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I just wanted to put up a warning about antibiotics. They kill off the good and bad bacteria in the digestive tract. They can also cause sudden weight gain. I had over 3 times the normal bacteria in my digestive tract, and a 1 week antibiotic actually caused 4 months of steady weight gain. I gained 20 pounds in 4 months. The weight gain started the week...

I went gluten-free a month before my colonoscopy and it screwed with the test results. It depends on the blood test that they ran on you. If they only ran a simple antibody test it may have messed that test up. If they ran the genetic test and it came back negative for celiac disease you still may be gluten intolerant. I was reading a journal which was making...

I actually was dairy free for about a year right when I was diagnosed. I do eat a ton of beans, soy products, and tofu. People actually consume more protein than they really need due to cultural changes since the 80's. The bloating is odd because it happens very unexpectantly. I tried eating the same meals for a week and 4 days I was fine, bloated the fifth...

I have a pretty severe case of gastritis. Gastritis can cause a whole bunch of symptoms and they can give you Protonix, which lowers the acid levels in your stomach. Be careful if they give you any medication because I've reacted badly to all the meds they've tried on me. The meds actually made it much worse. Stay away from foods that contain higher acid...

At the time I took the antibiotics I didn't know anything about probiotics. I took a course a month after but I have a feeling that the antibiotics may have damaged quite a bit. In response to a typical day's diet: Yogurt, bananas, gluten-free cereal, eggs, salads, rice, vegetables, squashes. I'm a vegetarian so my diet is pretty restricted and I keep it...

I've gone through 2 GI doctors who both couldn't figure out what was going on. Now I'm seeing and endocrine specialist, but all my tests came back as normal. I actually did the bacteria overgrowth test and I came back with bacteria results that were 3 times the normal amount. I took the antibiotic and it actually made me gain 20 pounds in 4 months. It was...

I've known that I've had celiac disease for 2 years now, but unforunately a gluten-free diet has not cleared up all my problems. I'm still suffering from some severe chronic symptoms. I bloat to the point where I look over 5 months pregnant, cannot fit into my pants, and even have trouble breathing. This bloating can occur because I'm either A) hungry ...

Oh I've been there! Thanks for the suggestions everyone. Hathor, I've been in the same boat a million times, but normally they are saying "I can't believe you weigh so much" because I'm a vegetarian and have celiac... but I can't drop weight to save my life. I'm 5'10" and 195... but I work out 5 days a week!!! My boyfriend has a blast telling people I'm a...

So my awesome boyfriend invited me (very last minute) to a get-together with his AA group. I can't drink alcohol anyway so I thought it would be fun since I've never met his group before. Normally I bring food so that I have something to eat, but since this was last minute I didn't have the ability to prepare anything. Once everyone started eating they noticed...

Ugh! I just went jeans shopping today... when you see the weight you gain while standing on the scale it's not so bad. It's when you try to wiggle into jeans while saying "i refuse to go up another size" while standing in a dressing room that's really depressing. I think I'm going to fire my endocrine specialist by the end of the month if she doesn't get...

Good advice. It actually turns out that I produce too much stomach acid (or so I'm told but lord knows my gastro doc is terrible). Unfortunately there are not many gastro doctors in my area. Well the endocrine doc said she'd test for the thyroid problems, but then said she wouldn't put me on meds if I did have hypothryoidism because it could turn it hyper...

Well I'm going to an endocrine specialist today at 11am to see if they can figure something out about the weight gain. I've had my thyroid checked and it came back normal, but I'm going to have them do the full panel that was mentioned earlier. My body shape never changed until recently, even though I had been gluten free for 2 years. I don't know if going...

I was diagnosed almost 2 years ago (confirmed by genetic test 2 weeks ago) but I only started gaining weight in June. Between June and October I gained almost 20 pounds. Nothing in my diet or excerise changed, but I swear my doctor could care less and assumes I'm just stuffing my face. This is definately not the case. I'm a vegetarian as well, which means...