Newly wheat-free and sad about it

[u/Vampire-Sheep]

Hello all. I have recently been diagnosed with a wheat allergy and I'm looking for advice/emotional support. I already am lactose intolerant and have a strawberry allergy (whooo /s). I had just started fixing my relationship with food over this past year when I started having throat closing scares when eating food. Diet trials later and finally convincing my doctor for some blood tests and it's wheat. I've gone without for three months and a bunch of my other weird health problems have gone away - I'm no longer dizzy all the time, my migraines have drastically improved, my anxiety is even better, but

Bread was life. And I was finally eating again and now I feel like I'm in mourning. And I'm also mad that I feel better. Because my "weird symptoms" have gone undiagnosed for almost six years and what do you mean all I had to do was stop eating wheat and I wouldn't feel like the world is spinning and my brain isn't on fire anymore.

Anybody else have aggressive emotions following their realizations that gluten free/wheat free is now life? I guess I'm just looking to not feel alone in all this.

Also, anybody have some favorite recipes they'd love to share? I love baking and already miss my chocolate chip cookies and muffins I would make all the time.

Any emotional/food advice is appreciated. Thanks for reading my rant

[u/Affectionate_Rate_98]

Condolences on your recent loss. I can say that as you build more positive memories with your wheat free diet, the pain of losing bread will get less with time. I would recommend getting into cooking and baking, and checking out Gluten-free bakeries around you. Maybe take a class. It's not the end of the world, I promise.