Feeling Awful!

[justwantrelief]

Hi...I have been gluten free for over a week and I seem to just be getting worse! I had to take a xanax today just so the pounding heart would stop and I could take care if my kids. Any idea if this is normal? I am not diagnosed...just tring to be healthier and feel better. It does not seem right that lack of gluten in making me feel this bad! It has been a week and I feel too crappy to do anything! Any advice would help! Thanks

[T.H.]

I'd take a look at 'gluten withdrawal,' a number of people suffered from that who are active on the forum. Felt bad, I understand, but it did pass.

Another thing I'd look at is if there's anything you've suddenly increased in your diet that you didn't eat as much of before. You might have an undiagnosed food allergy or sensitivity. My GI was telling me that a number of celiacs are more prone to this, but the symptoms can be masked by celiac disease and suddenly come to the fore after going gluten free. That was what happened in my case. Felt awful within a couple days, so let me just send you a big honkin' sympathy hug there! Doesn't seem right that we cut out the gluten, which is a big deal, and it seems to make things worse!

But, as someone who's done this now for a year, it really does get better. It can be a bit of a windy road to get better, but when you get here? SO worth it.

Hi...I have been gluten free for over a week and I seem to just be getting worse! I had to take a xanax today just so the pounding heart would stop and I could take care if my kids. Any idea if this is normal? I am not diagnosed...just tring to be healthier and feel better. It does not seem right that lack of gluten in making me feel this bad! It has been a week and I feel too crappy to do anything! Any advice would help! Thanks

[India]

I'd agree with all of this and add that soy seems to really increase my anxiety problems. It turns up in a lot of gluten-free foods, unfortuntely.