I’ve been going gluten free for over 2 months. no results?
found out i had Celiac Disease in July. started going gluten free in August. so it’s been over 2 months, & none of my symptoms go away. my symptoms are Chronic Fatigue & Depression. i’m 18. why isn’t my gluten free diet working? i’m being very careful in what i eat! it doesn’t work. i’ve seen no improvement. i feel like i’m going to die. please help?
they said i have Leaky Gut Syndrome. i thought a gluten free diet would cure the gut?
Honestly, it might take a very long time for your gut to heal. It took about four months before I started to feel better both physically and mentally. It really depends on how damaged your gut is… It could also be that you’re getting gluten from some environmental factors. Your pots and pans could be cross contaminated, or maybe your shampoo (which could run into your mouth) contains wheat, barley, rye or cross-contaminated. There are a lot of products out there that Celiac patients think are safe, especially if they are new to the lifestyle. Even things like a bread board, or knife block could provide cross-contaminated. Every possible way of cross-contamination must be investigated.
That’s what happened to me awhile ago. I was starting to feel better, but suddenly I felt all the old symptoms, fatigue, insomnia, constipation. And that’s the short list! I went back to square one; what did I eat, what was I exposed, and what did I accidentally ingest (did I accidentally ingest a bread crumb). I finally looked at my shampoo bottle (I had put this bottle on the back shelf before I was diagnosed with Celiac’s Disease and had pulled it out without looking at the label. I had run out of my other shampoo) and saw that it contained wheat! Long story short, Read Every Label! Detergents, shampoos, vitamins and other things contain hidden gluten.
Next, join a support group. They might have ideas on where your getting the gluten, and may give you ideas on how to speed the “feeling better” process. I joined a local chapter of the Celiac Sprue Association. Let me tell you, they’ve helped a lot.
God Bless!
For my fellow posters that say that fatigue isn’t really a higher symptom of Celiac’s Disease, that’s not entirely true. Many, many people feel the effects of this autoimmune disease before, (fatigue, anemia, depression, pain, anxiety, “leaky gut”, and a host of others) LONG before they actually have atrophy of the villi in the intestine. They’ve been told that they’ve “imagined” the symptoms, that it’s something that they’re just wanting attention, or that it’s something that can’t be helped. I’ve heard testimony where doctors have told patients that the symptoms they are experiencing are self-inflicted and that they should be committed to a hospital for psychiatric help! Imagine the surprise of the doctor when the patient got diagnosed by a competent doctor (biopsy and blood work) that they had Celiac’s Disease. Villi atrophy is just the end result. It can take years for villi to atrophy! To the “asker”, it may be that you do have an infection, whether it’s bacterial or fungal, I don’t know. Your autoimmune system is severally impaired because you can’t absorb the nutrients your body need to defend and repair itself properly. It can’t defend itself against fungi or bacteria like everybody else. Keep on keeping on and don’t listen to people who mean well, but may not have experience in this matter.
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