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  1. Chrisser
    I've checked just about all of my bathroom products, and my shampoo does contain gluten. Now I thought it was only a problem if I got it in my mouth, but I read on another thread that someone got an itchy scalp from their gluten-containing shampoo. I started getting hives a little over a week ago out of nowhere. I thought it may have been linked to the...
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    I use Complete. I called the company and they said it's gluten-free.
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    Does anyone know if it is gluten-free? I've gotten the run-around from the company, and they wouldn't give me a straight answer. The first time I called last week the woman told me that they wouldn't comment on their ingredients. When I asked to speak to a supervisor or manager she said they were in a meeting to call back. Well I tried calling back for...
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    I had food allergy prick tests done last summer in addition to my regular inhalant prick tests, and the milk came out negative. Granted that was way before gluten-free, and I know things can change, but I don't think my coughing was a result of the milk. I've had a cough on and off for the past couple of weeks, and I've been coughing all day, so I think...
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    I know that some people are dairy/casein/milk/whatever intolerant after going gluten-free, but is it always a digestive reaction to it? I drank some milk earlier, and within maybe 10 minutes I started coughing deeply and my nose got stuffy. It passed within about 15 minutes. Has anyone ever had THAT kind of reaction instead of digestive? It just kinda...
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    Steph, The only thing I could think of regarding the pancake is that it was an overload of carbs, plus the amount of sugar in the syrup, so you could have had a worse crash than you did initially. I have hypoglycemic issues as well, and when I went gluten-free I started eating gluten-free cereals and pancakes for breakfast and ended up feeling sooooo...
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    That's the way mine worked too. I thought that was kind of ridiculous. I still don't know if my visit was covered were not, but I guess I'll find out if/when I get a bill!
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    ARCHIVED Dietician

    Chrisser replied to a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    I went to see one after I was diagnosed. Originally I was going because my endocrinologist referred me for the hypoglycemic symptoms I was having, and then I just happened to be diagnosed the week before my appt. She didn't help me at all. She didn't really tell me anything I didn't already know. I just received the book "Living Gluten-Free for Dummies...
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    I do keep a food diary, but I get it pretty much after every meal. I eat pretty plainly and naturally...meat, rice, potatoes, vegetables. I can get it after a meal of chicken or rice, or after a meal of beef stew. And yes, it shows up anywhere between 20 minutes to an hour after eating.
  10. Chrisser
    Hmm, that's kind of scary to hear. I get hypoglycemic symptoms, but I'm not truly hypoglycemic. My meter readings have never been below 75ish, and usually those lowest #'s are when I wake up in the morning or several hours after eating. After a meal it can read anywhere from 85-110. I've spoken to both my GP and my endocrinologist about my hypoglycemic...
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    I usually have some sort of meat with rice or potatoes with some vegetables here and there. I'm still at the point where I'm eating a lot of safe foods, and because I have hypoglycemic tendencies and my body sucks up food quickly, when I eat I have to EAT. I can't just snack here and there. Protein is actually good to stabilize and carry blood sugar throughout...
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    Thanks for trying to help . I've only had this problem since going gluten-free. I think it started after the first week, but I don't remember exactly. But it happens within 20 min to an hour of eating. I went gluten-free immediately after being diagnosed, and I'm still in the process of checking all my cosmetics, toiletries, etc. When you had that...
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    Not really the answer I was looking for, but at least there's someone that knows what I'm talking about! I tried to explain it to my doctor one day, and he looked at me funny. I run into the same problem some days, nothing sounding or looking good...eating sometimes makes me gag. Most of the time, though, it goes away or I can deal with it. I just can...
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    OK, this may not make sense to any of you, but I've been getting this strange feeling after eating and can't for the life of me figure out what it is. I like to refer to it as "hunger-nausea." After I eat, and even though I'm full and feel full, at the same time I still feel hungry. But it's not a true hunger feeling...it's a combination of hunger and...
  15. Chrisser
    I haven't had an increase, but my depression is associated with different things now. Before going gluten-free, I had some general depression...couldn't find a job, didn't really want to work, afraid to work, had no energy, no motivation, etc. Now after going gluten-free, my depression and anxiety is more related to that...overwhelmed, frustrationg, fear...
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    I'm originally from NY...moved to Dallas at about 13 when my mom remarried. How long did it take for your hypoglycemia to resolve?
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    lol, your post made me laugh...thanks. Doctors sure are driving me crazy. Even a while before this whole gluten-free happened, I started experiencing low blood sugar symptoms. I think it started about a year and a half ago. I didn't get it checked out until the beginning of this year, endocrinologist gave me a glucose meter, but the #'s I get are...
  18. Chrisser
    Hi Judy, Thanks for the encouragement. I've actually been reading people's signatures these past few weeks that I've been on here, and I'm shocked at what some of them have been through, but also thankful that I have not yet reached that point. At the same time, though, I am scared that other things will pop up. It's not that I am not embracing this...
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    I would start out with the blood test. From what I've read here on the boards, though, you can sometimes get a false negative and then have the endoscopy come out positive. I think it depends on how much gluten you're eating at the time and the level of antibodies...I'm not entirely sure though. My brother just got the blood test, and that came out negative...
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    This is interesting... Irish on both sides...not sure where it comes in on my dad's side, but my maternal great-grandmother came to Ellis Island.
  21. Chrisser
    I swear to God, if one more person asks or tells me that my physical symptoms are all psychological, I'm going to go postal. First, my doctor...then my mother...then one of my closest friends. I AM PHYSICALLY SICK. What can't people understand that. Yes, all of this is frustrating and overwhelming, and there are nights I don't want to go to bed just to...
  22. Chrisser
    I'm starting to wonder if I'm eating enough as well. I already feel like I'm eating all the time though. I do need to go to the store though and get more snacky-type things. I've pretty much been eating meat, rice and potatoes with some vegetables thrown in there. My sleep has been very erratic, especially the last week. Up until then I was sleeping...
  23. Chrisser
    That's interesting...I guess I'll just lay off the sour cream. Lord I hope that's not it either!
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    where can I get it?
  25. Chrisser
    I did go gluten-free cold turkey. When the nurse called me with my blood test results, all she told me was to try the gluten-free diet. She didn't mention anything about the 2-week detox period...the first 5 days or so were the worst. Now my body is just responding to everything so differently. I've mostly been eating meat, rice, potatoes, and vegetables...
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