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    23 and me results. Where to start?

    Thank you Valentijn. MAO-A, That would explain why when they put me on ssri's it was a pretty awful experience. I flat out refuse to ever take any of those drugs again. I got bruxism (basically lock jaw) so bad I couldn't open my mouth for several days, and that was from one pill. They tried...
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    23 and me results. Where to start?

    My doc is a holistic M.D. and I've been going to him for almost 14 years so I have inadvertently done lots of detoxing over the years. This might be why I didn't get sick on glutathione. Some things I know I can't have are, red dye, yellow dye, aspartame in even the tiniest quantity...
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    23 and me results. Where to start?

    I should add that my acetyl l-carnitine supplement also has alpha lipoic acid in it. That's bad right?
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    23 and me results. Where to start?

    Hi Caledonia, a good education is what I'm after so thanks for your input. My doc put me on a supplement called "DMG Complete" which contains calcium folinate and methylcobalamin. Over the years I've taken many supplements on my own and right now glutathione is one I've been using for...
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    23 and me results. Where to start?

    Thank you Diana. I had no idea that book was free. I had wanted to order it and the dvd/workbook but it was always "out of stock". I went and downloaded it and will start reading it this weekend. What I am looking for is which snp to address first etc. That's what my doc didn't understand. I...
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    23 and me results. Where to start?

    I knew a few years ago I had +/+ MTHFR but never got anywhere with it. My doctor didn't think it important to investigate further as we would just methylate me till I was better. Long story short, I'm still not better and struggle with CFS for many years now. Here are my results and I see...