Gluten?

OK. It's Wednesday. It has officially been one full week since JB began her digestive adventure. She has been using Prev-acid 2x a day since Thursday. We began using Prev-acid because the docs thought she might be suffering from ulcers. She has been depressed, and moody, and under a lot of stress so it makes sense. She gets so stressed out that she gets terrible migraine headaches. Like I said, it's been a full week, and so far there has been no change in her pain level. It hurts her to walk through the grocery store. She has missed multiple dance classes and 2 performances. She dropped out of guitar lessons because she doesn't have the energy to practice. It hurts to sneeze.
We were told to try Prev-acid for 2 weeks, and then follow up at the Budge Clinic. Well... I don't need to be an M.D. to see that this is not working. The docs told us it takes a while for Prev-acid to build up enough to make a difference, but so far I don't see any improvement at all. NONE! Many of our friends and family have suggested the possibility of JB having developed a gluten intolerance, A.K.A Celiac disease, A.K.A. Wheat allergy. Our Pastor, Susan+ forwarded this article to me http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/wheat-gluten_b_1274872.html?ref=healthy-living and it had a lot of good information, and pointed to some signs that we have been seeing. He mentions a "Frankin-wheat"  or basically a super scientifically engineered wheat that produces mega yields and mega doses of nutrients that is now being used in most of our packaged wheat products, and that many humans simply cannot tolerate it. Made it sound like less of an allergy, and more of an overdose. Other articles I have read recently mention that wheat intolerance can lead to depression, mood swings, fatigue, and migraines, as well as stomach and digestive issues. Things that made me go Hmmmm. Made me wonder if the signs of stress we have been seeing, have actually been signs of gluten overdose. At this point, I am not confident enough to say that she suffers from celiac disease in any shape or form, I just wonder if it could be a factor.
So....the best way to find out is to cut back. We are still going to continue the Prev-acid treatment, but starting today we are also going to begin limiting her wheat intake. In researching foods I have determined that a full blown wheat allergy would require a full blown life style change. Wheat is EVERYWHERE! You can find wheat in yogurt, and from postage stamps to crackle bread. It is in your salad dressing. On your potato chips, and in your self stick envelopes. We are not throwing all of those things out...not yet. So, starting today we are only cutting back, not eliminating. This means Rice Krispies  for breakfast instead of shredded wheat. +++Note+++ Yes, Regular Rice Krispies still have gluten in them due to a tiny ingredient of barley flavoring...gluten is in barley too, and oats. Not just wheat. Kelloggs now makes a gluten free Rice Krispies that has eliminated this barley flavoring, but that's not the cereal we had in the house, and we figured even with a small barley ingredient, rice based cereal would have less gluten than wheat based. For lunch I packed her some slices of roast turkey and cheddar cheese. ( I have no idea what the turkey was roasted in, but it probably has gluten in it...again, decrease, not eliminate) No bread. An activia yogurt (again not gluten free, due to the wheat used in the strawberry flavoring--but heavy on the healthy digestive tract bugs) Lays brand regular potato chips (GLUTEN FREE!!!!) fruit juice, and some gummy bears. We will continue with this gluten reduced diet for another week and see where we are next Wednesday. If any of you out there in cyber land have any fabulous ideas of how to painlessly reduce gluten in our diet, please let me know. :-)