OxymormonWife

  On 3/4/2012 at 8:36 PM, cyberprof said:

Hi Oxy, welcome to the forum.

If you've just been gluten-free for a short time, you may just need to be truly gluten-free for a bit longer, as it takes a while to get used to it and make sure that the gluten is gone. Or you may need to be stricter.

But that being said, autoimmune diseases like celiac and lupus do tend to run together. We say here that if you get one like celiac, you have a higher chance of getting another like thyroid or diabetes or rhuematoid arthritis. And you even have a higher risk because of family history. So it would be up to you to decide if you want to talk to your doctor about it now or give it some time to see if you feel better.

Good luck and hope to "see" you around: This is a good place for info.

Thank you for welcoming me to the forum! I really appreciate it.

I've been on the diet for a bit over two years now, and have been as strict as I can with it. Living with my husband who is pretty attached to gluten makes it a bit difficult, but I manage.

I think I will talk to a doctor about the issues that I've been going through. Thanks so much for your help! I do plan on sticking around, as this is the first and most helpful Celiac forum that I've really gotten into.

I've been diagnosed with several different illnesses following Celiac's, but even through treating all of those as best as possible, and even doing the diet, there has been very little change in my symptoms. Now, even, I am wondering if maybe there is still an illness that is.. hiding, I suppose? I've done the horrible deed of looking up what it could be over the internet, and all I can come up with is that it may be Lupus. Because I have Celiac's, a few symptoms of Lupus, and a mother with Lupus, I can't help but wonder. Are my chances of having Lupus higher because of my family history of it mixed with the Celiac's? Or is it just presumptuous of me to assume it may be that?