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Hello everyone - this is my first post but I've learnt so much from all the incredibly knowledgeable people on this forum which prompted me to self-treat...I suspect MTHFR but have not been tested, my symptoms started when I began the contraceptive pill 20 years ago and never went away even on stopping 10 years later. That is chronic fatigue etc etc along with spaciness which is horrible, like my whole life is a dream. I am hypothyroid and have been on 3 3/4 grains Armour for 3 months and also have PCOS. My thyroid levels are now fine but I never felt any improvement on Armour.
I started with Metabolic Maintenance Quatrefolic 10mg 5-MTHF one a day then 2 a day and 2 weeks later felt the world open up and this awareness that I hadn't known for years, I was also taking Jarrow sublingual B12 but not much, only 2,000mcg/day. The response faded away and I then drifted along for the next 6 months with nothing much happening until I suddenly experienced what I presume to be methyl trapping due to lack of B12 - (I've been through low potassium and it wasn't pleasant, so now I take a bucket load every day) - I then increased the Jarrow B12 to 5mg x 2 but it wasn't doing anything so I eventually decided to try Methyl-mate nasal spray. The next day I felt the same awareness that I had felt on the folate so I was quite hopeful but then the day after that I got a really bad cold which is very unlike me as I never catch anything - this was about a month ago and although the cold has gone I feel worse than ever, with increased sweating, worse fatigue and sort of feeling like I'm coming down with something all the time but I'm not.
What I really want to know is, should I be discontinuing the folate while I try to increase my B12 levels or should I just continue as I am and things will improve on their own? Does B12 generally make people feel worse before they feel better? Do my symptoms still sound like 'methyl trap'? Does anyone know what the heck is going on?
So grateful to you all for any help....
Jade x
I started with Metabolic Maintenance Quatrefolic 10mg 5-MTHF one a day then 2 a day and 2 weeks later felt the world open up and this awareness that I hadn't known for years, I was also taking Jarrow sublingual B12 but not much, only 2,000mcg/day. The response faded away and I then drifted along for the next 6 months with nothing much happening until I suddenly experienced what I presume to be methyl trapping due to lack of B12 - (I've been through low potassium and it wasn't pleasant, so now I take a bucket load every day) - I then increased the Jarrow B12 to 5mg x 2 but it wasn't doing anything so I eventually decided to try Methyl-mate nasal spray. The next day I felt the same awareness that I had felt on the folate so I was quite hopeful but then the day after that I got a really bad cold which is very unlike me as I never catch anything - this was about a month ago and although the cold has gone I feel worse than ever, with increased sweating, worse fatigue and sort of feeling like I'm coming down with something all the time but I'm not.
What I really want to know is, should I be discontinuing the folate while I try to increase my B12 levels or should I just continue as I am and things will improve on their own? Does B12 generally make people feel worse before they feel better? Do my symptoms still sound like 'methyl trap'? Does anyone know what the heck is going on?
So grateful to you all for any help....
Jade x