The Way I Feel After Having Gluten

[susanm]

I haven't been having any dramatic reactions to gluten, which is why I've ignored it for so long. What I do feel when I have a big plate of pasta is sluggishness, a feeling of fullness that's pressing down on me, and just plain awful and yukky. I don't get stomach symptoms though.

Does anybody else feel this way? Could this be celiac? I'm still waiting for my test results to come back.

[leadmeastray88]

I haven't been having any dramatic reactions to gluten, which is why I've ignored it for so long. What I do feel when I have a big plate of pasta is sluggishness, a feeling of fullness that's pressing down on me, and just plain awful and yukky. I don't get stomach symptoms though.

Does anybody else feel this way? Could this be celiac? I'm still waiting for my test results to come back.

Yes, it could definitely be gluten related. Many people have neurological symptoms as a reaction to gluten instead of gastro ones. For me, it's more gastro-related followed by an intense headache. Everyone is different.

Hope that helps

Kim

[sixtytwo]

Just a quick sharing.......I have very few gastro problems anymore when I get gluten (which I did this last weekend-----what was thinking?????) but gluten makes my fibromyalgia very bad and I sure am paying for that today. Back on the straight and norrow and I know it will go away, for the most part, when I am totally gluten-free again. I feel so much better when I eat gluten-free, so much less pain and much more energy and less headaches. Gluten effects people in more ways than just gastro, many doctors have their heads in the sand over this one, wish they would catch on. They will eventually when they can read it in one of their medical magazines/not just hear it from one of their patients. Kind of maddening when they don't get it when you are pointing it out to them from your own experience. How could we know anything?????????we haven't been to medical school!!!!!!

Barbara

[susanm]

I just read somewhere that having wine with a gluteny meal makes the reaction much, much greater. Well, when I have wine, I'm usually at a restaurant eating my favorite food - pasta! When I do have the wine, I feel sooooo sluggish, I just want to lie down the rest of the evening. I thought it was just wine that made me feel this way, but now I'm wondering if it's the combination.

Am I correct about the wine reaction?