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    23andMe results - brain fog

    @skiesareclearing I agree it is definitely so tricky. I can never tell if what I'm taking is doing me any good and often times I add a supplement and it just exacerbates my symptoms. That's why I seem to always fall back on just taking this one probiotic. You mentioned testing for GABA first...
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    23andMe results - brain fog

    @skiesareclearing thanks for your response. The 23andme results are definitely jibberish unless you process them with places like Genetic Genie, although I'm sure there are other places as well. I definitely want to look into my thyroid more as I think that could be an issue. I will have to...
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    23andMe results - brain fog

    Thank you, Sherpa. I have tried various B vitamins before I had this test, and in fact my naturopath put me on a multi-V with a focus on B vitamins in the forms I am supposed to be able to handle but it ended up making me really fogged after a day or 2. I decided to drop them after only going on...
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    23andMe results - brain fog

    I recently got my 23andMe test results back and I was wondering if anyone might have any insights about them. I've been experiencing heavy brain fog for a few years now. It has its ups and downs but can get quite bad sometimes. Here are the results along with several other recent tests I've had...
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    23andme and other test results - brain fog and OCD thoughts

    Thanks for the response, drob. That's an interesting idea, not sure what that would mean as far as supplementation goes though...
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    23andme and other test results - brain fog and OCD thoughts

    Hey all, This is my first post on this forum but I've been reading for a little while and it seems like a good place to post this kind of thing. I've been dealing with brain fog for the past 3.5 years to varying degrees of intensity. Before that I had quite a lot of anxiety and obsessive...