Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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salvatop 06/01/2016

I have been tested for the MTHFR gene mutation and it came back positive, as a result I have been given this supplement to take once a day, Methyl Folate. I was wondering if anyone out there on DS has had any experience with the MTHFR gene mutation, especially how it relates to anxiety??

LittleSadie 06/02/2016

What doctor did you go through to test this? Your PCP?

bridgie101 06/02/2016

Reed talks about it.

She tries to tell everyone to get tested. Now that i've heard of it I try to tell everyone to get tested too.

Everyone should try it out as a first move. Especially the ones who have been anxious for a long time.

salvatop 06/03/2016

The below link explains the MTHFR gene defect very well.

http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/what-is-the-mthfr-genetic-defect/

koolman 06/04/2016

Nope, but it sounds like a MUTHERF-CKER of a gene!

LittleSadie 06/04/2016

Thanks for the article. I do want to get tested, but in the meantime I think I will buy some of the methyl folate it mentions, can't hurt right?

serenity1977 06/05/2016

Hi, I've just tested positive to it also.. do you have one or 2 copies of it?... I'm also about to be tested for the comt gene also as that is all about your body not turning off adrenaline etc and I'm sure i'll test positive with that also as its symptoms are totally me. I've been reading a lot about it, its fascinating and something i wish i had known about earlier. something else you might also want to look into is pyrolles disorder

salvatop 06/05/2016

serenity1977...have they put you on the l-methylfolate supplement?? If so which one??

serenity1977 06/06/2016

he has had a compounding chemist make up a powder containing many different things, so I'm not sure.

I have up until now been on a high dose of folic acid for the past 4 years for infertility.. i now have found out that the folic acid would have been toxic for me.

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