Either by choice or sheer luck. What is something that has happened to you that made your life actively better?

(So far) For me it has been me finally able to move out of my parents home.

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    Being diagnosed with extreme MTHFR, getting on a high dose of methylfolate and the correct meds.

    Went from having daily, very heavy brain fog to zero. Thought for years I was just lazy and stupid. Doing simple things left me more mentally exhausted than others, and I just thought everyone felt like I did, but were better at pushing through it.

    Turns out, not lazy or stupid at all.

    Went back to school, got my AA and into a field desperate to hire. Doubled my salary.

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      8 months ago

      No idea what MTHFR is, but first thing I thought of was “Motherfucker” and thought that was a funny thing to be diagnosed as. Congrats on getting help with whatever it actually is.

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        8 months ago

        Yeah, they actually call it The Motherfucker Gene, so everyone else had the same thought, lol.

        It actually stands for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, which is the enzyme that metabolizes folic acid into methylfolate. Most people have a bit of an issue with it, but mine is like 80% defunct. For example, taking extra folic acid supplements while pregnant would do almost nothing for the baby, because my body just won’t metabolize it. I have to take high doses of methylfolate instead to get the same benefits.

        And thank you you! It really has been life-changing!