Hi!

It's quite possible that you have both gluten intolerance or celiac disease AND candida. I was diagnosed with celiac disease 1 1/2 years ago. Although my health has shown drastic improvements - obvious to anyone who knows me - it was only recently that I started to pursue treatment for candida. I've had a coated tongue for as long as I can remember, but it was "normal" to me, so I didn't think anything of it. Malnutrition is often a cause of candida, and I was malnourished during many, many years of undiagnosed celiac disease.

If you're interested in a forum to help pursue any questions/concerns about celiac disease (ie. diagnosis), go to:
forums.about.com/celiac/messages It is an excellent forum, plenty of supportive, helpful people and great recipes contributed daily.

Good luck!

Katie

Hi, i am only 15 and i was diagnosed with having both an intolerance to wheat and yeast (among other things) at the age of 4! the symptoms you are describing sound very similar to me, and that is mainly to do with an allergy to yeast. Cutting yeast out of your diet is very hard, you have to check everything, all alcohol, non washed grapes, vinegar etc sounds a bit silly but its all due to fermentation! i also don’t have a flat stomach and that’s really annoying! i think you should try a few months without yeast in your diet and see how you feel after that, due to personal experience i do not rate doctors so you have to take matters into your own hands!! i hope that helps x x x p.s. if you are suffering from diarrhoea then you may wish to get checked for Coeliac disease!