How Long Is It Before You Feel The Emotional Effects Of Being Glutenened?

Kelly C. · September 27, 2009

I was curious - how long does it take all of you to feel the emotional effects of being glutened? I got glutened this morning by a bowl of Kix which I believe must have had cross contamination. It's 3 pm now, and I've been feeling teary and depressed already. Whenever I'm accidentally glutened it usually takes a few hours for me to feel awful. I know there's been alot of talk about Kix and if it is gluten free or not. I won't be trying Kix again until if and when they officially label it as gluten free! This is horrible. Once I feel like this it takes at least a week for me to feel better again!

ang1e0251 · September 28, 2009

I'm sorry you're feeling so bad. I hope your doing better very soon.

gf-soph · September 29, 2009

I know exactly what you are talking about. Within a few hours of being glutened I get teary and emotionally erratic. It settles down a bit after a few days, but I still feel some effect for several weeks. It took me a while to realise this, so now I know to go easy on myself for a while after.

Shess0816 · September 30, 2009

gf_soph said:
I know exactly what you are talking about. Within a few hours of being glutened I get teary and emotionally erratic. It settles down a bit after a few days, but I still feel some effect for several weeks. It took me a while to realise this, so now I know to go easy on myself for a while after.

I get like that too just a few hours after being glutened. It took me a few times to realize that was the connection. Not only do I get the depression and sadness part of it, but I overreact, I become very irrational, and very irritable. I'm very lucky my boyfriend understands and loves me so much because there have been a couple times where I've accidently been glutened and the poor guy has to deal with my irritability and anger for a week. It takes me about a week to get everything back out of my system. The scary thing for me the first few times was that I could not control my feelings AT ALL!

Kelly C. · October 1, 2009

Thank you for all of your replies. Yes, I know exactly what you mean. I also become very irritable as well as teary and anxious. My husband can tell when I've been glutened before I even tell him when I suspect I have been accidentally glutened. I'm just starting to feel less teary as of today since my last post, but I'm still feeling a bit off. Hopefully I'll feel back to normal in a few more days.

Lisa79 · October 2, 2009

Wow this is interesting, its making me wonder if i have been accidentally gluten and not noticed, I have had days recently when I have felt like this and my anxiety just got worse for a week or so with no real reasoning behind it. I am usually quite careful but this has given me something to think about.

eyeaspire · October 12, 2009

I've suspected that my depression results from ingesting gluten. Ate some blue cheese the other day and have been on a downward spiral ever since. I've already been under a lot of stress, but I think the gluten has exacerbated my emotions. I've been taking my Zoloft again just to take the edge off them; I feel so raw and catatonic. The thing I really hate about accidentally ingesting gluten is that I feel like I have to solve certain problems in my life, when it is the gluten that is blowing everything out of proportion. So my life is basically on hold until I bounce back into reality. Sheesh.