Cobra
09-12-2013, 12:13 AM
You may be gluten sensitive or have full blown celiac disease.
Gluten in a protein found in wheat and certain other grains in our diet. Unfortunately, some people, about 1 in 100, are severely allergic to it and most do not know it. Celiac disease causes damage to vili of the intestines, leading to malabsorption of nutrients and a whole host of other health issues, including fatigue, brain fog, depression, anxiety, skin rashes, eczema. Just more stuff than I care to list here. There are a few tests that you can have to see if you have celiac disease, but they are terribly unreliable, and often give a false negative. You can also be gluten sensitivity, which means you are intolerant of gluten, but do not have the stomach damage. All the symptoms are the same. The only thing you can really do is go on a gluten free diet for a few months and see if your symptoms get milder. If you are gluten sensitive, it can take months, even years, to fully reverse the damage.
The reason I post this is because there is a positive correlation between gluten sensitivity and neurological disorders, like brain fog, anxiety and depression. Many of the symptoms of gluten sensitivity are symptoms that I personally suffer. They are:
Neurological
anxiety
depression
brain fog
dizziness
Digestive
Heartburn
nausea
constipation
diarrhea
bloating
gas
Skin
acne on limbs (upper arms)
itchy rash
dandruff
numbness/pain in extremities
tingling hands and feet
hives
Bones
achey joints
arthritis-like symptoms
Eyes
dry, itchy, painful eyes
Heart
increased heart rate, BP after eating gluten (allergic reaction maybe?)
My wife has actually been diagnosed (through a biopsy) with Celiac Disease and she has long claimed that she believed I was Celiac intolerant, due to my symptoms. I never gave it much consideration because I've had a biopsy, too, that showed I was not Celiac, but now I have learned that the tests are very unreliable, and you can be gluten intolerant without actually having Celiac Sprue. Going back through my memory, I do seem to recall eating very wheat heavy meals before all of my most traumatic anxiety attacks. Pizza before going to the ER. Sandwiches before going to the ER. And my good days do seem to coincide with days that I have had healthy meat and veggie meals, like yesterday, porkchops with mushrooms and onion, collared greens and homemade potato wedges. No anxiety, even after going back for seconds. Tonight we had homemade burritos and it is all I can do to keep myself calm and will probably have to take an ativan here in a minute. (I keep checking my pulse, even though it is normal, only slightly elevated, thinking any minute now I'm going to croak). Tonight I am sick to my stomach, reflux is acting up, and I am anxious as hell. I had two bad spells today, one after eating lunch (sandwhich, chips) and the second after supper (burritos, tater tots). Can't stay out of the bathroom.Gas. Bloating. Nausea like you wouldn't believe.
So I am going to go gluten free for a while and see if it helps my anxiety and digestive issues. I'll keep you all apprised and let you know how it goes.
http://celiacdisease.about.com/od/gl...y-Symptoms.htm
Gluten in a protein found in wheat and certain other grains in our diet. Unfortunately, some people, about 1 in 100, are severely allergic to it and most do not know it. Celiac disease causes damage to vili of the intestines, leading to malabsorption of nutrients and a whole host of other health issues, including fatigue, brain fog, depression, anxiety, skin rashes, eczema. Just more stuff than I care to list here. There are a few tests that you can have to see if you have celiac disease, but they are terribly unreliable, and often give a false negative. You can also be gluten sensitivity, which means you are intolerant of gluten, but do not have the stomach damage. All the symptoms are the same. The only thing you can really do is go on a gluten free diet for a few months and see if your symptoms get milder. If you are gluten sensitive, it can take months, even years, to fully reverse the damage.
The reason I post this is because there is a positive correlation between gluten sensitivity and neurological disorders, like brain fog, anxiety and depression. Many of the symptoms of gluten sensitivity are symptoms that I personally suffer. They are:
Neurological
anxiety
depression
brain fog
dizziness
Digestive
Heartburn
nausea
constipation
diarrhea
bloating
gas
Skin
acne on limbs (upper arms)
itchy rash
dandruff
numbness/pain in extremities
tingling hands and feet
hives
Bones
achey joints
arthritis-like symptoms
Eyes
dry, itchy, painful eyes
Heart
increased heart rate, BP after eating gluten (allergic reaction maybe?)
My wife has actually been diagnosed (through a biopsy) with Celiac Disease and she has long claimed that she believed I was Celiac intolerant, due to my symptoms. I never gave it much consideration because I've had a biopsy, too, that showed I was not Celiac, but now I have learned that the tests are very unreliable, and you can be gluten intolerant without actually having Celiac Sprue. Going back through my memory, I do seem to recall eating very wheat heavy meals before all of my most traumatic anxiety attacks. Pizza before going to the ER. Sandwiches before going to the ER. And my good days do seem to coincide with days that I have had healthy meat and veggie meals, like yesterday, porkchops with mushrooms and onion, collared greens and homemade potato wedges. No anxiety, even after going back for seconds. Tonight we had homemade burritos and it is all I can do to keep myself calm and will probably have to take an ativan here in a minute. (I keep checking my pulse, even though it is normal, only slightly elevated, thinking any minute now I'm going to croak). Tonight I am sick to my stomach, reflux is acting up, and I am anxious as hell. I had two bad spells today, one after eating lunch (sandwhich, chips) and the second after supper (burritos, tater tots). Can't stay out of the bathroom.Gas. Bloating. Nausea like you wouldn't believe.
So I am going to go gluten free for a while and see if it helps my anxiety and digestive issues. I'll keep you all apprised and let you know how it goes.
http://celiacdisease.about.com/od/gl...y-Symptoms.htm