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I am definitely gluten intolerant (which is another story), but it takes so long for symptoms to show up that there often isn't clear what or when I ate that did it. Recently I have been travelling a lot, eating out and in other people's homes. I had such terrible anxiety after being out of town two days that I barely slept. I got a haircut and I didn...

I had to give up gluten (and casein) a couple years ago, and my daughter, who is 2, has never been able to tolerate gluten or dairy herself. Because I have been living it, and because I have learned a lot from different sources, including these message boards, I am convinced my older brother has celiac disease, or at the very least a severe intolerance....

My daughter, who is now 2 1/2, has this exact same type of poop you are talking about. She has it when she has eaten something she shouldn't have. She cannot handle gluten or casein. Her doctor thought for a while that it was lactose intolerance, but she was just as messed up on lactose free products. This weird poop is the only sign to us that she ate...

My daughter, who is 2, used to have eczema but it went away after we quit feeding her dairy and gluten. In the last two months, she has developed a red, flaky place around one corner and under one side of her lip. It comes and goes. She has been glutened a few times here and there but symptoms vary so it can be hard to connect sometimes. My husband says...

Hmm, all very interesting. In terms of grains, I was just thinking I couldn't get anything other than rice. We can get a doctor's note but my husband thinks we shouldn't bother. He reasons that he can have the bread and milk and whatever money we save can go to the almond milk, dairy free cheese, and gluten free bread. I'm trying to decide if this is...

This happened to me recently for the first time and I had no idea what it was. At first I thought I had strep throat or something, then noticed the ulcer. Then of course I thought "Oh no, what if it's cancer?" Once I got ahold of myself I thought to look in the celiac information and there it was. I'm sorry this happens to you every time, because that...

To make a long story short, starting this summer, my family will qualify for WIC. I am trying to learn more about this program. The focus is on healthy foods, but there are a lot of dairy and whole grains. Neither my daughter nor I can tolerate gluten or dairy. I hate to look a gift horse in the mouth, so to speak, and I am grateful for the fruits and...

Thanks for all the helpful responses! I think my main issue with the counselor was that I was concerned I would get diagnosed with depression and put on meds, which becomes the 'pre-existing condition'. I will be able to get insurance, I would just prefer that it be reasonably priced. Good (if that's the right term here?) to know that I am not the...

I have the same problem, although it sounds like not as bad. Like you, I haven't even bothered sharing this with a doctor because it will just get a shrug. This feeling occurs when I am stressed, but also randomly. The way I describe it to my husband is that it hurts to wear clothes. It's that feeling like when you have a fever and ache all over, only...

Has anyone also dealt with an eating disorder in the past? I feel like I had successfully conquered mine, and then with the need to be gluten and dairy free, I have found myself having to think about food WAY more than is healthy for me. Instead of merely a pleasure and source of nourishment, food is once again full of potential danger and that need to...

Somewhere, somehow, my daughter who cannot tolerate gluten or casein was exposed to one or both of those things about two weeks ago and had diarrhea and related trouble. We put her on a very simplified diet and she seemed to get better. We slowly reintroduced food that she normally eats. On the day she got her soy milk, she had bad diarrhea again. My...

A brand called Daiya makes a quite good dairy free shredded "cheese." It comes in mozzarella and cheddar flavors. It's a bit expensive, and can be difficult to find in a store, although there are places online where you can order it. This has been the best option I have found.

My daughter, who is 2, cannot tolerate gluten or dairy. Once we figured it out she has been mostly fine. The last two days she has had weird diarrhea. Because of the food intolerances, I don't know if she's just sick or ate something she shouldn't have, in which case I need to review what she's eaten recently. My question for you all is, how do you, or...

I am currently about five days into a cold. I thought it might be flu or something so I went to the doctor and it turns out it's "only" a cold. With all of my health problems I have learned to be pro-active, and a lot of that involves getting opinions on this site, so here goes. I have terrible achiness in my joints that is not helped at all by anti...

I too feel weirdly disconnected from the world at times. The way you describe it is not exactly how I have experienced this disconnection, but I was interested to hear about it. I have chronic vertigo; it can't rock in a rocking chair, bounce, or shake my head because I get symptoms. Whether or not this is related to the gluten thing I don't know. I was...