Lynxear

Hmmmmm....I have not been diagnosed as Celiac...YET!!! but more and more I am thinking that this is my root problem.

I am borderline narcoleptic. I have undergone a sleep study to prove it. During the study I got 10 hours of very light sleep....relatively normal....but following this sleep every hour for 5 following hours you are asked to fall asleep....after 10 hours of sleep I could do this within 5 minutes of being asked....this is not normal.

Hence I am borderline and have to be very careful driving distances...there are various tests to decide if you may be narcoleptic, prior to being subjected to a sleep study...they include:

1. Have you ever fallen asleep at a movie theatre or in front of the TV when you REALLY wanted to watch that show?

2. Do you dream and wake up from a terrifying dream...but not realize that you are awake and live the dream for a while?

3. Do you drive your car on a highway but don't know where you are until the next signpost goes by?

4. Do you intend to drive to the mall, but suddenly realize you are driving to work? (automatic behavior)

5. Finally....and this was the confirming condition for me....do you have cataplexy? This is the condition where you lose muscle control when excited....literally "fall down laughing" or paralized speech lasting several seconds. I have this....very embarrassing...for me it happens unexpectedly when I find something funny or crack a joke...rarely but sometimes when I am angry.

So that is how you suspect you have narcolepsy....most GP's have no clue how to diagnose this disease.

back on topic

My health has been a series of problems in the past 8 years. I have always felt there is a single root cause but doctors seem to treat you one disease symptom at a time. I struggle with diabetes, high blood pressure , high blood fats and to a lesser extent narcolepsy. The blood pressure and narcolepsy is manageable but the others are out of control.

I have felt that wheat was my problem as I feel slightly bloated eating bread (I LOVE the chewy Whole Grain breads that you are SUPPOSED to eat). At one time I followed a naturopath's "cleansing diet" for 12 days which among other foods eliminates wheat....and discovered a sudden loss of blood fats. I taught ESL in Thailand for 6 months where there is little or no wheat in their diet. At the end of the 6 months I lost 35 lbs, my diabetes with medication was rock solid normal, my blood fats were high normal.

Since returning to Canada, 2 years later I cannot control my diabetes or blood fats with medication.

I am coming to the conclusion that wheat intolerance is the ROOT of my problem. It seems common to all my ailments. This forum is very interesting to me.

I am sort of an imposter I suppose. I have not been diagnosed as Celiac but I am a type II diabetic who has a great difficulty keeping my blood sugar under control. In addition to this I have a BIG problem with blood fats. I don't respond well to drugs. Statins which are used to treat blood fats made them worse and I am one of the 10% that gets artnritis in my fingers when take these drugs so I quit them.

I have felt that I have a problem with wheat for about 8 years now. But I don't seem to have Celiac disease characteristics. My digestion seems fine to me.

I once went to a naturopath for help after my GP ran out of ideas. The first thing these guys do is put you on a "cleaning diet" which among other foods eliminate wheat from your diet for 12 days. I just went on the diet...I took no herbs or other supplements and a blood test a month later showed a dramatic reduction in my blood fats....apparently this should not happen so quickly.

Three years ago I went to Thailand to teach ESL. Wheat is not a part of a normal Thai diet since they cannot grow wheat in a tropical country. My normal blood sugar readings in Canada were high 6's to 7's mmol/L... barely controled. After one month my readings were 5...it was so consistantly there I thought my glucometer was broken!! After 6 months I lost 35 lbs, blood sugar in the high 5's and a blood test revealed my blood fats in the "High normal" range (previously 10x high risk). This is after eating tons of white rice, pineapple (sweet and "to die for") and sweet peanut snacks (like a peanut brittle)...all of which is supposed to be poison to a diabetic

Three years later on a normal western diet I am back where I started {sigh}...worse actually since I have great difficulty

Then I ran across this article while surfing the net

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It is research linking Wheat to Type I diabetes. It sort of confirms all of my suspicions. I just found this article and haven't shown it to my doctor....DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS AS I???

Sorry for the long post but I wonder if there are others with my problem and how do they cope.

Thanks for the read.