Nauseas All The Time...please Help

[valeriek]

Sorry in advance for the spelling...I cant spell

ok I was diagnosed with celiacs about 2 months ago. But still almost every day I get nauseas. Sometimes it may be light and will go away in a few min. Other times like today it is so bad that I have to take perscription naseas meds and go lay down. But I never throw up! Feel like it is coming up any second but doesnt.

So here is a normal day for me so you can see if it is something I am doing.

Get up at 7:45. I dont eat breakfast since diagnosed. Eat either taco bell tostada with sour cream or boars head lunch meat with bordon american cheese...no bread. Then maybe some lays stax for a snack. then dinner around 8. That will be either chicken, salmon, steak. With rice usually. Maybe 2 nights a week I get wendys baked potatoe with butter and sour cream and a chilli. Then bed at arounf 10.

So that is my life. I dont work. I am a stay at home mom and my son goes to school 8:30 till 12:30.

Can some one please help me with this. I am sick of feeling like this. And the only thing wrong that the docter can find is low iron and vitamin d. I take vitamin d once a week like docter said to do but cant take the iron pill....it made me very nauseas.

Thankyou to any one who can help.

[tarnalberry]

with such little food, I would wonder if you're hypoglycemic and need more healthy foods. does the nausea die down if you have a piece of fruit?

additionally, I'm not sure the tostada is gluten free - cross contamination in the fryer and the beef may have gluten too... I think there's very little there that is gluten free...

[RiceGuy]

I recommend avoid the fast food. That alone may be the culprit, but you may still benefit from vitamin B12, and all the other B vitamins. So I'll suggest a sublingual methylcobalamin (active form of B12), and a B-complex. For the iron, it might be better to take a lower dose daily instead, and/or a different form of iron. There are a few different forms you can try, including amino acid chelate (iron bisglycinate), ferrous sulfate, and others.

Also, it might prove helpful to avoid dairy right now, and reintroduce once your body has sufficiently healed. In fact, all top allergens (soy, corn, etc, and possibly other things) may be problematic for a while. Giving your body a better opportunity to heal can be very helpful.

Lastly, please try to eat breakfast. Find something safe and nutritious. Your body will thank you for it.

[jerseyangel]

Valerie, that sounds terrible Nausea is the worst!

First, I would definately skip the tostada and make yourself something at home for breakfast. Some gluten-free toast with a bit of nut butter, if you can have nuts or something with some protein. Can you do eggs? Microwaved bacon?

If I don't eat, especially in the morning, I'll get nauseous and dizzy, too. You need to try and eat a little something in the morning, even if you're not hungry. Start small, and gradually increase the amount/variety of food as you can. Even a banana.

Eating out is risky, especially at the beginning. Even if the tostida is gluten-free, there surely is cross contamination there at the restaurant that is probably making you sick.

[FarmCat]

I was wondering about that tostada, too--so I looked for TacoBell nutrition info online. They actually include gluten in their list of allergenic items. Their website claims that the tostada has no wheat or gluten, and is NOT made on shared equipment. I don't think I'd trust that without knowing how well-informed their staff is and how careful they are

But I did find it interesting that they claim the tostada is safe.

Here's the link: Open Original Shared Link

[Lollie]

Hi! I hope that all this helps... I have to agree with all the others and also add that if I eat too many Stax, I get sick also, so that may be something that you should try to avoid and see how you feel.

Also, if you were sick for a while before diagnosis, your body is very used to not having to deal with the digestion and distribution of your food. Now that you may be healing some, it is having to deal with it and that can cause some feelings that you may not have had in a while. I agree that eating in the morning and eating more regularly, avoiding fast food and over processed food will add your body as it begins to heal. I have always had a hard time eating breakfast, but I find that yogurt is good for me and I like the addition of probiotics that it naturally adds to my diet. Yoplait, light is now listed as gluten free. Also, rice chex are gluten free.... Just some ideas!

Hope you get feeling better soon!

Lollie

[Judyin Philly]

Hi and welcome

all advice is great

i get nauseous if i don't eat so try really hard to do that

I might suggest you try to avoid dairy and Lollie's idea of the gluten-free rice chex with some almond milk and bananas would be a good breakfast

good luck

will try to be or more help when i have more time to think of a few more things.

Judy

[chatycady]

Sorry in advance for the spelling...I cant spell

ok I was diagnosed with celiacs about 2 months ago. But still almost every day I get nauseas. Sometimes it may be light and will go away in a few min. Other times like today it is so bad that I have to take perscription naseas meds and go lay down. But I never throw up! Feel like it is coming up any second but doesnt.

So here is a normal day for me so you can see if it is something I am doing.

Get up at 7:45. I dont eat breakfast since diagnosed. Eat either taco bell tostada with sour cream or boars head lunch meat with bordon american cheese...no bread. Then maybe some lays stax for a snack. then dinner around 8. That will be either chicken, salmon, steak. With rice usually. Maybe 2 nights a week I get wendys baked potatoe with butter and sour cream and a chilli. Then bed at arounf 10.

So that is my life. I dont work. I am a stay at home mom and my son goes to school 8:30 till 12:30.

Can some one please help me with this. I am sick of feeling like this. And the only thing wrong that the docter can find is low iron and vitamin d. I take vitamin d once a week like docter said to do but cant take the iron pill....it made me very nauseas.

Thankyou to any one who can help.

Celiacs digestive system is broken. You may have to take a long hard look at your diet. The quickest way to get feeling better is to eat real food. Fresh veggies, and fruit and meat. Nothing processed. Shop on the outside aisle's of the grocery store and don't introduce any new foods until you are free of symptoms and feeling better.

BUT MOST IMPORTANT EAT BREAKFAST! It takes time to adjust to a new diet and a new way of thinking. You'll figure it out, give your self some time.

Also, I noticed your diet has a lot of starch in it. Rice, potatoes, chips, tacos - Starch can be hard to digest if your villi are damaged and aren't producing the right enzymes. Were you villi flattened?

[Mike M]

Sorry in advance for the spelling...I cant spell

ok I was diagnosed with celiacs about 2 months ago. But still almost every day I get nauseas. Sometimes it may be light and will go away in a few min. Other times like today it is so bad that I have to take perscription naseas meds and go lay down. But I never throw up! Feel like it is coming up any second but doesnt.

So here is a normal day for me so you can see if it is something I am doing.

Get up at 7:45. I dont eat breakfast since diagnosed. Eat either taco bell tostada with sour cream or boars head lunch meat with bordon american cheese...no bread. Then maybe some lays stax for a snack. then dinner around 8. That will be either chicken, salmon, steak. With rice usually. Maybe 2 nights a week I get wendys baked potatoe with butter and sour cream and a chilli. Then bed at arounf 10.

So that is my life. I dont work. I am a stay at home mom and my son goes to school 8:30 till 12:30.

Can some one please help me with this. I am sick of feeling like this. And the only thing wrong that the docter can find is low iron and vitamin d. I take vitamin d once a week like docter said to do but cant take the iron pill....it made me very nauseas.

Thankyou to any one who can help.

Have you ever heard of a dairy pill called Lactaid? I am not suggesting that you take these on a regular basis, but what you might consider trying is picking some up, take one and see if it settles your stomach down and makes the nausea go away. If it does make it go away, you more than likely have an issue with dairy. If the Lactaid would happen to settle your stomach, I would still not do dairy while you heal up the intestines. Maybe you can try adding a little dairy just a little at a time in a few months. If it does not make a difference trying the Lactaid, you very well may be getting some small amounts of hidden gluten. Also, I can eat Lays Stax but not a lot and not everyday. They are in my opinion very gluten free, but do have some soy in them. The other posters made mention of the fast foods maybe not being such a good idea here in the beginning. It sure was not for me either. Hope this helps. All the best, Mike

[lizard00]

Hey Valerie

I can only offer the same advice, ditch the Taco Bell. You can get tostadas at the grocery store, or corn tortillas and heat them. It won't require a whole lot more work for you, but would cut down on the contamination factor. I ate at Taco Bell once since gluten-free, it was probably a year ago, and haven't done it since. Can't remember if it made me sick, but I was still learning a lot.

I get nauseous too, when I either get glutened or get something else that I'm intolerant to. For instance, soy also makes me very sick feeling for a few hours. So maybe it's something in addition to gluten.

Either way, try to eat breakfast, too. Even if it's something really small, some mornings I eat a LaraBar just to get my body working. Then I eat more a little later in the morning. I've also heard mixed reviews on the Lays Stax, although they are supposed to be dedicated lines.

Something as seemingly small as contamination at a place like Taco Bell can keep you from feeling better. It's just enough to keep your body in an uproar. I'd try a non dairy trial, too, just to see if it makes a difference.

Hope you feel better soon!!

[Jenny (AZ via TX)]

I'm so sorry about the nausea. I had that too at first. I was never a breakfast eater even before being dx'd because of nausea. Anyway, at first I practically lived on Stonyfield Organic Yogurt, bananas, eggs and chicken. Nothing sat well in my stomach. I had to give up coffee which was really hard. Now, I can eat pretty normally, well no gluten of course, and I drink de-caf coffee.

It was really hard for me to digest certain foods at first. Also, I think in addition to the B vitamins RiceGuy mentioned, look into taking some digestive enzymes. They may help too. I also take Lactaid pills MikeM mentioned, before drinking a Latte or eating ice cream. I don't need it for the yogurt. I've read on this forum that some people kept a diary of everything they ate so they could narrow down what didn't sit well with them.

I hope you feel better soon. I still don't eat breakfast until I've been up for a couple of hours. Not due to nausea, just not hungry.

[cyberprof]

Valerie, I can only tell you my experience and that is that the first three months or so being gluten free, almost anything made me nauseous. Cheese (all dairy), fatty foods, big meals, all that needed to be avoided. What I did (after I figured it out...) was to cut out dairy, eat very little- small meals frequently, not greasy. I would avoid all outside food (like Taco Bell), cook simple food for yourself (is the rice plain or just with a little olive oil?), cooked (not raw) veggies and fruit -plain.

Good luck and I hope that you feel better soon!

[Tallforagirl]

Sorry in advance for the spelling...I cant spell

ok I was diagnosed with celiacs about 2 months ago. But still almost every day I get nauseas. Sometimes it may be light and will go away in a few min. Other times like today it is so bad that I have to take perscription naseas meds and go lay down. But I never throw up! Feel like it is coming up any second but doesnt.

Just wanted to say, I know how you feel. I too was very nauseous in the month or so before diagnosis, and up to 4 months after. I also suffered from fatigue.

I sympathise, because I know that nausea can be worse than simply feeling sick, then throwing up. There's no relief, it's like being travel sick on a bus to nowhere.

I don't know if it was coincidence, but for me the nausea started to get better after I got a series of injections to boost my B12. My levels weren't below normal, but at the low end of normal.

[krystal]

I am just starting the gluten-free diet for the SECOND time. The first time I gave up when my doctor told me I DID NOT have celiac disease, and it could NOT POSSIBLY be that. Did I mention I had already altered my diet before testing, and he KNEW this and didn't have me change that again before the testing? Now, I'm not going through the tests again, as they are too expensive and I can't possibly feel sick for a moment longer.

My CHIEF and ONLY complaint for YEARS was extreme nausea - never threw up. If I slept of laid in bed, I was pretty good. Other than that, forget it. Doctor's office told me to eat toast and crackers for the nausea. HA! Can you see how sick I was, living on toast and crackers for years?

Anyway, I have found the only way, starting out doing the diet change is to not eat anything in a box, bag, or can. For start I eat plain rice with salt and pepper or a potato steamed in teh micro. Other than that it's fruits, vegetables, and foods that I've cooked.

You can't possibly do gluten-free eating out that often, IMO. You're just going to have to get used to preparing your foods 98% of the time, so you know where they come from and what's in them.

As you get healthier and have a better understanding of how you feel and what you can tolerate, gradually add new foods in. This also helps if you have another food allergy/sensitivity, which is so common.

[leadmeastray88]

My main symptom was nausea as well. I was so nauseous, they kept asking me if I was pregnant. I knew I wasn't - You'd think after 3 negative tests they would move on to something else?!

After going gluten-free, nausea subsided almost completely after 3 weeks or so. I found that a B12 supplement helped with this immensely.

Some people take longer to heal than others, and your body is going through a lot right now. Be easy on yourself! And you've already got some great advice - skip the fast food, that stuff is terrible for your stomach to begin with. Add the contamination factor and it's not a good scene. Protect yourself and know exactly what you're ingesting by cooking at home. And like others said, definitely eat breakfast! You may be pleasantly surprised and find that helps the nausea. A small bowl of Cream of Rice is what I eat every morning, it's very gentle and it helps fill your stomach.

Hope you feel better soon

[Salax]

I definitely hear you on this one. When I ate dairy it did the same thing to me. Cut the dairy. I would try that as well as the soy and corn. Although I am ok with those 2, it would seem like a food elimination is the key here. You could try a food journal. That's how I found out it was dairy with me. Everytime I got sick I wrote it down and finally, the sky opened up and the heavens rained down and tada! It was the dairy. For the past 7 years I have been suffering with it thinking it was "normal" and wala! I cut the dairy no pain, no D, No Nausea! WOOT!

Good luck,

[krystal]

I KNOW I have an issue with eggs - MAYO is NOT my friend.

I suspect I might have an issue with corn as well.

Keeping a food journal is helping me. I basically eat fruits/veggies/lean meats/white rice/baked potatoes and then when my system feels OK (I know the process for me only takes about 24 hours before I feel better) I try something not in that category. When I react, it goes on my list of "No" Foods. There are some gluten-free foods on there, and I'm less inclined to believe there is that much cross-contamination than it is likely something else in it.