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I finally got tested for Celiac disease a couple weeks ago after a false positive on the Biocard test. They came back negative. My next step was the allergist because my fast heart rate after eating was getting absurd and the stomach cramps were back. So the allergist did a whole slew of skin prick tests. I came up positive for being allergic to oranges,...

Wow. I'm really starting to think this has GOT to be gluten. We ordered in at-home celiac test. I know it's a shot in the dark, but a shot in the dark is still a shot. So I started eating gluten again. Two nights ago I ate two pieces of plain cheap wheat bread that I had left over from before I stopped eating gluten. I had immediate stomach pains within half...

I had no idea that there were at home tests. That would definitely be something to possibly look into. I've made sure to eat carbs. I did the Atkins diet a few years ago for a week and a half or so and had the "Atkins Flu", which was a thousand times worse than what I've dealt with for the past several days, all the way through it. I was exhausted all...

It's good to hear that this wasn't out of the ordinary I've tried to get two doctors now to test me, but they just laughed me off. One, who I had just been referred to and knew NOTHING about me other than I had been having diarrhea and anxiety, almost angrily asked me "WHO told you that?" when I mentioned gluten. She just said matter-of-factly, "You...

Is it ok to make things in the same pot/pan that something with gluten has been made in as long as it's cleaned out really well? Or can there still be some left behind? My roommates and I all share the same cookware, but I've been trying to be really careful with the pots or pans I use. I can't really afford my own set right now either.

I've been gluten free for 6 days now (it's a personal test--I haven't actually been diagnosed). The first day I felt no difference, but since the second day I've been tired and extremely anxious. For the past two days, I've had that achy exhausted feeling right before you get really sick, but I haven't gotten sick. I just don't feel well at all...My appetite...

Thanks SO MUCH for the lists and suggestions!

After two doctors basically laughed at me when I dared to suggest that gluten could be causing my digestive/anxiety problems, I decided to try gluten free for a few months. I'm keeping a food diary (hope to actually keep that up over the months haha) and if there's any improvements, I will take that darn food diary in to any of those doctors and show it to...

I've posted a few times with various concerns that have come up in the past couple of months. Doctors have ignored my gluten concern so I've decided to cut out gluten for a few months starting next week just to see what happens since I'll be going home for a few days and can buy the groceries (I'm a poor college student and my mom agreed to buy my starting...

Thanks for the replies. I will probably cut out dairy too. It doesn't cause the psychological and heart rate problems, but it does upset my stomach sometimes. I especially pay for it in the morning if I consume dairy before going to bed. I have found that I feel best when I don't eat actual meals. I eat several small meals over the day--Enough to keep myself...

I am beyond done with this. Ever since I got sick in July with what appeared to be a stomach bug (severe loss of appetite, fast heart rate, inability to stand for more than a few minutes), I've been struggling to keep my head above water with digestive symptoms (diarrhea and loss of appetite) that come and go, exhaustion, mood swings, anxiety, and new irregular...

The clinic at my university just tested my TSH. I've gone through that battle of getting fT3 and fT4 tested before with my doctor at home, and I didn't really feel like pushing it with the clinic here since I was already pushing to try to get tested for Celiac. That would have been a whole other war to have with them. The doctor I went to of course took one...

I was feeling so encouraged...I had been to my university health clinic twice for my digestive issues. I finally convinced them that it might have been more than anxiety, and they ruled out other things in blood work, and the only thing that came back was that my blood iron is low (no anemia yet though), my ferritin is 2 points from being low, and my B12...

Ugh. So I went to the doctor today (a PCP). I mentioned the gluten thing and she immediately said it wasn't that. She disgustingly asked who told me it could be related. Instead I'm bringing her stool samples since I said there had been mucus in my stool before. At least she doesn't think it's just anxiety though.

So my iron was 35 (range 50-150) My b12 isn't technically low but it's not way up in the range: 243 (range 180-1000) My TSH was 2.17 and unfortunately that's all they did for thyroid testing. I was referred to a PCP and if she feels like I should see a specialist she'll send me to one. They told me she was a great doctor though and relates well and enjoys...