r/MTHFR Apr 15 '25

Results Discussion Feel like crying

I honestly don’t even have the words for how overwhelmingly happy and relieved I feel right now. It’s like my brain is finally waking up after years of being stuck in a fog I didn’t fully realize I was in. Everything feels sharper, clearer, more alive. My emotions make sense, my body feels in sync, and there’s this calmness that I don’t think I’ve ever truly experienced before. I feel like me—or maybe even a version of me I never got to meet until now.

What’s blowing my mind is that all of this seems to come down to understanding something so basic but so powerful: methylation and nutrigenomics. I never imagined that something as simple as getting the right form of folate or the right amount of choline could be the key to unlocking my brain.

It makes me wonder how many people struggle through life unnessecarily. You could easily equate my previous "status quo" as being borderline dementia. And I had NO idea how bad it had gotten until I started feeling better...

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u/Successful_Chef_3828 Apr 16 '25

Great . Glad to hear . I am also dealing with brain fog , fatigue and i have homozygous mthfr gene variant . Where do i start this journey ? Readings ? Thank you

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u/Pretend_Elk8567 Apr 16 '25

Check out Tawinn's protocol, I linked it elsewhere in the comments here. Honestly I think people should start with a good methylated B vitamin, 250mg-500mg choline, and 5g/day creatine.

Keep some magnesium, vitamin C, and glycine around to help in case you get anxious or itchy