Need help/insight - Vitamin deficiency symptoms appeared after going gluten free.

[Evan0529]

12 hours ago, trents said:

Costco's Kirkland Signature and Nature Made brands are good choices for vitamins and supplements and most of them are gluten free. They will say so clearly on the bottle if they are. Don't forget the D3 (2000-5000IU).

Don't be shy about loading up on the B's. They are water soluble and you just pee out any excess.

Okay first off I just wanted to say thank you for all of your help it means a ton.

I have been doing a lot of research because I have honestly been going crazy, I have never been an anxious person at all until my celiac diagnosis and now I am so hyper focused on my health and body. Anyways, I think a vitamin D deficiency is the reason for my shakiness, brain fog, bouts of depression, weak feelings. I do not eat a lot of foods rich in vitamin D and I also have not been getting even close to enough sunlight as I am doing college online and go to the gym at night. I have started taking 4000 UI of D-3 a day for the past couple of days. What are your thoughts on this?

I have been on this forum so much because I am honestly lost, I feel like I will never feel normal again.

[Evan0529]

12 hours ago, trents said:

Costco's Kirkland Signature and Nature Made brands are good choices for vitamins and supplements and most of them are gluten free. They will say so clearly on the bottle if they are. Don't forget the D3 (2000-5000IU).

Don't be shy about loading up on the B's. They are water soluble and you just pee out any excess.

Oh, I also wanted to ask if it was normal for vitamin defiency symptoms to just pop up after being gluten free for about 5 months?

[trents]

Evan, what makes you say that the vitamin deficiencies you speak of have existed only since you started eating gluten free 5 months ago? I doubt that is actually the case but realize that gluten free foods that substitute gluten free flours for wheat flour will be lower in nutritional value because the gluten free substitute flours are not required by the FDA to be enriched and fortified as is wheat flour. 

Yes, it is not uncommon for people to become a little preoccupied with their health once they are diagnosed with celiac disease, especially once they begin to learn the damage it can cause to their bodies. Usually, this subsides after they make necessary lifestyle and dietary adjustments and "learn the ropes" so to speak. It becomes the new norm. Those who have anxious personalities to begin with may struggle more with this, however.

[Evan0529]

1 hour ago, trents said:

Evan, what makes you say that the vitamin deficiencies you speak of have existed only since you started eating gluten free 5 months ago? I doubt that is actually the case but realize that gluten free foods that substitute gluten free flours for wheat flour will be lower in nutritional value because the gluten free substitute flours are not required by the FDA to be enriched and fortified as is wheat flour. 

Yes, it is not uncommon for people to become a little preoccupied with their health once they are diagnosed with celiac disease, especially once they begin to learn the damage it can cause to their bodies. Usually, this subsides after they make necessary lifestyle and dietary adjustments and "learn the ropes" so to speak. It becomes the new norm. Those who have anxious personalities to begin with may struggle more with this, however.

No these defiency symptoms were definently going on before switching to gluten-free. There was just a time period that I felt very good, about 1-2 months after going gluten free. Then about a month ago I developed some sailors asthma, anxiety, and unsteadiness feelings