Might as well....

[sailorzeo]

I had an episode at meeting Tuesday night, bad enough that I had to leave and sit in the car for the last half-hour. I mentioned this to the sister who studies with me, described it as "It starts as frustration, then builds until I get, well, mean." I basically get agitated and frustrated, can't sit still, and then I get angry at myself for not being able to sit still and it just builds and builds till I start either hitting myself (fists to thighs) or scratching myself or something to cause pain.

She gave me a suggestion. "Try cutting out wheat and wheat gluten for four weeks." Apparently, she gets some of the same agitation and frustration, and that's what a doctor told her. Cutting out wheat and wheat gluten for some reason helps break the cycle before it starts.

So, starting Sunday (because I like starting things on week starts), I'm going to try to cut wheat and wheat gluten out of my diet for a month. I know there are substitutes out there, and I plan to pick up some rice flour, oat flour, etc, and go back to making my own bread. Now I just need to make sure Matt checks labels, since he makes dinner 5 days out of 7 (since he's home at 3 and the earliest I'm ever home is 5:30).

Comments

[rowena-zane.livejournal.com]

If that doesn't work, try talking to a doctor to see if you have B12 deficiency. It sounds like that could be a culprit as well.

[sailorzeo.livejournal.com]

I was on a B-complex supplement for about a month, trying to see if it would help with the constant fatigue, but I hadn't noticed any change before I got hit with that virus. I'm going to go back to taking it, though, Sunday when I start up all my meds again.

Celiac disease?

[sapphirerose924.livejournal.com]

Does she think that you have celiac disease? If you don't, wheat gluten shouldn't affect you. If you do, wheat gluten would eventually kill you. The son and husband of one of my co-workers are celiacs. You should experience gas and gastric distress when you eat a lot of wheat or drink beer to generally be characterized as a celiac.Then they do some genetic testing because it tends to be a genetic disorder. They also tend to not discover until later in life.

Re: Celiac disease?

[sailorzeo.livejournal.com]

She didn't say anything about celiac, just that it helps her with the agitation and frustration and mental cycles. None of my doctors ever mentioned celiac, either, when I'd talk about the fatigue and depression and whatnot. I did notice that wheat gluten is sometimes listed as something to avoid in autistic children, and I've had friends muse that I was borderline autistic spectrum. If nothing changes in the month I'm trying this, then I'm going back to the old eating habits. No harm, no foul, and it lets me try some new foods and recipes. :)