Xara, I've just returned to this thread, read that your diet is already gluten and dairy-free, except small amount of yogurt. There's another ingredient Freddd includes in his "Deadlock Quartet", L-carnitine fumarate. (In addition to MeCbl, AdoCbl, and L-methylfolate). As I posted elsewhere, I initially misunderstood the protocol (left/right, up/down...). Initially I tried Acetyl L Carnitine, which I already had on hand. No results, negative on self-testing. I then ordered carnitine bitartrate, with the same negative results. When I finally got LCF, there was, in terms already used here, a real "brightening", a feeling of energy w/o any sense of over-activity or excitotoxicity. I can't account for any other differences, but once I realized I'd been over-methylating, leading to an on-going rash, I dropped the mthf dose and added in a third LCF capsule. This has been fine, no return to rash or other symptoms, and I'll just keep my dosages stable for awhile to see how it goes.
I envy you for your 'brightening'.
LCF, I have been taking Dr's Best LCF, 855 mg, but as far as I know it did not do anything. After having read some other postings I wondered if I should increase the dose or change the brand,
Your posting, a third capsule, has convinced me there's still room for improvement with Dr's Best. I'll increase my dose next week. Thank you for mentioning this, ahmo, thank you very much.
After having symptoms which could indicate a shortage of methylfolate and kalium, I increased my dose of methylfolate, mB12 and kalium recently, I did okay for a while, increased them again, but then I got symptoms that seemed to indicate I was having shortages of some kind .
One of the symptoms was: the heart skipping a beat, then coming back with a bang accompanied with a nasty I-want to-get-away feeling, all that was so strong it woke me up several times during the night. Others: acne, cheilitis, cold to the bone, muscle spasms, fasciculations, nauseous, tight and painfull muscles, extremely fatigued and extreme muscle weakness. The next day after that horrible experience with my heart during the night I decided to give my body a break and returned to the regime of a fortnight ago.
I also introduced Cordyceps Cs-4 (brand Mushroom science).
Next day I was really sleepy (which I was not a fortnight ago) but yesterday and today I'm doing okay, i.e normal heart, 'normally' fatigued and just as weak as before, some other usual things but fasciculations gone, muscle spasms less frequent.
Coming Tuesday I had planned to introduce Ashwagandha (Jarrow Formulas).
So this week I planned to be easy on methylation and focus on herbs.
Next week I'll refocus on methylation, starting with upping my LCF dose. Hopefully following that footstep, ahmo, will mean following that 'brightening' outcome.