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I just wanted to start this thread to see if anyone else has also gone gluten-free and how it improved your health. I wanted to say that I have been gluten-free for about 4-5 days and the changes in my health already are significant. The week prior to starting gluten-free, my lifelong depression was in full gear and I cried everyday. I metioned before I had gone through a tramautic summer and I couldn't stop thinking about it. I would wake up at 3 am and relive the pain. Mornings were bad. I needed coffee to even think about doing anything. My girls had to wait until mama had the energy to get their breakfasts ready. Sometimes that was awhile. Taking a shower was a drain. I was very moody and yelled a lot. I was miserable. So, does anyone expect 4-5 days on a gluten-free diet to change an obviously deeply depressed person? It seems highly unlikely, but I can tell you this much - it is changing my life, really and truly. I have not been diagnosed as having celiac but I don't think I need a diagnosis with results like these. A different person is emerging. I can't believe what a simple dietary change can do for a person.
I wake up with energy. I don't even need coffee. I still drink it, but half the amount and I get moving even before I have it. I wake up with no more coated tongue and stinky breath. I haven't woken up with a clean mouth in sooo long! That may sound odd, but I have struggled with the coated tongue issue for a long time and it got particularly bad if I had drunk beer the previous night. I feel my depression lifting, and this is the most exciting thing of all. I've been off and on meds for depression since I was 15, and I had begun to think nothing could help me, not prayer, not diet, not exercise, not self-help books, at at 35, time certainly did not seem to be healing me, in fact, I was getting worse. I feel light inside my body and my mind. The events of this summer have not been tormenting me. I sleep so much better and my night terrors disappeared pretty much the night after my first totally gluten-free day. I should also mention I am taking an adrenal fatigue formula with a lot of B vitamins and some herbs so that has probably been helping me feel better as well. I am cooking all the time, sometimes I feel really hyper followed by needing a nap, as if my body is trying to adjust to this and find a balance, but I will take feeling really energetic for hours followed by needing a nap over needing a nap all day! I am way calmer and comfortable in my own skin. My mind is sharper even though I experience intermittent periods of brain fog which I attribute to detox. I know I am in a period of detox because I sweat a lot and it does not smell good, but I don't put in anti-perspirant unless I am going somewhere. Otherwise I am just allowing those toxins to come out. God knows they need to come out! My dry skin is also improving.
A great thing to come out of this is, upon seeing the changes in me, my husband and my mother decided they too want to try going gluten-free. My husband said "no more beer" which is a miracle! There are gluten-free beers if he feels the need. My mother has dementia that is worsening all the time. She still knows who we are, but she is only 59 and I do not believe this cannot be reversed. I have read studies linking celiac disease to dementia, so she is on day 2 of gluten-free and I am so hopeful that she is going to really improve. She has had many signs of gluten intolerance but we never really got it until now. I will post about how she does after about a week. I just wanted to share this with you all, especially those of you who suffer from depression. Consider going gluten-free. It is not as hard as you think. This weekend, we are making pizzas from gluten-free crust mix. You can still drink wine, many spirits, gluten-free beer, still make bread, muffins and more, just with gluten-free flours. I would encourage anyone with psychiatric issues to try it out for 2 weeks and see if it changes your life. Thanks for reading this, and please share your story here!
I wake up with energy. I don't even need coffee. I still drink it, but half the amount and I get moving even before I have it. I wake up with no more coated tongue and stinky breath. I haven't woken up with a clean mouth in sooo long! That may sound odd, but I have struggled with the coated tongue issue for a long time and it got particularly bad if I had drunk beer the previous night. I feel my depression lifting, and this is the most exciting thing of all. I've been off and on meds for depression since I was 15, and I had begun to think nothing could help me, not prayer, not diet, not exercise, not self-help books, at at 35, time certainly did not seem to be healing me, in fact, I was getting worse. I feel light inside my body and my mind. The events of this summer have not been tormenting me. I sleep so much better and my night terrors disappeared pretty much the night after my first totally gluten-free day. I should also mention I am taking an adrenal fatigue formula with a lot of B vitamins and some herbs so that has probably been helping me feel better as well. I am cooking all the time, sometimes I feel really hyper followed by needing a nap, as if my body is trying to adjust to this and find a balance, but I will take feeling really energetic for hours followed by needing a nap over needing a nap all day! I am way calmer and comfortable in my own skin. My mind is sharper even though I experience intermittent periods of brain fog which I attribute to detox. I know I am in a period of detox because I sweat a lot and it does not smell good, but I don't put in anti-perspirant unless I am going somewhere. Otherwise I am just allowing those toxins to come out. God knows they need to come out! My dry skin is also improving.
A great thing to come out of this is, upon seeing the changes in me, my husband and my mother decided they too want to try going gluten-free. My husband said "no more beer" which is a miracle! There are gluten-free beers if he feels the need. My mother has dementia that is worsening all the time. She still knows who we are, but she is only 59 and I do not believe this cannot be reversed. I have read studies linking celiac disease to dementia, so she is on day 2 of gluten-free and I am so hopeful that she is going to really improve. She has had many signs of gluten intolerance but we never really got it until now. I will post about how she does after about a week. I just wanted to share this with you all, especially those of you who suffer from depression. Consider going gluten-free. It is not as hard as you think. This weekend, we are making pizzas from gluten-free crust mix. You can still drink wine, many spirits, gluten-free beer, still make bread, muffins and more, just with gluten-free flours. I would encourage anyone with psychiatric issues to try it out for 2 weeks and see if it changes your life. Thanks for reading this, and please share your story here!
