Hi Arx,
We did consult the doctor at Artemis. He said the same thing to us that my son has got neurotransmitter imbalance and prescribed medicines for depression and schizophrenia. My son has absolutely no psycological symptoms and no traces of any kind of depression. He is a very positive and cheerful person inspite of all he is going through. I checked and the prescribed medicines have horrific side effects. So we are not going to go ahead with the treatment prescribed by Dr. Gupta.
Did you mention SACD,B12 and methylation to him? What was his response?
Dr. Gupta's treatment did help me with many issues,but also didn't help me with many other issues.
Your son and I have a very different symptom history.
I never read any side effects when starting a medicine,or in fact anything about it.When I feel something changing for the worse or better,then I start my research about that medicine.
Mind can mask the truth.
You will find people worshiping the very existence of such neuro and psych drugs,and you will find people who hate them.
I think it's like finding your own cocktail,in this pharma world. It's pretty much trial and error,with a doctor to help you!
The B12 world is an arduous journey. The researcher,doctor,and the patient is a single person. It's excellent that you are doing all this for your son. My father also did this for many months. It took me many months to sort of actually understand what and why I was taking the supplements and come to interact on this forum.
Sadly no doctor really understands B12 properly. The reason is that they have never studied nutrition and so do not understand how deficiencies can effect the body and how one can heal when one addresses the problem.
We area planning to consult another doctor who is a psychiatrist and is running a program for treating Autistic children with B12 injections. Hopefully he will be able to help us. Our search for finding a doctor who understands the methylation cycle continues. In the meanwhile we are following Fredd's protocol with positive results.
Good to know! I hope Fred's protocol works out for you. May I ask which doctor you are mentioning,who treats Autistic children with B12 injections?
I've only heard of Dr. Yasko and Dr. Ben Lynch in the B12 and MTHFR world. Ben Lynch's website has excellent podcasts and videos.
If you're diving deep into methylation,there is a MTHFR test at Dr. Lal Path Labs,but I don't know what it investigates. I've heard of the much in demand 23andMe test, and geneticgenie.org and many other tools which give methylation and detox analysis in Yasko's format. But then again,23andMe doesn't ship to India.
There are some useful groups on facebook,for nutrition,methylation,B12,and neuro issues. I'll share some links here.All are closed groups,I think. Your privacy will be protected,and posts won't show in friends' news feeds. Facebook has many more groups,and I hope you search one for SACD.
Phoenix Rising undoubtedly remains the best resource for Fred's Protocol,and many other things. You must interact with Fred himself. I've had many discussions with him.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/mthfr.support.education/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/supportforneuropathy/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/174928999276739/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/148288765299635/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/655423737818837/
I think you should share your son's story here on Phoenix Rising,as well as Facebook.
Maybe you find someone suffering similar symptoms? Create a thread on this B12 forum,or in the Community section. This 'Copper Dumping' thread won't get many/any views.
A good video by Ben Lynch:
I wish we could have met earlier when I was experimenting and involved in the B12 world. I am not anymore. I hope I've shared something useful with you.
Wishing you and your son the very best!