Wheat Intolerance and Cravings?

[JayGee]

Although I've never had any formal testing, I strongly suspect I have an intolerance to wheat (or maybe gluten). Every time I eat anything containing wheat, I get the same symptoms ~ gas, bloating, and pretty bad nausea. I also become very irritable and angry. I've "given up" wheat for months and during those times, I have none of the symptoms and my moods are much more even. But, I have HUGE cravings for wheat, bread in particular. A lot of it is mental, because if I tell myself I "can't have it", I want it that much more. Still, it amazes me that I want something that makes me physically sick :.

So, I'm wondering if it's normal to crave the things we are allergic/intolerant to and what can be done to reduce these cravings. I just had a sandwich for lunch (wanted a sandwich for days, and finally gave in) and now I feel as if I may vomit.

[highlandmum]

Totally normal. My dd2 is celiac and LOVED eating bread and sweets (still does.....but we now have to do gluten free kinds:-)) and my dd1 is allergic to dairy and oranges and it drives her CRAZY to not be able to drink milk and orange juice--I mean she throws fits wanting these things....
When they were dx'd I remember the Doc saying that those will intolerances/allergies either crave the thing they can't have or they can't stand it

[mellowjello]

random thought... are you sensitive to fruits at all? wheat is high in fructans and people that are sensitive to fructose/fructans (fructose malabsorption) generally have bad rxns to wheat. i get wicked headaches, irritability, and cottonmouth.