, avoid anything that potentially has gluten in it.

I think your symptoms are severe enough to go see a doctor, maybe you need some anti-anxiety meds?

Rpm999 Contributor
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you're a lucky one then :lol: you wouldn't believe some of the problems people have, congrats on finding it out early so nothing bad will develop

aikiducky Apprentice
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It's funny, I've seen LOTS of people say that they felt better for the first two months and then felt worse again. Seems there's a typical third month dip or something. :huh:

It's true that your symptoms if you get some gluten in you can get worse when you have been gluten free for a while. That's quite normal. Your body isn't used to dealing with gluten every day anymore.

Hope you feel better soon!

Pauliina

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thanks! those things are just so hard to deal with, nothing feels right, i keep crying out of nowhere and everything just feels dead or something- hard to explain :o

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anybody else know anything about things like this? damn, i'm sick of crying a lot for no reason and running all over the place, on top of the flushness, i feel like a zombie on crack or something :lol:

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