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  1. costellosfriend
    Thanks, Gemini!
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    Hi cdog: I'm very interested in celiac as a possible cause of sz. My son is dx'd with sz, and we're trying a gluten-free diet to see if it helps his symptoms. How long after you went gluten-free was it that you felt this change in your personality and spirituality? I'm sorry to hear that you feel like you've lost something important to you. I do believe...
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    My adult son may or may not have a gluten sensitivity. We're trying him on a gluten-free diet. It's early days but it seems to be helping. He doesn't have any GI symptoms I don't think. He is dx'd with schizophrenia. He's on a fairly high dose of an antipsychotic (almost twice what the manufacturer recommends). We tried switching him to a disc melt version...
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    Hi badlass: I'd be interested in hearing how the diet works for you. My son is dx'd with sz. We've been trying the gluten-free diet to see if it helps. We started March 16, but we've had some set backs. So far the longest we've managed to go without an accidental glutening is 8 or 9 days. He says the diet helps but can't specify in what way. He does seem...
  5. costellosfriend
    Really good video. Thanks!
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    I also replied last night and now my reply is gone. There must have been a glitch.
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    Hi Kathryn: I asked the same question about a week ago. I'm still not sure what the answer is. I've heard everything from 2 weeks to 4 months! I'm just finishing day 8 of eating gluten and am having no ill effects, but I don't have a positive diagnosis, so I may not have celiac or gluten intolerance. I did have a little discomfort right at first, but...
  8. costellosfriend
    My God! I am sooooo tired! I'm on day 7 of my gluten-full diet. Aside from some extra gas and gaining a pound or so, I'm not having any problems. But I'm so tired. I'm sleeping ok, but I get up feeling like I could use an extra few hours. And today I'm totally wiped out. I want to curl up in a corner somewhere and take a nap! I'm wondering if this...
  9. costellosfriend
    That's a good point. If the test comes back negative, you'll probably go back to the diet anyway. Sometimes it's best not to have a diagnosis, like when you're looking for insurance.
  10. costellosfriend
    Yes, and I hope to move him in that direction, but right now he's still fairly psychotic. Currently he's largely refusing meat and eggs. And when I spent 10 bucks on some nuts he threw them away. Don't ask me why. I'm sure it made sense to him. He was adamant they be thrown away. When I rescued the container and said I'd eat it myself, he threw them away...
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    Same here, Monael, except my side issue was insomnia.
  12. costellosfriend
    If I were in your place, I wouldn't bother. I've been eating a low-carb diet for several years. I had some problems I had lived with for years clear up on low-carb. There were several things that might have been the culprit in my previous health issues. One of those is gluten. I never cared enough to have it tested, because, well, who cares? I'm happy...
  13. costellosfriend
    Thanks. I have to admit I'm enjoying it so far too.
  14. costellosfriend
    Hi: This question is for those who've done a gluten challenge after being gluten free for a while. How long before symptoms return? I've been on a low carb diet for over 3 years now, not perfectly gluten free, but nearly so. My symptoms that cleared up with low carb were mild tummy troubles (manageable without doctors or OTC meds) and moderate insomnia...
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    Go ahead and try the diet. It can't hurt, and it might help. I'm sorry you feel like your doctor thinks you're a head case. This is precisely the reason I don't go to doctors with vague symptoms anymore. For a while I kept going to doctors saying I was exhausted. They'd run a few tests and say I was fine. Then they'd suggest an antidepressant. Personally...
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    I don't think that; I fear the doctor will. He was just released from the hospital. I mentioned our experiment to the social worker. And my son mentioned the gluten free diet a couple of times at mealtimes. I was thrilled to see "gluten free diet" written on his discharge papers! I had that same thought. He's already full of gluten. I'll have...
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    Thanks, Dixiebell. I think I will begin eating a lot of bread. I just hate trying to convince a reluctant doctor using stuff from the Internet. I know what the reaction will be. Especially when the doctor is as busy as this one. The practice takes Medicaid and Medicare - which is why my son goes there - and they're always overrun with patients. It...
  18. costellosfriend
    Hey, bridge. I'm here chiefly because of my son who is dx'd with sz. I'd like to test my theory that he has a gluten intolerance which is causing his symptoms.
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    Hi all: I've wondered if I had a gluten sensitivity for years. Mild tummy troubles and insomnia my whole life which cleared up on a low-carb diet. I never really cared enough to go to the trouble of being tested. I'm not a big fan of doctors anyway. Add the fact that I'm obese, so likely to be laughed out of the doctor's office anyway. I just never pursued...
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    Happy birthday and may God bless you today!

  21. costellosfriend
    Thanks. I hate it when people flame others on the web. It's so easy to get nasty when you aren't talking to people face-to-face. No, it's not muscle. I wish! My guess is that it's the last. I'm aging. My hormones are changing. I've always had mild insulin resistance issues which have only worstened with age, so I think my...
  22. costellosfriend
    A follow-up on my use of Alli: I stopped using Alli on Wednesday - just short of two weeks of starting it. I was having problems with depression and irritability which I started to suspect was connected with the med. I was also having a lot of pain in my legs and bursitis in my hip which I thought might be exercise-related but which continued to worsten...
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    Carole: I'm regretting using such a sharp tone in my reply to you. I'm sure your advice was well-intended, but those of us who are fat have heard it over and over and over again. I get to sit and listen to this from my mom all the time. I find it hurtful, because it assumes that I'm either so stupid and uninformed that I don't know it or that I'm so...
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    Carole: I have to confess to being a little irritated by this post. I don't know if you have a serious weight problem or not, but it doesn't sound to me like you understand how hard it is to lose weight. In the past 10 years I've gone from 122 pounds (at age 35) to 230 pounds (at age 45). I exercise. I eat sensibly. I exercise MORE now than I did...
  25. costellosfriend
    I've had some of the side effects - or "treatment effects," as the literature calls them. They're definitely linked to eating extra fat. Stay with the guidelines and you should have no problems. Eat more fat than they recommend and you have "treatment effects." Have you lost any weight, Caroline?
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