thesickchick

Hello, thanks for the links. While I have no problem going on the gluten free diet myself, i'd like to have some proof that I can give to my friends and family so they can take me serious. Life would be very hard if I did not have a diagnosis, because people around me just wouldn't understand no matter how much I explain it to them. I went to the first...

Yeah, neither of my parents are insured at the moment x.x. I lost my insurance when I was 18 because my dad got laid off around then.

I also forgot to mention that fruit or anything with too much sugar makes me terribly ill. Diabetes runs in my family but i've been tested for it several times recently and the results came back negative. Could this all be related to celiac?

Thanks FoodGirlsMom, Yeah, I broke the water fast yesterday evening, and I had some rice and a yogurt which didn't seem to bother me. I also had some gluten free bread that I bought early last week which I didn't get sick off of as well. So I even felt better from not eating gluten for 1 day. I'm about 80% positive that I could have a gluten problem, but...

Hi psawyer, thanks for the reply. That's quite a relief! I feel the need to get a diagnosis so that my friends and family can take me more serious. They as well as even some doctors think that my symptoms are psychological...But at the same time, I hate the idea that I could be unintentionally damaging myself.

I would firstly like to say hello and thank you to anyone who responds to this in the future. So here is my situation. I've been down on my health since graduating from highschool, and that was about 4 years ago. I am now 23 years old and have been looking for an answer since the day this all happened. My only problem is that I lost my insurance back when...