*mourns bread*

Since I was in high school, I have had vertigo and several other minor health issues. Four different doctors and an internist have been unable to figure out why — they'll admit I have something going on (except the one doctor who told me I was stressed, depressed and a hypochondriac), but whatever it is is not showing up on blood tests, and the symptoms aren't of the type to warrant any other kinds of tests.

I was talking to my mom yesterday, and realized that I'd been eating a lot of bread the past few weeks, and that my vertigo had spun out of control in the same time period. And then I was thinking about it, and for the period from January through June that I had cut carbs out of my diet entirely (I think I was eating a flour tortilla maybe every other week and very, very occasionally pasta, if that, and nothing else), my vertigo was almost non-existent, and most of the other problems had subsided. And then I was also thinking about how I am mildly lactose intolerant, and how several other health issues disappeared when I cut out 90 percent of the dairy products I eat (I just cannot bring myself to give up cheese, and yogurt has negligible amounts of lactose).

I'm going to try a gluten-free diet for two months, and if that helps, I'll return to the doctor and see if I can get some tests for food allergies.

I'm seriously bummed if it is that, though. Bread's, like, one of my favoritest foods in the world.

EDIT: OMG THERE IS GLUTEN IN EVERYTHING.

Guess that's one way to lose weight. :-/