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It seems that I have a pretty consistant reaction to gluten overall, but it's always amazed me how much the severity can vary. Have you ever noticed that the form that gluten changes the way you react? Even if they are both essentially flour? For example, there have been times when I've ingested what I know was a very tiny amount of gluten yet reacted...

When I accidentally eat gluten, I often get a bit of a rash along with my GI symptoms. It is usually my first sign that I accidentally ate something. Mine always show up as little pink dots on my chest, but sometimes elsewhere as well depending how bad it is. It can sometimes be very mildly itchy, but nothing like people normally describe. Just little...

Thanks guys. I am going to explore my options for visiting a doctor and I'll keep you updated!

Thanks for the input... if it was appendicitis wouldn't it be more sudden then gradual over the course of a month, with no fever?

I was glutened over a month ago, and ever since I have had symptoms that seem to be sticking around. Normally I feel off for a few weeks, but it's been a while now and I'm starting to get worried. I have had stomach pain that varies in its intensity in a very specific spot on the low right of my abdomen, GI upset, feeling really exhausted. It is almost always...

I was glutened as a restaurant last week (after asking TWICE about something that was on my plate... should have listened to my instincts), and of course I've been going through all the usual things (nausea, dread of eating, stomach pains, aches, tiredness, etc). My tendency is to ignore that I feel bad and keep doing exactly what I always do, and (surprise...

Thanks for your reply, Rosetapper. Metagenics to the rescue! My doctor actually put me on UltraMeal before I pin pointed the gluten issue. I wonder if I should try UltraClear or UltraClear Sustain? They're more specialized for GI issues, right?

Interesting. Has anyone else familiar with the idea that viruses can trigger Celiac, or why? Thanks guys!

I'm in year one of being off gluten, and I thought I'd list out the top 5 most helpful things to me during this time. For many of us, getting off gluten is just the beginning of the journey. There can be many corresponding health problems or lingering deficiencies that tag along for a while. These are the things (besides just not eating gluten) that have...

In high school I got some strange virus, and around the same time I got dizzy for the first time. In college I got what they called "Mono," and it was the summer after that I had my first major vertigo attack and was diagnosed with Meniere's Disease, which has calmed down (but I still get tinnitus and some fluctuating hearing loss if I drink too much...

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I occurred to me after I posted that maybe it has something to do with saliva enzymes breaking down the food, so I looked it up. Apparently researchers at Boston University and Harvard might be one step ahead of me? They've found some enzymes in saliva that seem to break down gluten as you chew. Could what I'm experiencing be the lack of an enzyme...

I think I've heard of some OCD symptoms being linked to bacteria in the gut. If your daughter does have a gluten sensitivity, there may be some other things that have come along on the way. It might not be a bad idea to do a more serious cleanse or try to see a doctor who believes in the relationship between stomach issues and psychological issues. "Ultra...

This is really interesting to me. At the peak of gluten catching up to me, I was beginning to experience some psychological symptoms, brain fog, anxiety, depression-- and part of that was some bad juju mystical thinking. All of it completely went away off gluten. Looking back on it, it seems like a bad dream. I do feel a decrease in that specific kind...

I love this. It's almost a form of non-violent resistance. The gluten sit-in.