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gilberts syndrome, confusion.
by jstieber, Sep 28, 2008 09:54PM
I am young, and i was diagonsed with gilberts syndrome about 4 years ago. my doctor diagnosed it because my eyes were yellowish. i was both tired and stressed at the time because i believe i had strep throat. to this day the only symptom i have ever shown is that my eyes get yellow when im tired or stressed. I have never had stomach problems, or fatigue or any of that. i know that it is possible to get away feeling normal like i do if you are on vitamins/follow a good diet. but i don't. i eat terribly, fast food, fatty foods, my sleep schedule is bad and i'm a freshman in college so i'm somewhat stressed.
has anyone heard of a case of gs being as mild as mine? because everything i've read so far has shown people with really bad symptoms and i don't have them. i even got fairly intoxicated recently and woke up even without a hangover. my eyes weren't even yellow. how bad is alcohol for people with gilberts syndrome? i'm just confused about it. please let me know whatever you feel about it, i'm curious.
has anyone heard of a case of gs being as mild as mine? because everything i've read so far has shown people with really bad symptoms and i don't have them. i even got fairly intoxicated recently and woke up even without a hangover. my eyes weren't even yellow. how bad is alcohol for people with gilberts syndrome? i'm just confused about it. please let me know whatever you feel about it, i'm curious.
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She didn't have any GI problems until after her second pregnancy (age 35ish. I was 6 years old at the time.) But her household had been gluten-free as a child; her parents never served/ate bread or pasta. Always meat, veggies, potatoes/rice/corn. So she didn't start having those kinds of foods on a regular basis until she met my dad (age 23ish.)
So as for me, I ended up eating mostly gluten-free after she started her gluten-free diet (age 12 or so), just because my mom was doing the cooking most of the time and didn't want to make a separate meal for herself. When I got to university, I started eating out a lot more, and that's when the fatigue and GI problems started.
And when I say fatigue and GI problems, I mean they weren't really noticeable at the time. My stools gradually got to be a little more fluid, I got more gas, etc. And I just had more trouble getting up in the morning, which I attributed to being a teenager and boring classes.
But when I started eating my mom's food again every day, suddenly I could easily get by on 5 hours of sleep and no longer felt like procrastinating on everything.
As for alcohol...it doesn't really do much to me, as far as intoxication or hangovers. I just pass out past a certain point :P I usually try not to have much though, just because the effects are probably more subtle.