Kathi, I'm sorry, I missed your post before. In the celiac world, we honestly do not believe there is any such thing as IBS. To be honest, I actually had a doctor tell me there is no such thing as IBS, he said to me, "IBS simply means, I BE STUMPED!" Before I found about about celiac disease, I was diagnosed with IBS and that certainly was not my problem. I also was diagnosed with spastic colon, nervous stomach, stress, and it's all in your head (my personal favorite).

They can do a blood test for celiac genes, which isn't always conclusive, they can do an endoscopy, which isn't always conclusive either. There are so many false negatives in a celiac/gluten intolerant world. Sometimes the best test for gluten intolerance is going gluten free and seeing how you feel. Not everyone is celiac, many, many people are gluten intolerant and need to be gluten free. Celiac disease is like being a type 2 diabetic, gluten intolerant is like being pre-diabetic, you don't have the disease yet and maybe you can stop yourself from getting it and causing more damage.