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Thanks everyone, there were many responses! I see I am not alone in this
matter
HAVE YOUR MERCURY LEVELS CHECKED RIGHT AWAY MY WIFE IS A HARDLINE
CELIAC...SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS...WHEN SHE HAD HER MERCURY LEVELS
EXAMINED...THEY WERE OFF
THE MAP...AFTER A DETOX OF MERCURY...SHE IS LIKE NEW! UN REAL.
you are describing symptoms of a B12 deficiency. (You should though
have tests to rule out anything more serious).
Celiacs are notorious for being deficient in B12.
I highly recommend this book:
Could It Be B12?: An Epidemic of Misdiagnoses by Sally M. Pacholok
and Jeffrey J. Stuart
it saved my bacon. I finally got rid of the neuropathies in my feet
after I read the book.
My doc was giving me monthly injections of B12 which were making no
difference. I discovered that the form of B12 matters ( you don't
want to get cyanocobalamin) and you want to fix your stores. My doc
gave me daily shots of hydroxycobalamin for a week, then weekly for 6
weeks and from then on I got them 3 weekly.
You can test for a B12 deficiency (only if you haven't been getting
the shots) by doing a urinary MMA and a homocysteine test. the book
goes into more details. Apparently a serum B12 does not tell you
the correct pic.
Were you ever in a car accident? My TMJ, and Fibromyalgia, triggered from a
car accident decades ago.
Also, having 4 impacted wisdom teeth removed back then contributed to the
TMJ and made it worse.
Check mercury poisoning
You are the first person to describe my exact symptoms! I have found that
other food allergies cause the same thing. For me it is corn. Yesterday I
ate
tostitos with dip. I knew not to, but did. Last night I had a headache,
like
pins and needles (and woke up with one) jaw pain, congestion, often face
pain,
though not too much this time, and I do get that foggy feeling. Also have
numbness in my face quite often. You can be clear of gluten, but have
other
sensitivities that sometimes feel the same way. I do not do well with
dairy,
corn, and honey. It is really hard to avoid corn
I have something similar, without the TMJ, although I do suffer Trigeminal
Neuralgia when the sides of my face are exposed to very cold weather. The
ringing and "fullness" feeling in my ears starts every time the barometric
pressure makes a big swing. I can tell every time a high or low pressure
system moves through. I had thought it might be Minere's Disease, but my
Audiology test was normal, so my ENT doctor said it's not. I get the
vertigo, but oddly, for me, I interpret that as being queasy or an upset
stomach. It does still affect my balance sometimes.
I'm sitting here right now with my ears ringing like phones, and we are in
transition from a low pressure system into a high pressure system.
I had an MRI for other reasons, but they looked at my ears, too, and found
nothing wrong.
Let me know how many of us are dizzy Celiacs.
After 5 plus years GF I too was still experiencing
TMJ/headaches/dizziness/tingling/vision problems and some troubling new
symptoms - so after getting
tested for additional issues, and getting nowhere, I was ready to cry. My
immune system was in hyper-drive.
I finally found a medically trained Naturopath - who after only one visit
-
suggested my symptoms point to an environmental trigger. He suggested I
get
tested for heavy metal poisoning. I did it thinking it was not a problem.
My tests came back positive - I have "off the charts" levels for lead. Not
far behind is mercury. And a smattering of elevated additional metals like
cadmium and thalium, etc... I'm an artist, so in one sense, this was not a
total
surprise - but in another - still shocking.
I'm doing chelation therapy now - taking oral medication that binds the
heavy metals so that my body can detox. It's not a fun process, but it
scared me
to see how high my metal levels were. My ND has promised I will feel so
much
better at the end of this process.
Please consider getting your metal levels checked. It's not voodoo. It's
standard medical practice for lead and mercury exposure. And it may, in
fact, be
a possible trigger for adult celiac disease - it seems to be in my case,
anyway.
If you aren't accidentally getting gluten, you are likely also IgA
sensitive
to proteins or a protein in dairy just like you are to gluten which will
cause what you are you are describing-- all of those symptoms..
I strongly urge you to take at least the dairy sensitivity test at
Enterolab
who has very very accurate tests for IgA reactions to foods. I am reactive
to three proteins in dairy. It really does a job on me--brain fog, muscle
cramps, inflammation in my knees. I really think if I had given up diary I
would never needed to have two knee joint replacements.
Your nervous system is being attacked as is common with Gluten Sensitivity
(and milk sensitivity). I also react to soy and baker's and brewer's yeast
but the dairy is the biggee.
You need to find a chiropractor. Ask your friends, family & neighbors to
recommend one if you don't know one. My daughter had TMJ and was helped
greatly by chiropractic adjustments. In fact, it has been years since she's
had any problems with TMJ. The usual cause of TMJ is pinched nerves in the
jaw & neck area. We need to remember that medical doctors are trained in
medicine and surgery. They have very little training in nutrition and none
in healing by spinal adjustments. The worst part is that they are brain
washed in medical school against chiropractic treatments.
I'm not opposed to medical doctors, just aware of their limitations.
Just had an idea. Try doing a google search on TMJ
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