I posted a few weeks ago with questions about digestive/anxiety issues, but no gluten intolerance/celiac diagnosis. I landed myself in my university's health clinic last week after my heart rate shot up to 140 and I had severe cramps and upset stomach after eating some whole wheat toast with peanut butter. I literally was unable to walk anywhere. Of course by the time I actually got to the clinic over an hour later, my heart rate had calmed down, though it did stay pretty constant at about 140 for 45 minutes. I explained what I had been dealing with (running to the bathroom with loose stools 3-4 times a day and the fast heart rate after eating) and was told it was IBS symptoms from my out of control anxiety (I had explained that I had started having panic attacks out of nowhere over the summer). I was sent to counseling and have started seeing a therapist.
My therapist is very supportive though and suggested that I continue pursuing that maybe my diet is exasperating my anxiety symptoms. I told him that the only connection we would find was wheat after the toast incident. The day I saw him I had had a sandwich for breakfast and half and hour later had an elevated heart rate again and then another half hour later had two panic attacks in class. He thought it could be beneficial to cut out gluten for a couple of weeks and see if it improves anything. I haven't committed to that yet, but this morning I did see what would happen if I didn't have gluten in my breakfast. It was amazing. I didn't get that extreme spike in my heart rate and I felt less edgy and more clear-headed. I had a sandwich for lunch and immediately my anxiety symptoms returned and I've had stomach cramps/rumblings for the rest of the day. Is it possible to have those immediate improvements in the morning just from not having the gluten in my breakfast? It is very possible that my mind just convinced myself that it would improve if I didn't eat the gluten. 
Especially if all of this really is anxiety related.
Also, would it be beneficial to cut out gluten for a couple of weeks without talking to my doctor or being tested just to test it out?
Thanks for reading all of this. 
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