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  1. eleep
    Sometimes rocks need to be pampered as well -- don't be too hard on yourself -- you'll be a much better rock when you're feeling healthy and relaxed! eleep
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    Perhaps we need to start a major religion just for Celiacs! eleep
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    I've had some success with meditation and Qi Gong exercises (as well as regular exercise) -- however, you really need to keep them up as a regular practice to get the full effects. eleep
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    I agree that you'll probably want to go with what your body tells you in the long run -- I spent a long time trying to think my way through whether I "believed" things or not, but I practically developed an anxiety disorder doing so. Now I'm certain I did the right thing because I honestly feel better than I ever have for most of my adult life -- and the...
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    I saw Enrique Molina, who's with Digestive Disease Associates in Gainesville. I can't really say whether I'd recommend him or not since, after my blood tests came back negative, he basically recommended that I try the diet and that was it. He didn't seem to be one of those "I only accept the Gold Standard" doctors, but I can't say for sure. Since I'm a...
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    Illotibial band -- right? I've had on-off issues with mine after running, but nothing like what either of you describe. I have a pretty regular yoga practice, however, and I find that -- regardless of whether I stretch after a run or not (I know, bad), I never have IT issues when I've been keeping up with the yoga. eleep
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    This reminds me of some of the issues with diabetes and the very large health disparities between diabetics with more education and resources and those with less. When it comes to managing an illness that requires constant monitoring of what you're consuming, it helps to be kind of an OCD egghead.
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    Yes -- the moodiness is something many of us have experienced -- I wish I'd known that at the time since my withdrawal-based moodiness had something to do with the utter implosion of my relationship after my diagnosis. It will pass, however, so just hang in there and remember that you may be overreacting to things for a while. For anyone who's been...
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    I'm a 20th century culture scholar, so I have my own crackpot theory about part of why there's been so much more awareness of Celiac recently -- which I will share for your amusement, dissection, agreement or utter disbelief. My thinking is that the low-carb diet craze meant that enough people stopped eating wheat products for long enough to notice differences...
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    I wish I could help you -- Shands has an excellent reputation, but I don't know any of the GI doctors there -- I'm a student at UF, but I was referred out to someone in private practice by the infirmary here.
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    I quit smoking back in August and, after the initial couple of weeks, I was just fine and didn't really have what I would call cravings. Then, after my last glutening in October, I started to have the most intense cigarette cravings of my life. They subsided when the symptoms subsided, but it was unnerving. I should add that I've quit several times before...
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    I felt terrible for about five months after going on the diet -- I was going through a really devastating breakup at the time and, on top of the emotional toll and the adjustment in my household, I was doing my best to continue exercising and working and meeting friends out. I tried to act like I wasn't ill because I just didn't want to feel isolated and...
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    Sometimes the mold culture used to make them is grown on bread -- although it can often be grown on other mediums as well. However, I read somewhere that one of the really good british Bleu's -- Stilton? -- is produced with bread-grown mold culture, but that there's about 1 part of mold per million parts of the rest of the cheese -- and the mold doesn't...
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    I think about this all the time these days since there are two artisanal bakeries which have recently opened up near me.....
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    I just read this and I'm on it -- just sent a PM. I can't necessarily help you with restaurants because I'm still figuring that one out myself -- I use a Triumph dining card and I tend to stick to sushi places right now (and I had bad luck with one of those a few months back). I also don't know anything about getting tax discounts or anything on food...
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    Edit: I just reread your post and I think my suggestion is off-track!
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    My reactions are decidedly noticeable, but not crippling. When they do become overwhelming, it usually has to do with something else that's going on in my life -- some external stressor that I'm not in healthy enough shape to handle. And then I'm even talking about really big stuff -- a death in the family, being the one in charge of the funeral while my...
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    On top of what you're already doing, drinking lots of water and getting exercise are good ways to speed up any withdrawal process. As for how long it will take, I may not be the best example because my withdrawal symptoms lasted at least three months -- possibly more. This was, in part, because it took me that long to fully eliminate all the gluten from...
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    That sounds a lot like the symptoms of withdrawal. I also had this weird angry energy for a while despite the fact that I felt so lousy. eleep
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    I can relate to the "can't control the mood swings" aspect of starting this whole diet -- I had a terrible time with it for a number of months, although I was going through some pretty intense personal stuff at the time as well. I have had luck in the past with Wellbutrin -- which is gluten free, but I haven't taken it since the diagnosis. I did have...
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    A sabbatical is an excellent idea -- and not something everyone gets the chance to do. It took me many months to start to feel right again and I definitely felt worse a month after I stopped eating gluten than I did before. I went through about six weeks where I really couldn't do much of anything -- the advantage I had was that I'm in graduate school and...
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    My mood, anxiety and ADD-type symptoms were much more obvious to me than the GI symptoms -- now that I've been on the diet for a while, I'm a lot more aware of the GI stuff now -- which is useful because it can warn me to steel myself for the mood-related stuff that will follow!
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    Yup -- I've got about a two-day lag on reaction symptoms, although those two days might feel more stressy than usual. Then the other stuff hits kind of hard.
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    My acupuncturist and other medical practicioners have all suggested that my glutenings will decrease in intensity and such once my body has fully healed. I'm not working with anyone with a great deal of knowledge and experience with celiacs, so I was wondering whether this is something people have found to be true in their own experience. I've been diagnosed...
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    I had mono my sophomore year in college and never quite got over the exhaustion and fatigue -- I know now that was the onset of my celiac symptoms. eleep
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