Hello,
i'm now three years in a derealized state and still trying to find out what exactly happend back then that i went into that state in the first place. It started 2019 and thankfully i have many written notes in a notebook to reconstruct what happend back then. It seems my derealization happend in a timespan of around a month.
I have looked into this again with more detail, and in this month this all happend:
- After a high homocysteine test result (while trying to optimize my health), i took 400µg folic acid (not methylated) and 20 mg B6 as pyridoxine, fish oil, K2, B12, Zinc, Magnesium
- I started becoming self employed as software engineer
- I started having doubts about my current relationship
- I started using digestive enzymes
- Started experimenting with high dose folate (1-3mg)
While doing all that, i started having symptoms (from the notes i took):
- carbohydrate and alcohol interolance
- pressure on the throat, especially when eating carbs
- sight issues (went to the optician multiple times because my glasses are blurry, but they were fine)
- muscle weakness
- memory issues
- derealization
- becoming sick easily, especially when drinking alcohol
- doing high stress excercise (like HIIT) makes me feverish/sick the next day
Then my journey into hundreds of different supplements, many many lab tests and many different diets began. I could fix most of these issues with diet and some supplements, but never went out of the derealized state. I some times have glimpses back into reality when smelling some smells or remembering old memories, but they are only seconds long.
I have some MTHFR mutations, and after taking the methylfolate (1-3 mg), i first felt really great and good for around a week, but then it switched over to a kind of depressed state. I can't remember it exactly, but looking at the buy and shipping date of the 5-MTHF and my impatientness for new supplements, i assume i must have taken it straight after receiving it and it matches the symptoms timeline. So i assume it might be the 5-MTHF which induced the symptoms.
I took 5-MTHF on and off later and went deep into the MTHFR topic and trying to titrate the vitamins in the right proportion, but never felt right on them, so i stopped and never took 5-MTHF again.
Could it be that the high dose folate induced very fast some kind of vitamin deficency? I'm already taking high dose B1 (benfo and hcl) and it really helped with carbohydrate interolance, but never focused on the other B's.
I wondered if that even is possible. Maybe some of you guys have some experience. Anyway, i appreciate any help.
i'm now three years in a derealized state and still trying to find out what exactly happend back then that i went into that state in the first place. It started 2019 and thankfully i have many written notes in a notebook to reconstruct what happend back then. It seems my derealization happend in a timespan of around a month.
I have looked into this again with more detail, and in this month this all happend:
- After a high homocysteine test result (while trying to optimize my health), i took 400µg folic acid (not methylated) and 20 mg B6 as pyridoxine, fish oil, K2, B12, Zinc, Magnesium
- I started becoming self employed as software engineer
- I started having doubts about my current relationship
- I started using digestive enzymes
- Started experimenting with high dose folate (1-3mg)
While doing all that, i started having symptoms (from the notes i took):
- carbohydrate and alcohol interolance
- pressure on the throat, especially when eating carbs
- sight issues (went to the optician multiple times because my glasses are blurry, but they were fine)
- muscle weakness
- memory issues
- derealization
- becoming sick easily, especially when drinking alcohol
- doing high stress excercise (like HIIT) makes me feverish/sick the next day
Then my journey into hundreds of different supplements, many many lab tests and many different diets began. I could fix most of these issues with diet and some supplements, but never went out of the derealized state. I some times have glimpses back into reality when smelling some smells or remembering old memories, but they are only seconds long.
I have some MTHFR mutations, and after taking the methylfolate (1-3 mg), i first felt really great and good for around a week, but then it switched over to a kind of depressed state. I can't remember it exactly, but looking at the buy and shipping date of the 5-MTHF and my impatientness for new supplements, i assume i must have taken it straight after receiving it and it matches the symptoms timeline. So i assume it might be the 5-MTHF which induced the symptoms.
I took 5-MTHF on and off later and went deep into the MTHFR topic and trying to titrate the vitamins in the right proportion, but never felt right on them, so i stopped and never took 5-MTHF again.
Could it be that the high dose folate induced very fast some kind of vitamin deficency? I'm already taking high dose B1 (benfo and hcl) and it really helped with carbohydrate interolance, but never focused on the other B's.
I wondered if that even is possible. Maybe some of you guys have some experience. Anyway, i appreciate any help.