Monael

I don't know if I'm celiac but gluten-free diet helps me. I get lots of pain and diarrhea if I eat anything with gluten or oats. I haven't been glutened in a long time but something got me good. The pain at first started like normal-i get back pain on my right side. But this has been going on for days, and the pain has moved to different places...

I used to have that all the time. It got so bad at one point that I was afraid to go to sleep and would stay up all night. I attributed it going away to my research on the subject and trying to turn it into lucid dreams. I didn't fight it like I had been doing. It is an interesting phenomenon.

It's funny, I am 46 and figured it out for myself after many years of being told I had IBS. So many different symptoms have disappeared or have improved I can't believe it. I don't even WANT my old favorites that have gluten. But looking back, I also wonder how long I had this. I was very anemic starting when I was a child. And the IBS has been around...

This post caught my eye. Here is my situation. I have not been diagnosed with celiac disease but after having a whole lot of bowel issues (dr said IBS) and changing my diet to lose weight I really have come to believe that I either have celiac disease or am gluten intolerant. I have been gluten free for over a week to test if it makes me feel better and...