another testing question

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Ok, I'll admit I'm at about my wits' end with the medical system (long story and most of it off topic), but the whole gluten free thing is figuring into my current frustration.Back in what was it? November? My gp advised me to try a wheat elimination diet because I'd noticed that my " IBS-D " flared up with " wheatie " meals. It worked. If I don't eat wheat, my IBS-D doesn't show up - but now if I cheat, my " IBS-D " kicks my behind. Oddly enough, I've noticed that whether I eat wheat or not also plays a huge role in my allergy symptoms.

I asked my gp about testing and she insists that it's " unnecessary " and " unwarranted " . She justifies this on the basis of my weight, something about overweight people can't be celiac. Yeah, so what, I'm not thin. Never have been and probably never will be - especially if thin is defined by BMI standards (I have heavy bones and a very generous bone structure). However, my system is so far out of whack that if I skip so much as one vitamin, I get a migraine that lasts until I start taking them again - and even she admits that this is most likely due to deficiencies in either magnesium or perhaps one of the B vitamins (and she doesn't want to test for these either) and any exposure to wheat starts up my IBS and allergies. Is she right to avoid doing any testing beyond an elimination diet? I'd personally like to at least know why the diet seems to work before I go putting in all sorts of time and expense following the elimination diet for life.

Dee