went off gluten felt better...than crashed...

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I have been on this journey for so long I am not even sure where to turn...I am

in worse shape now than when I started and I didnt think that could be possible!

A few yrs ago I was tested for chronic fatigue and low hormone and some other

stuff...I had adrenal fatigue as well...My naturepath wanted to put me on

thyroid med....I didnt want to because tests did not show that it was low but

she said all the signs were there...so I waited a couple yrs not getting better

and went to another naturepath...one recommended in Suzanne Somers book...paid

lots of money had a urine test...and she said my T4 was very low and started me

on Armour thyroid...I was also on bioidentical progestrone..she said my DHEA was

way low and I started on that...also she told me that enzymes and minerals were

not being absorbed....to go off gluten...and I would lose weight which I was

having trouble with...so I went off gluten went on thyroid and DHEA...gained 10

lbs felt awful so went off the DHEA that stuff was not good for me! But about a

week off the gluten of feeling so tired...everything cleared up...I had high

energy and my mind was totally clear...I mean no foggy brain that I have

survived with for yrs and I could not believe it...I was so happy....but than I

crashed and have never recovered...I continued eating gluten free for a few more

months and went to an endrocronoligist...I waited 3 months to get to her..my

stomach was hurting from the thyroid I thought so I had cut that down..I took

her all my test and she was awful..I left her office in tears...She said she

believed in nothing the naturepath said and that didnt believe any of her tests

at all...that I didnt need thyroid...medicine and anytime I asked a question

about gluten or anything she said that is not my speciality..only thyroid and

nothing else was her speciality.

So I came off the thyroid medicine went to my regular dr who could really care

less about any of this...and said to eat gluten again to see if I had any

reactions...so I did and now am up a total of 20lbs since all of this

started....more confused and exhausted than ever and can not even keep a thought

in my brain...memory is shot...Has anyone went off gluten had a couple weeks of

total wonderfulness only to crash and not be able to go back to the good

feeling?

I now have my hair falling out in handfuls as well and have no idea what to do

anymore....I am desperate for some help but do not know where to turn..I am 49

but feel like I must be in my 90's....

Any suggestions of where to find help or what might or could be going on? I am a

mess....Beth