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I would like to post a follow-up question from a young woman who has been
very ill and has not yet been able to join the listserv. I have looked up
migraines in the archives and found some interesting posts for her, but would also
like to have responses to her particular question:

"How common, if at all, is gluten intolerance a trigger for migraine
headaches?  I have heard about abdominal migraines, however when I first experienced
migraines at age 13, I had been gf for 11 years.  My known migraine triggers
are stress, sleep pattern changes, monthly cycle, fluorescent lights, irregular
eating patterns.  I am sure there are others yet undiagnosed and wonder if
gluten could be among them.  I did try an elimination diet, going off every
possible food trigger and slowly adding one food at a time, but my migraines
remained unchanged. Having spent five of the last six months in the hospital, most
NPO, I have been gf since January. Now restarting eating by mouth,  I have gone
off specific foods (back to my celiac sprue diet of no gluten, dairy or soy,
as well as other foods which the ELISA/ACT test identified as allergens), Then
thirty-six hours after eating Chinese food for the first time since December
2002, I had a migraine.  My mother gets migraines exactly fifteen hours after
eating MSG--a problem she developed upon reaching menopause.  Thus I am
curious to know if there are any articles, studies, theories, or even self-diagnoses
of a gluten-migraine connection?"


Will send any responses on to her. Thank you very much!!

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