Gluten free success story! Serious health problems and multiple unpleasant symptoms disappeared after going gluten free.<\/p>\n
Melissa thought she had a gluten allergy.\u00a0 I suspect, from reading her story, that she has celiac disease.\u00a0 Either way, a gluten free diet did the trick for her.\u00a0 Here’s what happened in her own words:<\/p>\n
I am 37 years old and have struggled with many odd symptoms since I was an early teen.\u00a0 I always thought people were thinking that I was a hypochondriac, or making things up for attention. <\/em><\/p>\n In my early teens I started getting horrible bouts of nausea when I woke up.\u00a0 I also got daily headaches.\u00a0 It was so bad, I would roll on the floor and break out in a cold sweat.\u00a0 My family thought I was just trying to get out of going to school.\u00a0 I wasn’t! <\/em><\/p>\n Then came the fatigue.\u00a0 Over the years, my mind wants to do a whole lot of things, but my body just can’t seem to match what my mind wants to do.\u00a0 In my early teens, I started to develop anxiety and bouts of depression.\u00a0 In my early 20’s, after having my second child, I developed acne, which I never had even as a teen. <\/em><\/p>\n In my later 20’s, I developed horrible allergies.\u00a0 Itch eyes and throat, itchy skin with hives, sneezing attacks, constantly blowing my nose.\u00a0 I would get recurring sinus infections. <\/em><\/p>\n At this point, I was using acne meds and was on Flonase and Claritin, as well as Prozac for the panic attacks, anxiety, and depression. <\/em><\/p>\n In my late 20’s, I had to have my gallbladder out.\u00a0 It was very infected with multiple stones.\u00a0 That is when the chronic diarrhea began.\u00a0 Every morning I would go and it would have a horrible smell.\u00a0 I was so embarrassed.\u00a0 Then it progressed to a couple of times a day, and sometimes in the middle of eating a meal. <\/em><\/p>\n I began to be afraid to eat away from the house.\u00a0 My stools were so bad, I still had very bad nausea in the morning (late for work a lot due to this), and now I would bloat in the middle of a meal to the point that I didn’t eat much.\u00a0 I thought people would think I had an eating disorder by how little I ate in 1 sitting. <\/em><\/p>\n Also in my late 20’s, I was having crazy heart palpitations, to the point I thought I would pass out.\u00a0 I even saw a cardiologist, wore a holter moniter, had several tests that all came out negative. <\/em><\/p>\n In my mid 30’s, I developed asthma, and began to have bronchitis every year so bad that it was treated with antibiotics and steroids.\u00a0 I could not walk very far without getting out of breath.\u00a0 I have 3 kids, work full time, and run around like crazy, so it’s not like I wasn’t moving around. <\/em><\/p>\n Then the diarrhea got so bad, that I almost had accidents in public a few times.\u00a0 I thought this is crazy! I am 37 years old and can’t go in public for fear of having an accident! So I went to the doctor.\u00a0 He diagnosed me with IBS, and said try pepcid every night to see if it helps.\u00a0 It did not. <\/em><\/p>\n At this point, I also had facial flushing and what looked to be rosacea. I had hard bumps like ingrown hairs all over my legs.\u00a0 I always had some type of hives going on. <\/em><\/p>\n I had been researching all my odd symptoms for over a year or so, and everything seemed to point to a gluten allergy and thryoidism (been tested for that several times, negative, but I still believe there is an issue there, possibly hashimoto’s). <\/em><\/p>\n I had enough.\u00a0 I put myself on a gluten free diet 3 weeks ago.\u00a0 Within days, I had normal stools like I haven’t had in YEARS.\u00a0 The nausea in the morning totally disappeared, which was a HUGE victory.\u00a0 I wish I tried this when I was in school, as I suffered so badly.\u00a0 I no longer bloat eating a meal, and can finish a meal!\u00a0 My skin is clearing up nicely.\u00a0 I haven’t had a single headache (another huge victory) and all my IBS symptoms are completely gone. <\/em><\/p>\n My ganglion cyst that I’ve had for a couple years is going down.\u00a0 My back and neck no longer hurt or feel stiff.\u00a0 I always blamed that on my bed and work.\u00a0 I feel like someone oiled all my joints, like I went from feeling 80 years old back to 30.\u00a0 My daily heart palpitations drastically decreased.\u00a0 While I am still very fatigued, I’m hoping that will improve as well.\u00a0 I have been keeping a journal to keep track of what symptoms are lessening. <\/em><\/p>\n I want my kids to go gluten free, I feel they have some of these symptoms (my son has the bad morning stomach aches).\u00a0 I can’t wait to see what symptoms will resolve over time.\u00a0 I plan to stay gluten free since the changes are amazing me every day!<\/em><\/p>\n