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      About 3 years ago, I got really bloated. And then my sleep was a mess. I had night sweats. Diarrhea. Weird elbow Rashes. Brain fog that was scary. I was like that for months and months. It just kept getting worse, and it was constant. So I started wondering if it was my diet.      First I eliminated dairy. That didn't help. Then I got rid of sugar. That also didn't help. Then I decided I was just fat and needed to lose weight. So I cut all the carbs from my diet and I noticed I had some more energy and I began to feel better. But then I got hungry and went back to the pasta, my old friend. And my symptoms returned full force, worse than before. I was telling my friend about it and she sent me a list of celiac symptoms and wondered if that looked familiar.      At first, the idea that gluten might be causing these very uncomfortable symptoms made me feel nervous, but hopeful. I just wanted to feel better. I was worried there might be something seriously wrong with my healt