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GfColorado, I also only have a positive IGA but mine is 20.9 (only .9) into the "equivocal" range. What have the other people you've consulted said? Both my GI and my PCP say it does not mean I have Celiac...but maybe intolerance. They also claim false positives happen.... Immunoglobulin A -- 229 (range 68-378) Endomysial IgA- negative tTG-IgG Ab...

Ensure you TSH level really is below 3.0 (most people start to feel symptoms at around 2.5). And many doctors don't realize you treat a thyroid once it gets to 3.0 (around 95% still rely on the old 4.5 or 5 as being 'hypo' when that all changed back in 2003).

Thanks Takala! Well I guess I should say I had post-viral gastroparesis (slow stomach emptying/nausea/D etc. after a really bad norovirus) about 8 years ago which is why I have the diagnosis of "IBS" still to this day -- most gastroparesis never goes away but does get better. The Elavil is cheap haha $3 a month so I'm OK with that and it also treats...

So I am new! I recently had a Celiac panel test run by Labcorp on a bit of a whim. I have had "IBS" (mainly D) for several years but the episodes are few and far between and have been treated with Elavil 5mg a night. My new primary said, hey let's just do this test as 1)it's something people are being commonly diagnosed with these days and 2)you've never...