<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Hello! I wonder if anyone could help me with the following enigma:- I have been unable to eat wheat for many years as it gives me abdominal pain, heavy fatigue, weight loss and depression. Recently I started to wonder if I may be a celiac, since I still eat rye, barley and oats and am never truly well. I have experimented twice with a gluten free diet, each time for only four weeks. Both times I was on the GF diet I felt a bit better initially (better energy and less headaches), but after two weeks or so I began to get abdominal pain, bloating and nausea apparently after eating any type of grain. The worst time was when I ate several rice cakes (8 to be precise). Within an hour I had pain around the navel, followed by several days of pain all over the abdomen, chilliness and fatigue. Millet and corn had similar, though less severe effects. I also began to have my doubts about other foods such as eggs and milk, which seemed to cause indigestion. This is very strange as it only happens when I am on a GF diet! Could it be that eating a bit of gluten in the barley, rye and oats somehow 'desensitises' my system, so that when I am completely gluten-free a whole load of other allergies manifest themselves? The symptoms stopped when I stopped the GF diet, although I still can not eat wheat. Another thing that occurs after a week or so on the GF diet is tender muscle pain in the legs and also some pain in the back and arm muscles. The first time I tried the GF diet this was quite severe, the second time less so. Has anyone ever come across anything like this before? As I live in the UK and am under the NHS, it will take a while to get an appointment with a specialist and my general doctor is unable to help me. Any comments would be greatly appreciated. Sarah Marks UK [log in to unmask]