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Originally Posted by O-tacular
Are you sure you developed it or simply always had it and were only diagnosed in your 20's? Celiac disease is hereditary and you're born with it. Gluten intolerance is different. For me and many others it was an issue of lack of awareness prior. You do a ton of damage to your system in your youth and possibly only start to notice it later on. Once I quit eating wheat I stopped being medicated for ADHD. My brain could function on a semi normal level and I wasn't always exhausted.
As for why it seems to be more prevalent now, I don't think it's more common, it's simply being diagnosed. The change in cultural awareness since I was diagnosed in my 20's has been massive.
I hear you about the croissant cravings. I literally used to have nightmares that I was eating donuts and then realized part way through what I was doing. At this point I've simply come to accept it for what it is. I have no idea how I would react today if glutened. Probably pretty violently.
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Definitely - my onset was comical.
I woke up on a Thursday morning (literally remember the day of the week) with unbearable sciatic pain in my hip area.
I figured I had slipped a disk or similar and it flared up overnight. I couldn't walk or get out of bed.
Xrays, CAT scans, etc later. and no one could diagnose anything.
Ultimately its arthritis that I have, but the flare ups are clearly and directly linked to consuming wheat.
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