Decided to jump back on here to update anyone who was wondering what was happening. I found out what was causing my illness.

I went to a research study, every specialist under the sun, even did acupuncture and oils because I was at my wits end. No one had answers. Eventually I couldn't eat anything and at 130lbs I wasn't able to maintain my weight. I lost 20 lbs and looked like a skeleton. I ran out of answers. Around the same time, a family friend had a daughter who was 21, she had an odd occurence where her brain reverted back to a 3 year old, and she was unbable to communicate or function like a 21 year old anymore. They went to a functional medicine doctor and he found the problem and she regained her faculties. She's getting married in a couple months.

I was put in touch with him and within a month he found the problem. 4 years of doctors scratching their heads and everyone under the sun suggesting it could be ringworm, and this doc found my answer in a month! Turns out I had no autoimmune disorder, no parasites, no mold, no dysautonomia, but rather a genetic problem. MTHFR they call it. But I also had another overlapping genetic problem, the snips we looked at had problems in all sorts of different areas in my body. According to him, I hit the worst genetic lottery jackpot he had ever seen.

Basically, my body cannot process folate. It also has problems producing cortisol and detoxifying it's system. These produce dramatic trickle down effects which means, my body isn't getting the oxygen, the hormones, or the nutrients it needs to function. And all the toxins have been building up over a long time. We've started supplements and I've already noticed an improvement! Hopefully this is a great start to getting back on track!

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