Where to begin ? Please help me help my son.

[Pattanna]

Hello All,

I am exhausted, overwhelmed and frustrated.

My young son (will be 5 years old soon) has been diagnosed with severe autism. He is still completely nonverbal and has limited receptive language. He has had intensive ABA since the beginning of 2013 and progress has been very very very slow. I am not going to EVER give up, but some days are very, very, very hard. And I am human.

I had his 23-and-me test done ran his raw data through Livewello, GeneticGenie and Nutrahacker. I am confused by the results because Nutrahacker suggested that he may both benefit from methyl B12 and must methyl donors at the same time ! Most of the information went over my head. What is a mother to do ?

Can someone, anyone please please please review his results and help me help him ? I am unable to upload his results as I am currently on an IPAD, but I am painstakingly cutting and pasting his Livewello results here. What stood out to me mostly was his homozygous FOLR2 mutations, but I am sure that others will recognize just as critical other mutations as well.

Please, please, please help me. I will upload a file once I get access to a laptop. Although my son cannot communicate yet, I would like to thank you all on his behalf (be his voice, so to speak)

Homozygous mutations :

CBS A13637G
FOLR2
MTHFD1 G1958A
MTHFR (LOC100506310)
MTRR A66G
SOD3

Heterozygous mutations :

ACE Del16
BHMT R239Q
BHMT-08
BHMT-02

CBS C19150T
CBS C699T
CLCN6 rs13306560
CLCN6 rs3737964

FUT2 rs492602 G
FUT2 rs601338 A
FUT2 rs602662 A

GAD1 rs12185692
GAD1 rs3791851
GAD1 rs3791878
GAD1 rs3828275
GAD1 rs701492 T
GAD1 rs769407 C

MIR4761 (COMT -61 P199P)
MIR4761 (COMT H62H) rs4633
MIR4761 (COMT V158M)
MIR4761 (COMT) rs6269
MTHFD1 C105T rs1076991
MTHFD1L rs17349743
MTHFD1L rs6922269
MTHFR rs17037390
MTHFR rs4846049
MTHFR A1298C
MTHFR A1572G
MTHFS rs6495446
MTRR-11 A664A
NOS3 rs3918188
PEMT rs4244593
PEMT rs4646406
TCN2 C766G
VDR Bsm

 

[minkeygirl]

Where are you? There might be a doctor in your area that uses Dr. Yasko's protocol. In fact if you try Googling Yasko and your city or Methylation and your city you might get some hits. That's how I found my doctor.

 

[Pattanna]

Thank you, minkeygirl. I am searching for a doctor, but in the meanwhile, would like to learn as much as possible about my son's challenges. My fear is that I will come across like a babbling, emotional idiot to the physician, hence my request for help from anyone knowledgable here to give me feedback on the mutations posted above.

 

[minkeygirl]

When you find a doc who understands methylation they won't think you're a babbling idiot. I finally found a Naturopath last year. At my first appointment I cried because she totally got it and how sick I was with ME.

The first thing she did, after reading my labs and discussing my history was get me on something for my CBS mutations. So find someone in your area. It'll be worth it, especially since your son's condition is so complicated.

 

[Pattanna]

I see other posts getting responses discussing their mutations. I am hoping to get responses, too. Thank you.

 

[SOC]

I see other posts getting responses discussing their mutations. I am hoping to get responses, too. Thank you.

You might have better luck at a forum whose focus is autism. This is a forum for people with ME/CFS, so our focus and approach may not be the right one for your son. Still, we have a lot of very knowledgeable people here, so hopefully you'll be able to get some useful info. There might also be someone who can point you to a knowledgeable autism board.

 

[anxiousguy]

Where do you live?

Yasko's board would be the best place to start in addition to posting here. You have to register http://www.ch3nutrigenomics.com/phpBB3/welcome.html
Everyone there is very nice.

FYI , if you want someone to see your post, tag them like this @Pattanna

Good Luck