TheOtter

I certainly didn't mean to imply that I wasn't going to take the Lyme suggestion seriously - I appreciate any possibilities! But since (according to that site) blood tests are insufficient to test for Lyme, it seems to me I should rule out dietary problems first, right? Or are you saying that the Lyme disease could in fact be causing the dietary problems...

Thanks for the replies, both of you as well. Just what I wanted to hear (obviously). I realise it's a 100% thing, and I thought that was what I was doing. That's what makes it so frustrating. I guess I never thought that a supplement for food intolerance would contain gluten without being so marked. To me, that's just bizarre, but there you go.

CarlaB: Thanks for the suggestion. I'll keep the Lyme disease in mind, especially if Gluten-free Casein-free doesn't do any good after a few months. Are ticks the only way to get Lyme disease? I do remember getting bitten by a tick (I think) one time about a decade ago, but some of my symptoms predate that by quite a while. I don't know if that makes...

I need to ask my nurse for a copy of all of the blood work my doctor had done, since it doesn't show up on my profile on their website. Until then, I'm not entirely sure what they tested for... A1C might have been in there, since he did say he was going to test for some general metabolic things. Unfortunately, I didn't understand half of what he said,...

Hi all. I've been meaning to introduce myself at some point, and just never got around to it. I do have a quick question (I hope), and I'll post my story in one of the "Share your story" threads soon. [note: turns out it's not a quick question. Sorry!!] Back in March, I saw a doctor for the first time in a while, and for the first time ever, this...