Lizking531

Have you ever considered Lyme disease? Not saying you do, but many of the symptoms are similar - Lyme can cause a number of different ailments, actually. It may be worth looking into, maybe not. One of the symptoms is persistent sinus symptoms - amongst d@mn near everything else under the sun In my case, there's several factors that have slowly...

Thank you very much. I've been perusing that site. A lot of this makes sense. I can relate to so many of the symptoms on here. Although so many of these symptoms are the same for so many different things, I feel like this may be shedding a bit more light on what I'm going thru. Honestly, I kinda scares me, but I can't really ignore it any longer.

Hi ya'll! I've been lurking around celiac.com for some time now, but just recently stumbled upon this thread. Little did I know about the controversy & difficulty regarding testing for Lyme. It really makes my head spin now. I spend a lot of time outdoors - backpacking, hiking, hunting, etc, etc. I have had plenty of run-ins with ticks. Probably...

Yeah - in short, I've been wondering exactly the same thing. I went to a few doctors about all my problems & had tests, etc & long story short, I'm still looking for answers. The town I live now is horrible for allergies to start with, so that doesn't make things much easier.

& what sucks about it all is the friggin feeling of chasing my tail around. The symptoms are the same for so many different things & having one thing trigger something else, etc, etc - I'm not really sure what direction to look. Does anyone have any experience with Lyme disease? I don't know much about it, other than ticks. I have had some...

Sorry, not to hi-jack, but this sounds somewhat familiar to me. One thing I have been wondering Can you be sensitive to oats, but not gluten? I can't really see why it wouldn't be possible, but I haven't ran across any mention of just being intolerant of oats before. Hell, I dunno - I feel like I'm chasing my own tail half the time trying to...

Yeah - that's been my modus operandum for years now. Vomiting, for me, is fairly uncommon, but it sometimes gives a surprising amount of relief - like my body knows there something there that shouldn't be. I also have tons of gas in the morning - sometimes I can be my own alarm clock...

Well - Now that's why I like coming here, there's got to be some place to ask these questions. I am right there with ya on that. I would describe mine as a burning sensation. I feel like it is from contact with something I expelled, as I have never had that feeling otherwise. It can be so friggin painful! Does anyone experience what I can best...

So, I heard a while back that Enterolab was the way to go for testing. The issue for me is the price tag. Does anyone have experience with different test? I came across this test from Canada that all you do is put blood on a card - no sending things back & forth and it's only $50 - but then again, you get what you pay for, right? I'm still not sure...

I'm still working on a diagnosis (possible celiac, also possible fructose malabsorption), but I definitely know what you're talking about. The intense cravings for crappy simple carbs & gluten (chips, sweets, etc) can take me to new levels. I've been thinking quite a bit lately about the correlation between foods I crave & foods that hurt me. I...

Yeah - I used to get horrible night sweats as well. That was one of the indicators originally to go to the doctor. When I originally got my bacteria overgrowth issues under control, my waist slimmed down a lot & the seat went away. Now many symptoms have crept back in, but luckily, the sweats have stayed away for the most part. For me, it felt...

Well, yes & no - a lot of both (not sure if that makes any sense). Overall, I would say more constipated than when I smoked, but that is not without bouts of D here & there. Granted, there's a lot of things at work with cigs & GI stuff. The fructose stuff does hit home on some accounts, but, as always with this stuff, there's still room...

Hehehe - and quarters: if you get back 2 dimes & a nickel, ya got a problem I cant' say I've ever noticed, or thought about, cooked bananas. I can't say I've had an itchiness in my mouth that stood out specifically (except maybe bananas), I'll have to pay attention better. Bananas can sometime taste kinda metallic/acidic to me, but I just thought...

No, I started going that route, but I never made it completely to gluten-free - I read to keep gluten intake while testing, so I quit trying to change the diet for a bit. Once tests came back with bacteria overgrowth, I went to (what I call) a "whole food" diet - very little, if any, processed food & sugar, supplemented with probiotics. Everything...

Alright - been thru the gamut of Dr's offices - long story short, after test & test & hernia surgery - ended up with a doc telling me I had bacteria overgrowth. Between diet, exercise & probiotics, had everything under control for the past year or more. Lately, eveything has been sliding back to how it was. Right now I have 3 specific foods...