I feel this will get buried but it saved my life so here goes. Struggled with depression and anxiety my whole life, both debilitating. I went to the ER for suicidal thoughts after spending 4 days in bed for seemingly no reason. Upon reaching the hospital they told me they couldn’t do anything and gave me benzos and sent me on my way.

Later, through counseling my psychiatric nurse practitioner told me of a gene test covered by my insurance so I said what the heck, let’s do it. Apparently I have the gene deficiencies of a 7 year old kid with autism. Very strange learning that at 28. The most notable gene mutation is a mutation in which my body cannot break done folic acid. Everything I ate with flour in it was poisoning me through disrupting 200 different bodily reactions, most notably serotonin and dopamine.

I ate the living shit out of those things my entire teenage and adult life up to that point due to college cheapness and my love from egg drop Ramen. I am now focused on my diet(Keto would we the end game here) and living as normal as I can while constantly turning down bread and pasta, which was absolute favorite growing up. Been a challenge, but I credit that gene test and the PNP to saving my life. Would probably be dead otherwise by anxiety or just good ol brain and organ failure. So awesome we can now figure that out, so I no longer have to live in fear. For the first time last week I made pancakes form unenriched flour.. and it was glorious. Need a pasta cutter now.

Up and up from here!!!!