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Tia Like Symtpoms When Glutened?!

DestinyLeah

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So I accidentally got glutened through misinformation the other day while out on the go. Shortly after, I was slurring my words, couldn't get a thought completed to save my life (except to remember the "FAST" mnemonic for a stroke) and went weak down the left side of my body and fell into the shelves at Wal-Mart. Great start to my day. So I went home to get some rest and took a potassium and a b-12 supplement, and thought everything was fine, until about 3 hours later when it happened again. The third time this happened was at 1:30 in the morning, and left behind the worst migrane I have ever had. Ben took me to the ER, where they looked at me as though I had completely lost my mind for coming in and telling them what I thought was wrong, nevermind that I am the first female in 5 generations of my family to not go to any medical schooling. I asked for a CT scan to rule out a Transient Ischemic Attack, and blood tests to rule out any major nutritional deficiencies. The doctor instead put me on narcotics and gave me the CT scan, then asked what Celiac was, refused to run blood work, and sent me home saying it was just a migrane, not Celiac related (How would he know?!?! Ask me?) with a prescription for a non gluten-free narcotic. Way to go, buddy!

So does anyone else get stroke-like symptoms when they get a LOT of gluten in their system? Hoping this is not just me...

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I had jerk doctors like that in the ER in my local hospital as well. Doesn't it make you soooooooo mad to be treated like a joke? It makes me angry on your behalf that you have been treated like that.

Yes, I get symptoms like that as well. And narcotics make my migraines worse.

You should go and be tested for nutritional deficiencies anyway, ordered by your regular doctor. What comes to mind is vitamin D, vitamins B6 and B12, ferritin, calcium and magnesium, potassium and vitamin K.

I avoid my ER like the plague now, after being treated like garbage there several times. I know I take chances by not going when I have heart-attack-like symptoms (which is what happens to me when glutened). But I just can't handle going any more.

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