MTHFR Anyone???

So far in my fibro career I have only gone to PCPs. My PCP sent me to a Integrative Medicine Practice where a doctor specializes in fibro. I went in and we talked for 1.5 hours with him asking some really odd questions. I came back with numerous suggestions of what to do and a prescrip for a blood test.

I laughed when he wanted a blood test- I told him my blood tests always come back fine. He said the tests he order always come back abnormal! It is a good thing I didn't place a bet with him because he was right!

I came back with low vitamin D and homozygous for C677T mutation in my MTHFR gene. This means that I have two bad MTHFR genes which means I make faulty Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase. This comes with a huge number of problems from fatigue to depression to cardiovascular problems to an increase in cancer risk.

Anyone else find out they have this? It is actually supposed to be pretty common. In white caucasians two bad copies happen in 10-15% of the population. Having one bad copy can happen in 40% of the population (according to not-the-most-reliable internet sites).

So I will be taking supplements and changing up my lifestyle to accommodate my MTHFR defect, taking vitamin D, and he also wants me to take magnesium glycinate. I am so hopeful for the first time since my diagnosis. But I am trying to tamp down on being excited- because these things might not change anything. And then the excited-ness revs up again. Oh I do hope these things help me feel better! *crosses fingers!*

is this just my fibro brain , but I can't see the bit about coconut oil Getting by? Just in case you replied to the wrong post :o)

I also have the double mutation of mthfr. We are supposed to take activated folate for the rest of our life. Yay!

Ultimately it means that we cannot detox stuff from our body rapidly like everyone else. Somehow the activated folate is supposed to help. I have Folapro but its hard to take.

I titrated too fast so it kept making me flare. /-: