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Symptoms Getting Irritating Worse... Not Better

lorka150

By lorka150
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These symptoms seem to be worse AFTER being gluten-free for about three and a half weeks. Is this normal?

- fatigue

- going poop more often (once a day, if that, up to two or three... Always very loose)

- sore throat (never, ever got this before)

- weakness

- stomach pains after eating some things, especially spicy stuff

- depression (maybe that isn't worse.. maybe that is just the same)

Does that make sense that I'm still feeling those, and things are getting a little worse at first? Anyone else experience this?

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These symptoms seem to be worse AFTER being gluten-free for about three and a half weeks. Is this normal?

- fatigue

- going poop more often (once a day, if that, up to two or three... Always very loose)

- sore throat (never, ever got this before)

- weakness

- stomach pains after eating some things, especially spicy stuff

- depression (maybe that isn't worse.. maybe that is just the same)

Does that make sense that I'm still feeling those, and things are getting a little worse at first? Anyone else experience this?

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Did you replace the gluten-containing foods in your diet with some other food item you don't tolerate well? Is there a particular ingredient (or a few) that is now much more prevalent in your diet? What else has changed since you removed gluten?

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Hi Tiffany,

Nothing else has changed - I've been really careful. Could my body just be trying to figure itself out? I've pooed regular twice today, plus two more times of pure runny, non-diarreah but very loose stools. (Sorry if that's gross, but hey, it happened.)

I assume this whole thing just takes awhile for my body to get used to. Could that be it? This is so frustrating!

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Hi Tiffany,

Nothing else has changed - I've been really careful. Could my body just be trying to figure itself out? I've pooed regular twice today, plus two more times of pure runny, non-diarreah but very loose stools. (Sorry if that's gross, but hey, it happened.)

I assume this whole thing just takes awhile for my body to get used to. Could that be it? This is so frustrating!

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Well, something has to have changed, or you're eating too few calories! :-) If you stopped eating wheat, and to make up for the food you weren't having, started eating more fruits, or more vegetables, or more rice, or more meat, or more fat, or started vitamins, or tried *any* new product you hadn't had before, there's a change that could be part of the problem. If there was something else that you're sensitive to that you're now eating more of (like corn and rice, which are pretty common substitutions for wheat in our diets), you may be getting worse symptoms.

The other thing that comes to mind is that you've got a virus going around that is causing part of this.

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Lorka150,

When I first changed my diet (didn't know gluten was a problem at this point just knew everything I ate made me sick) there were some big changes my body went through. First off when I went from eating regular food to only eating meat, veggies and fish I felt alot worse for a little over a week. I don't know if it was the drastic change in my diet or withdrawl or what. I was pretty sick when I made the dietary changes and thought I might die if I didn't do something. Well I started having stomach pain, loose stools, nausea, shakiness and everything I ate bothered me. It sort of calmed down as each day passed though. Maybe your body is just adjusting to a new diet or maybe like Tiffany said you're eating something that doesn't agree with you. It took a little while for my bm's to start looking normal again also...it didn't happen overnight. I remember after about 1 month on the diet I had diarreah all of a sudden and it lasted for a whole week. Looking back I think it had to have been something I was eating or a supplement I was taking. I had started making my own yogurt around that time and that was probably the cause of the diarreah.

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lorka150
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So I am confused... It's NOT just my body readjusting? I added no new foods, just took the ones I wasn't allowed away. I am still consuming the average calories I did before.

I thought my body was just adjusting. Now I am so confused! :(

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I forgot to add, however, that some symptoms have significantly gotten better. Nausea after eating and extreme bloating have both gotten a lot better. So has dizzyness.

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I forgot to add, however, that some symptoms have significantly gotten better. Nausea after eating and extreme bloating have both gotten a lot better. So has dizzyness.

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So it sounds like you have experienced improvement. Your body is probably still recovering...its only been 3 weeks so you'll have good days...not so good days. Also you could just be coming down with something causing you to be tired and have a sore throat. It could be unrelated to celiac disease. Are you eating dairy? I used to get sore throats after eating dairy...I haven't tried eating dairy again..other than some yogurt which gave me a bad reaction :angry:

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