CFS fatigue, headaches and body aches; gluten-free diet helped, then symptoms returned
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- Not stated
- Last post
- Jan 2025
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
I went gluten free for my CFS a couple of years ago.
In context ↗ - Now: Relapsed
It sadly just had temporary results for me personally.
In context ↗
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
They had CFS and started a gluten-free diet a couple of years before their January 2025 comment. At first the diet seemed to relieve their fatigue, headaches and body aches, but after about a year the symptoms crept back while they stayed gluten-free. They returned to normal eating in the preceding months, concluding they feel unwell whatever they eat, and described the diet as expensive with only temporary results.
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What they tried
What they credit
Their words about each treatment
- gluten free diet · Helped
At first I felt like it was really helping relieve my fatigue, headaches, body aches etc but after about a year (still being gluten free) it all came creeping back
In context ↗
Approaches: Diet
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | After |
|---|---|---|
| — | CFS, onset not datedI went gluten free for my CFS a couple of years ago.In context ↗ | |
| a couple of years ago | gluten-free diet seemed to relieve fatigue, headaches and body achesAt first I felt like it was really helping relieve my fatigue, headaches, body aches etcIn context ↗ | Gluten-free diet |
| after about a year | symptoms returned while still gluten-freeafter about a year (still being gluten free) it all came creeping backIn context ↗ | |
| past couple of months | stopped gluten-free diet; feels unwell regardless of foodin the past couple of months I’ve just gone back to eating as normal because I’ve come to the conclusion I feel unwell no matter what I eat.In context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Headaches & migraine
headaches, body aches etc but after about a year (still being gluten free) it all came creeping back
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
body aches etc but after about a year (still being gluten free) it all came creeping back
In context ↗
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