I'm new to this. I'm not sure if I'm allergic to wheat or if I have celiac disease. I do plan to get tested next week. However I do know that when I eliminate wheat from my diet that I no longer have hives. My question is to those of you who have been living with this for years. Is your life signifigantly different? I feel as though I have to be paranoid about everything I eat now in case it has some hidden ingredients. I am a breadaholic. I am famous for my homemade whole wheat bread, and I was making EVERYTHING with fresh ground whole wheat, because that's supposed to be the healthy way right?
I just made my first loaf of gluten free bread. It tastes good, but , it's a lot like white bread. And can you use the gluten free flour to make everything and just substitute it for the wheat flour? Or are there other adjustments that need to be made to the recipe?

Gluten free flour is gonna be different than regular bread. It usually makes a denser bread, sometimes a little sticky or gummy depending on the brand you're using. I found when trying to be on a wheat free diet, it's best to avoid packaged food altogether. It's just much simpler that way. I found it makes it harder on yourself than it needs to be if you spend too much effort trying to find imitations of foods you're not supposed to eat. It makes it harder because eating foods that are always never quite "right" is a constant reminder of what you wish you could be eating but can't. One exception is one specific brand of rice noodles that are nearly identical to wheat noodles called Pasta Joy.
Overall, I found being on a whole foods diet was the easiest way to eliminate wheat from my diet without feeling deprived.

Our Health food shops have a great variety of wheat free/gluten free breads, I find that SPelt breads are wuite beautiful, much more dense and they fill me up. Maybe buy them and see what you like, and then buy ingredients for them and make it yourself after?

Spelt has gluten. No one with Celiac Disease should eat spelt.