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Why will my doc not test me for Celiac disease when I have depression and all the other symptoms?

Not_A_Nut
05/04/08

 

I would like anyone's opinion on how I should proceed here. I had never heard of Celiac Disease until about a week ago... I have been having Symptoms that relate to Celiac since I was a small child. Let me begin there... As a child I had seizures. They went away at around 2. I have always had very bad stomach problems. Nausea, weird abdominal pain, vomiting, and cramps with bloating sometimes. As a child I also had anxiety problems and mood swings. The doctors always said I had a nervous stomach. Of and on I would have other strange things pop up and go away. When I was in college I lived in a house that was mold infected and afterwards My problems worsened. I began having seizures again (temporal lobe). I was having panic attacks, sleep problems, diagnosed with severe depression, and all of a sudden they said I had ADD. Now I am 40 and for the past 10 years I have still been having all of the above problems plus I have had Kidney Stones, they now say I have Hypothyroidism, High Blood Pressure, Osteo-arthritis, really bad joint pain, muscle cramps, tingling in my extremities, bad fatigue, sleep problems, seizures that they can never seem to find a reason for, edema, I have become lactose intolerant, and I was diagnosed with foliculitis but, I also have a rash on my hands and legs and buttocks that is not consistent with foliculitis (it is more like blisters under a layer of skin but they don't pop or anything). Can anyone tell me if They think this is Celiac's? Oh, I am also Insulin resistant and I asked my Endocrinologist to test me for Celiac and he told me no???? What is that all about? One last thing.... I have also tested off and on as being anemic and also I had to be hospitalized once because my potassium level was extremely low. Should I go to another doctor and get tested? Is the blood test real expensive or something? Not sure how to proceed but I am honestly at my ropes end with this.... No doctors seem to want to help me figure out what is causing all this.... Thank for any help you can give me.....

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Deborah Gray
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

It's certainly frustrating that you cannot get tested for something when you have so many issues. But fortunately, it's fairly easy to test yourself, in essence, for Celiac disease. Try a gluten-free diet for a few weeks and see if your symptoms clear up. Keep a food diary to show your doctor, along with notations of symptoms, and that will prove your case if things do improve.

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