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  1. Chrisz1000
    Only as strange as the rest of us I'd say. Looks like you've narrowed down the culprit ingredients to wheat? I would say its time to investigate further. How long do your symptoms last? Is it minutes, hours days or weeks? Do you react in anyway to other wheat/gluten products? Do you have any other symptoms - even ones that you thought were "normal", ...
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    I did the gluten challenge by simply not giving up gluten until after my blood test so it was relatively easy for me. Unfortunately the blood results were negative and by the time the Dr eventually told me an Endoscopy had to be done as a more reliable test, I had been gluten free for weeks. I had felt the benefits enough to decide that for the rest of my...
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    Because its in a liquid form, rather than solid, the gut in theory should be able to absorb gravy easier than breaking down solid foods. Whether or not you can eat gluten or milk is irrelevant if you accidentally eat gluten or milk, your ability to absorb gravy is the same as your ability to absorb gluten-free gravy. In general liquids should be processed...
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    I've had some of the worst reactions by consuming gravy. I believe because its liquid and therefore easy to digest. Regarding eye issues - yes, gluten causes eye pains, swollen eyes, swollen muscles around the eyes etc etc. I no longer need glasses since going gluten free. Time to get diagnosed/go gluten free. There are gluten free jarred gravies...
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    My employer is more understanding than yours, but yes I have experienced the same thing whilst at work; the fatigue, the inability to think straight, unable to make conversation and an overwhelming feeling of not wanting to do much. This is on top of good old STRESS. I too have tested negative on all of the tests, left it too late to do a gluten challenge...
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    Blue days... yes, we've all had so many of those. If you need something to fill you with calories I recommend peanut butter on a gluten-free cracker or bread. Literally 20seconds preperation time, a tasty snack which is calories dense. These kept me going. Then I discovered enzymes which allowed me to digest these calories! The first months are the...
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    I agree. Don't forget, for some of us the mental problems are equal to or worse than the physical and its harder to spot somebody going through mental troubles and even harder to know how to help. Hopefully we can help Renegade through this hard time and he will look back through his posts in a few months to see how his state of mind has improved. ...
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    Digestive enzymes. These will break down your food for you so your gut can absorb as much food as it possibly can. They sped up my recovery, and ability to excercise, very quickly.
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    Before enzymes I was very tired, losing weight (despite eating lots), mildly depressed, seeing undigested food 'pass through'. Based on what I had read about them - which has been confirmed in this thread - I decided to give them a whirl. There's a bit of science in deciding which ones you need. Ones that break down fats, proteins or fibres. Amylase works...
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    Ha fair enough. Man's got his priorities! Yep. Its scary how many things contain milk. Don't go insane, like a bag of crisps (or chips over the pond, right?) may contain milk in the flavouring but that'll be a relatively small amount. Items such as bread, pasta, pizza may contain milk or milk protein, depending on the manufacturer. Caffeine... I found...
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    Hi Renegade. I'm of a similar age, occupation and background and can relate to what you just said (being previously fit, now fatigued, similar mindset in tackling this problem). Most of your symptoms I had leading up to the start of my gluten free life. A lot of your symptoms I developed after starting the gluten free life. Almost all of the symptoms...
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    Yep mine lasts approximately 2 weeks. Its not painful, but its definitely there and gradually starts coming down after a week. As with my other symptoms this one seems to last for longer, the longer I go without gluten.
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    Yep chances are the gut won't be absorbing the supplements anyways. I started by hammering loads of supplements, doubling the dosage just to give me a better chance of absorbing at least some of those nutrient goodies... suffice to say I didn't realise immediately but they were giving me GI problems. Once I came off the supplments I started to feel more...
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    Agreed, that thread called something like "things that got better" is such an inspirational dangling carrot!! Once diagnosed gluten should never purposefully enter your mouth - the long term affects should be enough to put anybody off, cancer being one very real threat, depression and long term gut damage being the others . Gluten should be considered...
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    Hi there, without knowing your age and how long you've had noticable symptoms its hard to say how long it will be before you start gaining weight. Personally, after 5 months of gluten free I am managing to maintain weight without having to eat the equivalent of my own body mass every day! I haven't yet started gaining weight. I have suffered malabsorption...
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    My initial reactions are always popping ears and flaring sinuses around the ears. This happens within minutes of a good glutening. For a trace amount of gluten, i.e a crumb, or a grain of flour, it might take an hour for the ears to start popping. Once the ears are popping away the floodgates open; weak bladder, headache, distended abdomen, aching joints...
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    No problems whatsoever notme! I am actually indebted to this forum and incredibly grateful for all the advice that is posted on a daily basis. There are so many sides to this disease. I'm just getting to a stage where things are a bit clearer after the first few hellish months - were it not for the great advice on here those hellish months may have been extended...
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    Hi Tinydani, My first post here (regular reader though) and I feel compelled to respond as I was once in that terrible place where your boyfriend is right now. I’m of a similar age to you (25), male so feel I can relate to your story. You’ve had a lot of stick so far so I come here hoping to reassure and help - based on my story and what I have und...
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