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Confused With Home Self Test

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realmaverick Apprentice
realmaverick
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Hey guys,

In short, I'm a 30 year old guy from the UK, who's suffered with fatigue for roughly 18 years. I've not had even an hour of feeling "awake" since I was about 12. I'm always tired regardless of sleep pattern, my diet (not tried gluten free yet), exercise levels etc. For the same amount of time I've had sore eyes, particularly sensitive to florescent lights. Also brain fog, problems sleeping, anxiety, acid reflux and other life long issues.

Though it's always been a problem, I was fearful to go to the Dr, incase I was told I was dying. But enough is enough!

I made an appointment with my Dr, with high hopes. He ran some blood tests for low Iron and hypothyroidism and give me 10mg of celexa to take each day for anxiety. He didn't want to test for celiacs for some reason. The results come back negative for Hypothyroidisn. Iron was low but I wasn't anaemic. Rather than run more tests, my Dr said he just wanted me to continue taking the celexa and see how I go. I felt pretty devastated as I know something isn't right inside me. I proceeded to explain other symptoms but ended up feeling like a hypochondriac.

I've always used Google to search for my symptoms and of course, it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack. My symptoms match so many diseases, it's overwhelming. Anyhow, feeling really anxious and eager I wanted to find out what's wrong with me. No way was I going to hit a dead end, just because my Dr is "happy and doesn't feel any further tests are required at this point".

I've always suspected Celiacs, as has my mum, who suffers most of the same symptoms as myself. So I bought a home test kit called "biocard celiacs test" for

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It does appear to be a positive test since the maker states that any line no matter how faint is positive.

Hopefully your doctor will at least do a blood test on you. If he doesn't agree to test you could try a different doctor or you could give the diet a good strict try. Do not go gluten free or gluten light until all your testing is done.

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Skylark Collaborator
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It is definitely positive. Approach your doctor for celiac, and I hope you have figured out the "mystery" that is making you ill!

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nora-n Rookie
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There was someone on the norwegian forum with the same question.

They contacted the manufacturer, and they said it definitely was positive.

The celiac expert Matti M

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