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I am a 22 year-old college student. I love tattoos, music, writing, art and Jesus.

I have been sick since I was 16. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, sleep-apnea, low iron, severe allergies and depression. None of those diagnoses seemed to help and after years wasted and thousands of dollars thrown away on medication and doctor visits, I took my health into my own hands and discovered that I have celiac disease. It's been a real struggle coping with the fatigue and stomach pain as a young college student. I just want my life back!

  1. AJ Leigh
    I'm beginning to think soy is a bigger problem for me than gluten! I've got to check every med I take now for soy, which will be a pain! I'm worried about my vitamins (. Thanks for responding!
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    I'm sorry you had to find that out at such a stressful time . Don't get discouraged- it takes a lot of trial and error to get the hang of it. Don't beat yourself up. I was 100% gluten free for like 2 months, feeling awesome, and then ate soy sauce and messed it all up. I was so disappointed and sick that I pretty much screamed at anyone who talked to me for...
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    Thanks for your reply guys . I've actually been mostly dairy free for a long time. The puzzling thing is when I had my colonoscopy/endoscopy thing the doctor said he could tell I was "severely lactose intolerant". I hardly ever eat dairy and when I do it's in small amounts with a lot of lactaid supplements. I guess I have to quit it altogether since my stomach...
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    I really don't want to be a baby and whine, but sometimes it's just so hard to cope. I swear no matter what I eat it makes me sick. It could be the mildest, most friendly thing for the stomach and I end up with bloating, gas, and terrible acid indigestion. I just don't know what to do at this point. It's not a matter of "will it make me sick?" it's "how sick...
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    Another thing to consider is keeping a food diary. If you have any other food intolerances and allergies, especially if you choose to go gluten free, that would be a good way to rule them out.
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    You have a lot of the same symptoms I do. They're pretty text book celiac symptoms. I know 100% that I have the disease and my blood panel was negative. As someone mentioned, your best option would probably be to try a gluten free diet. Try it faithfully for a month or two and see what happens If you eat gluten. Thatll be more accurate than any lab work,...
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    You may have been experiencing celiac symptoms without even realizing it for years! Unfortunately celiac can be dormant for a long time. When I was 16 I contracted a very bad virus, and ever since then I've been experiencing severe celiac symptoms. Before then I had a lot of health problems, like allergies, lactose intolerance, supposed IBS, which now I realize...
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    Ugh I didn't think about vitamins and stuff. I need to keep my food log regularly. Thank you !
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    Because she is so young chances are her system hasn't grown weak enough to show symptoms internally. I was about age 11 (after I started my period) that I started having signs of celiac, but they appeared slowly. I was about 20 when the symptoms got too bad to ignore. First I was diagnosed with lactose intolerance. Then IBS. Then allergies. Then fibromyalgia...
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    ARCHIVED Probiotics

    AJ Leigh posted a topic in Coping with Celiac Disease

    Has anyone used Phillips' Colon Health Probiotics? Are they gluten free? I can't find the info any where.
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    Thanks guys <3 It seems like no matter what I eat these days I get a tummy ache
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    I self-diagnosed myself with celiac just under a year ago. I went on a gluten free diet, and for about 5 months I felt incredible. I suddenly had energy, my stomach aches were gone, and best of all I didn't need to sleep 15 hours a day. It was such a dramatic change that near strangers noticed a difference! However, for the last couple of months I've been...
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    Oh, yep I just saw that. I really am a little stressed for what to do. I need to have the colonoscopy done because I have a gut feeling (no pun intended) that there could be more going on there than just a gluten thing. I may as well have the endoscopy biopsy done at the same time. But like you guys have said, who knows if one week is going to make a difference...
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    Well I definitely know that I am lactose intolerant >__<! I learned that the hard way when I was about 13 :3. As far as nightshades... I try really hard to stay away from them (but I love potatoes (!!) because they do not sit well. I'm allergic to most of them, and the ones I'm not allergic to give me muscle aches, fatigue, and exacerbate my acidic...
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    I am having both a blood test (to check other things as well as gluten intolerance) which the doctor said would probably come up negative. I'm also having an endoscopy and a colonoscopy. Would a week's worth of gluten not be enough for the endoscopy? I figured my stomach lining must still be damaged if I am still feeling this sick.
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