Let me tell you about Sarah, a 34-year-old marketing director who came to my office in tears.
"Dr. Chen," she said, "I used to be sharp. I could juggle multiple projects, remember details, think on my feet. Now I can barely get through a PowerPoint presentation without forgetting what I'm saying."
Sarah had been to three doctors. She'd tried Lexapro, Wellbutrin, even Adderall. She'd done therapy, meditation, changed her diet.
Nothing helped.
When I tested Sarah for the MTHFR mutation, she tested positive for not one, but TWO copies of the defective gene.
"You mean," she asked, "all this time it wasn't depression? It wasn't stress? It was my genetics?"
Exactly.
Within three weeks of starting our targeted protocol, Sarah called my office.
"The fog is lifting," she said. "For the first time in two years, I feel like myself again."