Despite having high hopes, and getting off to a good start initially, the methylation protocol hasn't been a good experience for me, as I outlined here. I'm not sure what happened. Methylation seems like a bit of a minefield that's hard to navigate, with many different theories about what causes various symptoms. And on top of that, I complicated things further - the initial burst of energy I had led me, against my better judgment, to go back to the gym for the first time in years. After four trips over the course of about two weeks, I got really, really, really tired like I haven't been in years and I haven't felt right since (this was August).
It's undeniable that the strain of the weightlifting was the immediate trigger of the initial symptoms, but I expected to bounce back fairly quickly as I have in the past. I didn't, though, and have just felt unusually fatigued since then, but inconsistently. Plus some other symptoms popped up or worsened since then, leading me to wonder if the methylation supps played a role in all this. So I spoke to two doctors, one who deals specifically with methylation, and both said to stop them (one said it sounded like overmethylation). That was four weeks ago; I'd say overall I'm feeling better, but the symptoms haven't fully gone away and I'm starting to worry, because I really want this to correct itself and get back to normal, otherwise I've got a much longer and more complicated recovery ahead of me at a time when I've got a lot going on in my life. But on the other hand, I don't know about how long it takes for imbalances/roadblocks in methylation protocols to correct themselves.
Those of you who ended up having bad reactions for whatever reason - methyl trap, potassium, just general overstimulation - how long did it take you to get back to a stable "baseline?" Did you have to do anything besides simply stopping the supplements, like using niacin?
It's undeniable that the strain of the weightlifting was the immediate trigger of the initial symptoms, but I expected to bounce back fairly quickly as I have in the past. I didn't, though, and have just felt unusually fatigued since then, but inconsistently. Plus some other symptoms popped up or worsened since then, leading me to wonder if the methylation supps played a role in all this. So I spoke to two doctors, one who deals specifically with methylation, and both said to stop them (one said it sounded like overmethylation). That was four weeks ago; I'd say overall I'm feeling better, but the symptoms haven't fully gone away and I'm starting to worry, because I really want this to correct itself and get back to normal, otherwise I've got a much longer and more complicated recovery ahead of me at a time when I've got a lot going on in my life. But on the other hand, I don't know about how long it takes for imbalances/roadblocks in methylation protocols to correct themselves.
Those of you who ended up having bad reactions for whatever reason - methyl trap, potassium, just general overstimulation - how long did it take you to get back to a stable "baseline?" Did you have to do anything besides simply stopping the supplements, like using niacin?