Originally Posted by GrannyJo4

..The letter the Doctors office sent me states - Methylenetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) is the name of a gene that produces an enzyme for proper folate absorption. If a person carries the gene mutation that blocks production of this enzyme, it can result in problems with folate brain nutrition. If the brain does not receive adequate folate nutrition, you could suffer problems with your Motivation, Initiative, Alertness, Concentration, Mood and Sociability. The Doctor wants me to start taking a Prescription Medical Food, pill form which I could crush and put thru my feeding tube. It's called Deplin. It has been ordered thru a perscription mail order pharmacy but has not arrived yet.

Also a couple of days later the Doctor sent another letter saying i tested positive for Heterozygous positive for the CYP2D6*41. tHAT LETTER WAS EVEN MORE CONFUSING The Doctor hand wrote that I am an intermediate metabolizer of 2D6 meds. And that I need to bring and show this 4 page letter to any Doctor appoitments for them to read before they perscribe any meds for me. All I really want to know is why I still can't swallow. The more test the Doctors take the more I have no answers. just more questions.

I asked the neuro phyc Doctor if these 2 positive test could be causing my swallowing problem and he said" it might or it just might be adding to the problem." I'm going for a bariam vidio swallow test on the Dec 20. I don't know if they can help me if on that day or that hour I could or could not take a sip of something. Any thoughts on these two genic testings that came back positive, also a positive EEG.