AsheSkyler
Feathered Jester
Yes, it looks like a truncated dirty word. Feel free to take this moment to get the giggles out of your system.
I'm only a few months in to my Aspie self-diagnosis, so I don't know how much this is common knowledge (and only found one reference here on AC), but I'll pass it on anyway:
MTHFR and Autism - Glutathione Pro
MTHFR | NW Integrative Medicine
MTHFR Mutation | MTHFR Gene Mutation | What is MTHFR? - MTHFR.net
Dr. Becky Andrews
http://www.jpands.org/vol9no4/boris.pdf
So, if I read that right, we have something along the lines of a 90%-98% chance of having this mutation? And on top of that, nearly half of humanity has some form of it. Does anybody know why this doesn't come up more often in discussions of what causes autism? That journal in the last link probably has the answer, but all those acronyms and insanely long scientific words make my eyes cross. (Methylenetetrahydrofolate? Sounds like an illegal spa. "Get your meth facial folation here!")
If I am one of the mutant X-Men, I'm hardly on the radar. For now, I suspect I'm in the 2%-10% range that didn't mutate. I don't have migraines or illogical mood issues and my immune and other systems seem pretty stout. Although my confirmed and diagnosed hereditary hormonal disorder in addition to my suspected autism makes me wonder...
I'm only a few months in to my Aspie self-diagnosis, so I don't know how much this is common knowledge (and only found one reference here on AC), but I'll pass it on anyway:
MTHFR and Autism - Glutathione Pro
MTHFR | NW Integrative Medicine
MTHFR Mutation | MTHFR Gene Mutation | What is MTHFR? - MTHFR.net
Dr. Becky Andrews
http://www.jpands.org/vol9no4/boris.pdf
So, if I read that right, we have something along the lines of a 90%-98% chance of having this mutation? And on top of that, nearly half of humanity has some form of it. Does anybody know why this doesn't come up more often in discussions of what causes autism? That journal in the last link probably has the answer, but all those acronyms and insanely long scientific words make my eyes cross. (Methylenetetrahydrofolate? Sounds like an illegal spa. "Get your meth facial folation here!")
If I am one of the mutant X-Men, I'm hardly on the radar. For now, I suspect I'm in the 2%-10% range that didn't mutate. I don't have migraines or illogical mood issues and my immune and other systems seem pretty stout. Although my confirmed and diagnosed hereditary hormonal disorder in addition to my suspected autism makes me wonder...