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About three weeks ago (almost a month), I went about 90-80% gluten free, minus wheat by-products in dried fruit, etc. It was actually relatively easy and I felt fine.
Over the weekend, I ended up getting really, really sick-- stomach issues, migraine, etc.-- and it's not clearing up. I understand that a person can have "wheat withdrawal" (I was reading about it online and it's supposedly a "good thing"), but where does the line draw? Also, being a PhD student, I kind of can't handle symptoms like this until the summer.
Has anyone else experienced this? Has anyone else tried gradually cutting out wheat rather than going "cold turkey?" Any tips? My neurologist recommended trying the gluten free diet since he said he's had a lot of patients who have had success with it, although my seizures have become stable.
Over the weekend, I ended up getting really, really sick-- stomach issues, migraine, etc.-- and it's not clearing up. I understand that a person can have "wheat withdrawal" (I was reading about it online and it's supposedly a "good thing"), but where does the line draw? Also, being a PhD student, I kind of can't handle symptoms like this until the summer.
Has anyone else experienced this? Has anyone else tried gradually cutting out wheat rather than going "cold turkey?" Any tips? My neurologist recommended trying the gluten free diet since he said he's had a lot of patients who have had success with it, although my seizures have become stable.