I've been thinking about maybe paying for/asking the doctor for a food intolerance test.
I regularly get a hard, bloated, really uncomfortable tummy, occasionally get quite constipated and now and again, I get excruciatingly painful IBS type symptoms which have been known to leave me in tears as it hurts so much. Always happens at night and leaves me feeling totally drained. The only pain I've ever had that come close was labour.
My brother and sister have both been tested for food intolerances and both have had positive results back showing multiple intolerances. My brother has changed his diet accordingly and is now much healthier and fitter (and thinner) and my sister ignores her results.
DH (and MIL) say that these tests are pointless and that they will always show up an intolerance, however slight, because that's what people expect to get when they pay for a test and that the results mean nothing.
I wondered, does anyone have any experiences of these tests? Are they worth having or would I just be making life harder for myself? Could anyone recommend somewhere good to get one done if I do go ahead? Would the doctor be able to organise one for me?
I hope no-one thinks I'm time wasting. I know a lot of people and their children suffer from truely life threatening allergies and a bit of tummy ache is nothing in comparison but I thought this might be the best place to post for advice.