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    This has probably been asked before, but I can't find answers dated past 2009. Is Horizon Organic Low Fat Egg Nog gluten free? Although it's not certified, the manufacturer states on its website that the product is gluten-free and the ingredients seem to be fine (I was dx 6 years ago and know my ingredients inside and out by now)...except maybe the "natural...
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    I've used Ore-Ida products (most varieties of fries and tater tots as well as Steam & Mash potatoes) since my dx 6 years ago with no issues at all.
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    This particular line really stood out. This is your depression talking. When you get your symptoms sorted out you'll begin to feel better and learn how to live with your celiac disease. I'm not promising that it will be easy...it took about six months gluten-free for all of my physical symptoms to resolve but at least two years for the raging anxiety and...
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    I did the same and didn't find my very first one, either. Perhaps the site doesn't save posts older than 3 - 4 years.
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    I lost 11 lbs before my dx five years ago and gained 20 lbs in less than a year after that. I can't seem to shake off the excess weight despite a healthy diet and exercise. But I'm still within my normal weight range (albeit on the high end) and I like my carbs a bit too much. :-) As long as you feel well and have no symptoms you're fine.
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    Could possibly be a cross-reaction to the corn starch, but if you're not sensitive to corn it shouldn't be an issue. Your nausea may be from something else entirely, and it could be somatic...you're expecting a reaction and your body is kindly obliging. We tend to blame every little blip on celiac, which is natural, until we learn over time what is and...
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    Hello, fellow celiacs! It's been a long time since I last prowled this forum, newly diagnosed, terrified and looking for answers that my doctor couldn't provide. A wise soul with the user name Irish Heart told me at the outset to not let the disease define nor confine me. In the five years since my dx on 10/11/12 I've taken her advice to heart. With...
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    I saved this list to Evernote on my laptop and can access it from my Evernote app on my phone. You can also save it to Pocket on your computer and access it from your phone through the Pocket app. Both Evernote and Pocket are free registrations (there is a paid version of both with more features but you don't really need them), and their corresponding Android...
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    Diagnosed and gluten-free nearly two years, I'm feeling 100% better. I've got label reading, cooking, avoiding cc at home and eating out pretty much down to a science, and I take my own food to family gatherings or events like weddings (by all accounts I'm apparently not missing much at those events, lol). I never cheat, so the only times I've ever been...
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    I meant to reply to you sooner...sorry about that! Your story wasn't rambling at all. It clarified the situation for me in a way that none of my well-meaning but non-celiac friends could. The neonatal ICU nurse story was a perfect example. It's similar to being afraid to fly after hearing about a plane crash. Of course the news is going to report...
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    IBS seems to be the "go to" diagnosis when the doctors can't figure out what's wrong with your gut and don't know enough about celiac to test for it. My dx was a fluke...the G.I. doc I went to for the pain under my ribs ordered an endoscopy suspecting gastritis. Turned out negative for that but positive for celiac. Glad he found it, but then he showed...
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    Some doctors are awful. When I was still trying to get a diagnosis, one internist told me it was IBS due to stress. He gave me prescriptions for Lexapro and Xanax and actually said that I would end up institutionalized if I didn't get a handle on the anxiety. Can you imagine? I had one horrible reaction to the Lexapro and never touched it again. The...
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    Dee, The thought crossed my mind that I could have been accidentally glutened, as my anxiety hadn't been this high since before DX, but after retracing my steps I still can't figure out where it would have come from. In any case, I'm feeling MUCH better...everyone's positive, supportive replies have helped me calm down considerably and I went out and...
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    Yes...Anxiety No More. I discovered his website when the anxiety attacks first started and ordered his book. I still have it but haven't read it in a few years. It's time to check out both the book and website again. Thanks for the referral. :-)
  17. tspiggy
    I was DX with celiac on 10/11/12, about 18 months after initial onset of symptoms. Except for chronic upper abdominal pain and an 11-lb. weight loss, my symptoms had been more neurological than digestive: massive brain fog, occasional tingling in hands and feet, chronic fatigue. The worst was raging anxiety and panic attacks, followed by crushing depression...
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