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Irritability And Gluten

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khieken Newbie
khieken
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Hi,

I'm brand new here - my 8 y.o. daughter was just recently diagnosed gluten sensitive through Enterolab, and we have started a gluten-free diet. Her only symptoms have been belly aches, and we would have never even considered gluten sensitivity except that she had been having some severe irritability and we started exploring possible causes. Have any of you had a similar experience and if so, how long should it take for the irritability/mood problems to improve?

Thanks for any input you might have!

Karen

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Hi,

I'm brand new here - my 8 y.o. daughter was just recently diagnosed gluten sensitive through Enterolab, and we have started a gluten-free diet. Her only symptoms have been belly aches, and we would have never even considered gluten sensitivity except that she had been having some severe irritability and we started exploring possible causes. Have any of you had a similar experience and if so, how long should it take for the irritability/mood problems to improve?

Thanks for any input you might have!

Karen

Before I was gluten-free I was highly irritable. I believe it took about a month for this to clear up. I think mostly stemmed from not feeling well.

Rondar2001 Apprentice
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Hi Karen,

Wow she sounds just like my daughter. The belly aches were her main sympton along with being very moody. I can't pinpoint exactly when her irritability got better, but over the last few months it seems like every day is a little better. Although when she got glutened this summer, her behavior was what tipped us off, completely irrational reactions to anything she didn't like. Hang in there and know that it does get better.

As another point (not to freak you out like it did us), the GI doc said that the moods could partially be caused by hormonal changes gearing up for puberty, I prefer to remain in denial about that whole topic so I blame the gluten.

Darby

khieken Newbie
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We're about 3 weeks into the diet now (that is, with mistakes along the way!), and things do seem even a little better.

I don't even want to think about hormonal changes at this point either!

Thanks for the responses! It is really helpful to know others are experiencing similar issues.

Karen

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