It can be celiac?

Hi, sorry to hear you are having such a bad time at the moment. I was diagnosed as coeliac 1 year ago after years of doctors doing tests on me and not knowing what was wrong. The average time a person has coeliac before it is diagnosed is 13 years!!My blood tests came back negative too but that was because by that time I was eating very little gluten anyway. You need to be eating gluten food every day for 6 weeks before testing......or you can have genetic testing as I eventually was offered.

. GPs don't want to help you as there is no money to be made by the pharmaceutical industry (and then back to them for prescribing),there are no pills that make coeliac better. GPs are also being told to cut back and not keep sending people for tests so consequently serious conditions are being missed. I was put on antidepressants because they wanted to get rid of me.....like you I was only depressed by the symptoms.

You really must keep going back until you get some answers as you do have a lot of symptoms and you should be able to to live comfortably....especially as you are so young. Try not to get too stressed about it all as that does seem to make things worse. Ask to be referred to a Gastroenterologist.

Apparently 70% of all illness starts in the gut. It is vital that you are eating healthily but more important that the food is right for you. You maybe wheat intollerant and/ or lactose or various other foods. Keeping a food diary of literally everything you eat helps and noting how you feel. Then you have some evidence if it is food related.

Good luck and hope you feel better soon. : )

Hi

Hope this will help.

I too had all of your symptom's many years ago, and Eventually was

diagnosed with coliac disease.. Went on a strike cluten/wheat free diet

and told I

would have to do so for rest of my life. And only after a month of being

on this I felt soooo much better and still do.🙌 But you must stick to it,

it can be a pain having to want you are going to eat doesn't contain

Wheat or Gluten.

And can restrict you from eating out.

, but I would rather this as I remind myself how bad I use to feel.😖.

So good luck hope you too will feel better very soon take care.

Please let us know how you get on.

No miracles i'm afraid but.......I did feel loads better within days. I could see clearly and think! For years i'd felt like i was walking around in a thick fog! I'd repeatedly had my eyes tested......but it was all the gluten poisoning me!

I still have sympoms of hyperventilating and bloating when I eat any grains at all so have now given them up completely until my next hospital appointment. It really can take ages for the gut to heal and in some cases it never does completely. Youth is definitely on your side but you will need to be patient as it could take some time. It is a good idea to give up lactose too for the time being. Just be careful you are not having gluten without realising it,,,,,it's in everything....ketchup......the vinegar you put on your chips and is a thickener in so many foods, Also food can be contaminated as even miniscule amounts will effect you if you are coeliac. It is an autoimmune disease and not an allergy as many believe,

I think the most important thing for you is to find out exaactly what is going on as soon as possible so you can deal with it and get well.

Don't give up.....our health really is the most important thing.

Best wishes Lyn :-)