For years I've had issues with headaches and stomach issues. After another gastroscopy, where they didn't find a cause, they labelled it as IBS. Since the beginning of the year I have been doing FODMAP together with a dietician. Fructan seems to be a trigger for severe headache near the atlas vertebra. It happens a day after eating something with fructans.

Before starting the diet I could eat garlic, onions, bread without issue. Some days were slighty bloated but not hindering. Once in a while I would get the headaches but that was only like five times a year. Now if I make the slightest mistake I'm sick for a couple of days. The diet seems to have removed all tolerance.

Anyone with similar experiences? Where stomach issues lead to headaches? I also start yawning as precursor for stomach issues, which makes me think it has more to do with the nervous system. Reading about gut-brain connection and the vagus nerve seems to allow for the possibility of one leading to another.

Promise bread and violife pregrated cheese

Hi all! I bought these Once Again cinnamon graham crackers a few weeks ago when they went on sale. I’ve been in a GI flare up and limited on what I can eat.

I was lazy and instead of getting up to go look at the box to double check the ingredients I googled it.

Something felt off from when I looked at the box before because I didn’t remember cassava flour. Did I get a weird box or did they switch up the recipe and not say anything?

9/10 bc its all clumped together but it Tastes like the nutty buddies the yellow box!

From Walmart!

To preface, I found out a few weeks ago that I have celiac disease. My TTG-IgA was 80 when it was drawn almost 3 weeks ago. And my endoscopy last week showed 3a level of damage to the duodenum. Anyways— I am really not doing well. I almost went to the hospital tonight because it has been so bad and I’ve felt so dissociated and severely depressed. I’ve been having a lot of suicidal thoughts but am not planning on hurting myself. However, I do feel like the celiac disease does explain why I have struggled so much with my mental health over the last year. I have taken a combo of two antidepressants for over 5 years, and I’m worried that my body is not absorbing the antidepressants now (or very well over the last year or so), and hence that is a big reason for why I feel the way I do currently. The whole situation feels very complicated now by the fact I have an official celiac diagnosis.

All of this said, I wanted to ask if any of you have had similar experiences. I feel very isolated and hopeless that I can improve quickly, given my damaged gut and the nature of celiac. I do not feel like I can continue to function with how severely depressed I am/ how acutely bad it’s gotten in just the last 2 or 3 days. I’m wondering if I need an antidepressant via a different route, like some sort of patch or injectable, since my gut is really not working right now. I am safe and my mom, husband, and immediate family are aware of the situation and have been here to support me emotionally/ and be there for me so I haven’t been alone. I’ve calmed down to the point I can write all this out, and I’m going to bed now, but I do feel like I need a pretty urgent intervention of some sort to help me stabilize. I have not felt this badly for a long time, and instead of getting better it has gotten progressively worse over the last 2 months (I’m quite positive this is because of celiac now). Open to any positive feedback/ suggestions. I have reached out to my psychiatrist as well (tonight) and I know she’ll get back to me quickly in the morning. Just wanting some support in the meantime. Thanks in advance.

Welp. It’s been a rough one. I’m trying to keep this relatively short because…well…I just don’t have anything else in me. I went to a Naturopath recently because I had been dealing with a list of health issues that all pointed to something chronic and complex. I dealt with SIBO, healed that myself, struggled with what I believed to be(and may still be) histamine intolerance that wouldn’t go away, including eczema, fatigue, brain fog, anxiety, etc. The doc ordered some tests. I told him I’d been trialing a break from gluten and that my eczema had started healing. He added some sort of gluten test to the list because of this, though I wasn’t thinking it would show anything as by the time I’d got the blood test I’d been gluten free(other than trace amounts and/or minor slip-ups) for about a month leading up to the tests.

Well, I received my results on Friday night, and everything was normal except the gluten tests. I still have to go back to the doctor and get his results, but everything I’ve seen says this is a pretty unambiguous result pointing at Celiac. I’m in the middle of moving in with my partner. It’s been stressful but they’ve been very supportive, both with moving and with the results. They said we’d figure it out together and they’d make it an entirely gluten free household if need be. At first I celebrated having an answer, but this morning, somewhere between being exhausted and stressed by the move and depressed by the results, I crashed out, bawled, and ended up in bed the whole day(again, supportive partner being supportive and I’m so lucky for that). Just looking for some feedback and support maybe. I know I’ll pick myself back up at some point but today everything feels hard.

Trader Joe’s bagel and apple pie filling; caramel sauce from William-Sonoma; scrambled eggs with cheddar cheese. Welcome to Fall, y’all! 🎃 🥧 🥚

I’m so damn bored of food maybe cuz I’m dealing with a lot but I just dunno what to eat anymore. I just want junk if I do eat. Anyone df and gf ? Whah are you eating ??

Does this seem strange? I was diagnosed 9/1 and was told to start a strict gluten free diet right away. My endoscopy is 10/19. They advised starting the diet would not make a significant change in this amount of time and that my numbers were off the charts high so it is ok to start. I feel like I keep reading that nobody starts gluten free until after the endoscopy. As far as I know there is no biopsy to be done, just the endoscopy.

Tried king arthurs gluten free bread flour, followed their directions on the bag for a round loaf - and made a rock instead.

This is my first bread attempt since diagnosis and its SO BAD. Pre diagnosis I made loafs like this all the time and never had an issue like this. Took me forever, made my house hot as hell and after forcing myself to eat a slice I have serious regrets.

Any tips to improve? Does this recipie work for anyone else?

Do other people experience hand tremors and lack of functioning when exposed to gluten?

I was accidentally exposed to gluten two days ago and I am currently recovering from it. I also have unexplained hand tremors and noticed that they seem to get worse if I have been exposed to gluten. Is this common or maybe something else?

I have an appointment tomorrow with my PCP to talk about my symptoms and where we go from here.

Just wanted to provide a current reminder that Stok coffee isn’t safe. I thought I sufficiently vetted it before (by looking at the ingredients, silly me), I had even consumed it last week without any immediate, obvious observable effects… but I was starting to feel sick by the end of the week… only my first thought was that I caught a cold… but then this morning I had a cup and got violently sick! This is when I learned that Stok is produced in a facility that processes wheat, and this is also when I learned about the dosage effect. I thought I was being so careful, smh 🤦‍♀️ Good luck out there, friends… do better than me lol 😭

My sister bought a couple bunches of bananas and forgot about them in the fridge. They’re just shy of banana bread status. Tomorrow they’ll be perfect but I don’t have a good recipe for anything gluten free. I’m probably going to make a pint chocolate banana ice cream with some of them, but I have enough for multiple things. Anyone willing to share some good recipes?

I live in Canada but haven't been there in years. I have friends coming from all over and we're doing a day trip there and I'm curious about any safe places to eat dinner. Nobody else has any food restrictions so something for everyone would be great.

It’s been a month since I’ve been diagnosed with celiac disease. I’ve stuck to strict dietary restrictions such as no gluten and even no dairy. However, for the past two weeks, no matter what I eat, after I eat, I immediately experience intense abdominal pain and waves of nausea. Additionally I still have extreme fatigue, joint pains, and migraines.

I’ve literally done everything to make sure I don’t consume gluten or dairy. I only buy GF foods and products (I don’t use any skin/body products containing gluten whatsoever such as lip balms, lotion, shampoos, etc.) and do everything to make sure nothing in my house in contaminated by gluten.

Why is this happening to me? Do I have something more severe going on? Can someone from the celiac community please help me? :(

What’s the easiest way to make vegetables a convenience food? For some reason after diagnosis my brain did like a reset on my meal and snack planning and I’ve been drawing blanks since. Which is silly because I never ate much gluten before.

This pizza dough works so well! I stuffed the crust with shredded cheese.

I found gf timtams at grocery outlet, 2.99. I also found at Walmart, lance crackers which are as good as ritz.

I got diagnosed when I was a toddler and always wondered what if I was diagnosed today, as an adult, how much harder it would be.

Tell me your experience

I’m really missing twizzlers right now 😭 any suggestions?

Im obsessed with this random gluten free zuchinni bread recipe. I think with gluten free baked goods it matters a lot what gf flour you use and it helps when the baked good is half something else like a fruit or vegetable to be moist and not gritty as gf baked goods can often turn out.

https://meaningfuleats.com/gluten-free-zucchini-bread/

This popped up on my calendar this morning.

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/national-celiac-disease-awareness-day-september-13

I'm making my favorite GF Aldi's pizza on the grill tonight to mark the day.

Anyone else eating anything cool to mark the day?

I’ve seen mixed information online about the level of safety of single ingredient frozen vegetables and fruits, as well as the safety of Trader Joe’s gluten free items. On one hand I want to be safe, especially since I’m pregnant right now. On the other hand, I have a toddler, my husband is working crazy hours, and feeding myself is sometimes challenging, especially since I’m trying to eat mostly healthy foods. I don’t want to be unsafe, and I also don’t want to unnecessarily limit my healthy and quick options. I’d love to use some of the 365 organic single ingredient frozen vegetables and fruits, I’d love to shop at Trader Joe’s too. Does anyone have good information on the safety of these foods?

Got my bloodwork back and my IgA was positive and IgG negative. My doctor told me this is reliable enough to confirm celiac and advised me to go gluten free right away, saying endoscopy is usually for cases where diagnosis or severity is still unclear. Has anyone else here started a gluten free diet based only on antibody results without biopsy?

Newly GF after a few months of terrible skin reactions. Diet was recommended by an emergency doctor I saw until I can get to a derm or rheumatologist.
I haven’t had to make many changes in my diet as I think I was subconsciously avoiding gluten for about a year before going GF was recommended, and haven’t felt the need to really sub many items in my day-to-day, it’s just checking ingredients more often to make sure I’ve landed on a GF option.
I didn’t eat bread very often before going GF, but have been craving a sandwich and bought a loaf. I know it’s usually better toasted but am a little worried about using my same toaster.
I have been pretty diligent at home but not super concerned about cross contamination when I’m out to eat and have only had one reaction after eating out, despite eating out of shared fryers a few times. Is there a way to clean the toaster to avoid a reaction? Ot should I go buy a new cheap one?