missuswayne

Welllll, turns out for me it wasn't the pumpkin spice lattes after all. The same week I thought I was sickened by the lattes I also happened to start taking some vitamins again that I had stopped taking a few months ago, some very expensive vitamins that I thought should not go waste. Not long after consulting with you all here, I actually looked at the labels...

Hi - I'm rather new to celiac and gluten-free stuff, so I can't speak to your main question at all (sorry!). However, your mention of insomnia, anxiety, depression, brain fog, and especially the heart palpitations makes me wonder if your thyroid is involved. I'm not a doctor, but I had postpartum thyroiditis (hyperthyroid), and that just stood out to me....

aaaaaaargh! i really loved them. they just didn't love me back! it's a relief to have figured that out, though.

Yeah, I've already warned my husband that our home might have to be gluten-free. He's ok with that, and the kids won't even notice (my 4-year old already claims to prefer gluten-free cookies). I don't have room for two toasters! As for the gluten test, there is no way I'm going to eat all that gluten just to get the positive bloodwork. I have two kids...

Thanks for replying - yes, we're using all the same stuff, although I'm careful not to use the same knife to butter my son's toast and then my gluten-free toast. Although we're sharing butter, so there you go. I have to say, some days I wonder if I was better off before going gluten-free! I know this is the right thing for me to do, but without the positive...

This summer after talking with a friend whose son has celiac, I began suspecting I had a gluten intolerance or even possibly celiac, and promptly removed gluten from my diet. After many, many years of nagging GI issues (nothing debilitating, just nagging recurrent stuff), I started feeling better just after a few days - most noticeably I had less gas and...