[googley]

I hate my celiac. When I get glutened (ingest gluten which starts a auto immune destruction in my body) along with the GI track problems I also get depressed, anxious, and get insomnia. I just want to sleep again.

[DfendrOfEmilysHeart]

(((((((((((((((( googly ))))))))))))))))

I have celiac disease too.

[Perna]

Interesting thread: http://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/to...ects-on-sleep/

[amante]

I am sorry to read you are suffering with this, I hope you can get some good rest.

[googley]

Thank you all for your support. It had been so long since the last time. It really sucks each time. But I'm getting better. (I've only been diagnosed a little under a year.) So most of the time I'm doing well.

hi, googs,

(you must forgive me, i'm from nyc and we never call anyone by their full name. it 's a hard to break habit.) i suffer from IBS and glucose intolerance and can relate to what you are going through. i have had to give up all dairy products and have to go easy on the starches and have little tolerance for the healthiest, whole grain ones. deep fried and high fat foods are also no-no's. it's not easy - as you well know. I've read up on celiac because, at one time, i thought i had it. wheat products are everywhere. i empathize with you.

one friend who also has dietary problems told me straight out. the diet is doable. and you will feel better. when i see something i cannot have, i have to constantly remind myself how good it is to feel good and not sick.

like celiac disease damages your intestines, glucose intolerance (aka pre-diabetes) damages your heart, blood stream and liver. last year, i had ice cream twice. watermelon - so healthy to others - makes me ill with its high sugar contect. one MD told me i had a caveman metabolism and should eat only meat and leafy green veggies. i think that's the diet for celiac disease too. please correct me if i'm wrong.

what can i say? stay in touch and feel free to PM me. i wish both of us well. peace.

[Callista]

Hey

My mom was diagnosed with celiac disease when I was eight (I'm twenty-six now). I don't know how long it's been since you got your diagnosis; but if my mom is any sign, I think it must get better.

When I was eight, I remember my mom being tired all the time, and almost certainly weighing less than 100 pounds. She landed in the hospital and they did a biopsy and figured out the problem.

Over the next few years, Mom learned how to find and cook food that didn't contain gluten. (It didn't taste good because she isn't a very good cook; but the gluten was never the problem. I'm told gluten-free can be tasty, if you can cook.)

Anyway, she started out skinny, weak, and always tired; nowadays, she's probably 120 pounds, smack-dab normal, and while she has to put up her feet after work, has the same sort of energy any woman her age has.

It took her a while to figure out how to cook, and how to find gluten-free foods. Eventually, she just gave up on the stuff sold as "gluten-free" and ate stuff that didn't have any gluten in it, naturally. We had a lot of rice and beans as kids (I'm autistic and she put me on GF/CF; no, it didn't help. Silly mom.)

Anyway, point being: It took a while, but my mom learned and things just kept getting better for her, health-wise, and easier to figure out meals. I think once your system recovers from the autoimmune damage and you can start to get more energy out of your food again, things really will get better. That's what I've seen with Mom, anyway.