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  1. eatmeat4good
    Thank you Mushroom!
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    Thank you Ravenwood! You are a wealth of information! I do need some chocolate now and then so thanks for that suggestion too!
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    I just wanna say that I am only 2 months gluten free and I was rockin along all good and thinkin this ain't gonna be so hard. Well, I was wrong. I got glutened and have been sick all week long. First the sores, then the migraine headache then brain fog and muscle pain and have been in bed most of the week. I didn't believe the part about the kiss either....
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    I was just thinking about my old friend "wheat" today. It occurred to me that it gives new meaning to the migraine headaches I sufferred almost daily for the last 5 years. Now they are My Grain Headaches.
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    Hi Jessica, I hope you feel better soon. I will share that I have been gluten free for two months but I did not eliminate soy. I figured it was hard enough to eliminate gluten. But here I am two months in and wishing I had listened to the words of wisdom from Ravenwood as I am sure I would feeling much better by now if I had. So NOW I am eliminating...
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    I would suspect the aspartame or sweetener in the sugar free pudding. It could also be sulphites if the craisins contained sulphites. Many dried fruits do contain sulphites and these are known to cause headache. I don't have a particular reference for you other than I googled suphites when I had such reactions. Good luck and I hope it passes quickly.
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    Thank you very much, I hadn't noticed the lecithin. Darn, soy is in everything. I can't even find vitamin E that isn't soy. I'm sure they make it...I will just have to look harder. Thank you Ravenwood
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    Hi, I am about 3 months into this and still have a very poor appetite. I want to use Beneprotein Powder. I'm scared to use it because it is manufactured in a facility that also uses wheat but the product does not contain wheat. I need to get more protein...am nauseous a lot. Also using Promethazine for the nausea. Wonder if that is bad for you. Dr. says it...
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    I had hive-like skin reactions for years before the full dermatitis herpetiformis appeared. The hives would last for days, then for weeks, then for months, then they never went away. I had them in various places. On the face, forehead, chin, cheeks, legs, elbows. But never all at the same time. The skin reactions became more severe...though the area was not...
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    ARCHIVED Worth Getting Diagnosed?

    eatmeat4good replied to GFMochi's topic in Doctors

    You are a very, very, smart girl to have figured this out so early in your life and on your own! I would treasure the fact that you know what makes you ill. I figured mine out the hard way and much later in life. But when I thought about getting tested, my Dr. said, "Why would I ask you to make yourself sick so that I can test you and then tell you to stop...
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    I had the same medical nightmare with my son who has severe asthma. Having now taken him once again to the Dr. to ask about Celiac...they tell me asthma is NOT a symptom of Celiac. BUT I am now completely certain that it is. I have no idea why asthma isn't a very very common symptom. Sever vitamin D deficiency causes severe asthma. Anyone can google that...
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    There is another list by the Prince Albert Royal Hospital on the salicylic acid containing foods and the limits that are allowed if you are sensitive. The only fruits are thickly peeled ripe Barlett pears and thckly peeled golden delicious apples. I came to find out about Celiac by first finding out I was intolerant of salicylic acid. You wrote about your...
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    I forgot to add that I noticed you saw improvment from taking baking soda. This is standard treatment for salicylic acid overdose. I know some people drink it when they ingest too many salicylic acid containing foods to conrol the symptoms. Your reason was different but hospitals administer IV bicarbonate of soda to balance the blood levels of salicylic acid...
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    Coconut oil is extremely high in salicylates. If it is the salicylates you are reacting to, then Ibuprofen could be adding to you your reaction. If one is allergic to salicylates then they would be unable to use Ibuprofen as it is so closely chemically related that it can cause the same reactions. Neurological reactions are common with salicylic acid allergy...
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    I faced the same question when approaching my 16 year old about going gluten free. He didn't want to. I had been gluten free for a month and wanted him to feel as good as I was starting to feel. I strongly suspected his physical weakness and severe asthma were likely due to Celiac even though Dr.'s kept telling me asthma was not a common symptom of Celiac...
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    It would be worth looking at whether she is taking vitamin supplements (or is she forgetting?) Vitamin B deficiency is known to cause dementia-type symptoms. If she was only diagnosed with Celiac 2 years ago there may have been long-term malabsorption of the B vitamins. I am reading about symptoms of vitamin deficiency causing memory and behavior problems...
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    Yes, my son would get sores that would not heal after swimming. Initially looked like mosquito bites then turned into open painful sores that took a long time to heal and scarred. Until we went gluten-free he had these sores every summer he swam. Never figured it out. It never came back once gluten-free. We believe it was DH and the chlorine made it worse...
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    I will share that I too had the painful oozing rash of dermatitis herpetiformis. I saw many dermatologists and was given 10 different antibiotics and creams and nothing worked. It took me 7 years to figure out it was gluten related...by finding it on this site. The importatnt thing to know is that eliminating gluten did not quickly clear the rash. It can...
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    Would you mind sharing what brand of vitamins you have found that are gluten free? I have been reading lables for hours and some in the same brand contain gluten and others do not. I would like to find a brand that is reliable and consistently gluten free. I shop at Akins but would definitely special order if I have to. this is so important to me...I hate...
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    I have DH on my face, mostly on the chin and forehead. It is extremely painful and the sores would weep and ooze. Alot of people with DH say the sores are intensely itchy...mine were just intensely painful....like pins and needles all the time. I now know it was directly related to gluten. However there was one thing that helped a little with the pain while...
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    I am so grateful to those who posted this about asthma. My son has been miserable with prednisone, inhalers, missing school, pulmonologists and advair...all with little improvement in his functioning. At one point he was starting to look and walk like a zombie and that really scared me. I didn't know what was wrong but surely knew something was. When I would...
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    Dear Dr. Deb, Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your post. Both my son and I have been very ill for several years. My diagnosis was fibromyalgia, migraine, depression, anxiety, and impetigo (but really it was Dermatitis Herpetiformis) My son has chronic asthma, colds, flu, muscle weakness and uncoordination. His Dr.s said I baby him and should...
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    Hi Ursa, You are exactly right. This is where my story belongs. I did the Atkins diet to lose weight. I have always gained weight extrememly fast and it always came with acne and depression. On the Protein Power/Atkins diets I lost weight and cleared up mentally and physically. I swore I would never eat carbs again. I do everything to the extreme so I avoided...
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    Thank you so much for saying so well what I have been thinking/feeling every night of my first 30 days being gluten-free. I've been reading this site every night and am so thankful to all who post. There is nothing like having a resource that is endless and that is what I feel I have found here. It's very lonely to not be believed by friends or family...
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    Hi, I am only one month gluten free. I have had terrible rib cage bone pain for several years and it radiates through the whole rib cage. My feet and leg bones also ache. This is the only pain that has not subsided with the gluten free diet but then again I am only one month "clean". I had suspected it is the malabsorption problem but not sure what to do...
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