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No bloods back yet - could take another three weeks (painfully slow!) but five days on the gluten free diet so I'm hoping if gluten is my problem then I will start to feel a bit better soon. My head is already feeling a bit clearer but I can't tell if that's just me being hopeful (is 5 days too soon to see results!?) All my current vitamins are gluten...

Thanks W8in4Dave - I will check that out! Thanks for this, taking one at a time is a good idea, it seems obvious now you say it but I never thought about taking just one and seeing it if also caused me to run to the bathroom straight away. I feel a bit lost with where to start though. I have taken magnesium in the past but via a spray so it didn't...

Good luck! Thank you so much again for all the helpful answers you have given to my questions. I wish you good health very soon!

Hello everyone, Sorry - I feel like I may ask a lot of questions over the next few weeks as I settle into this. I have not been officially diagnosed with celiac (waiting on blood results) but have been recommended to begin a gluten free diet by my doctor to see how I feel when not on gluten as he suspects that even if the blood comes back negative my...

Lock - thank you so much for this detailed response. It's not overwhelming, it's wonderful. I just read your own story in this forum and it sounds like you are very knowledgable and also very brave - well done for making the decision to change your life now despite not having all the results, it sounds like it will make such a difference. I hope your family...

Thanks everyone - it's really nice to have some words of encouragement and feel like I'm not alone. As you will all be very aware it is a bit of a daunting process and as supportive as my family etc. try to be I feel like none of them really understand what I'm going through just now or just quite how bad it feels. Four weeks for a blood test is brutal...

Hello everyone, I'm new here and have been reading through the forums for hours now, it is a pleasure to see so many knowledgable people in one place and to feel as though this might not all just be "in my head" as so many people have told me. I don't have a celiac diagnosis yet but I strongly suspect that I have an issue with gluten as this is...