Testing for high homocysteine

[Naomi8]

Please respond if you have had a homocysteine test.I know about the one at Blue Horizon.Has anyone had one done elsewhere?

I posted about this 2 years ago.Am I the world's greatest procrastinator?My memory issues don't help & are getting worse.

[Marz]

I have had mine checked annually since 2006 - here in Crete ...

[Naomi8 in reply to Marz]

Thanks Marz

[Marz in reply to Naomi8]

Homocysteine is often raised when B12 is low in the cells - am sure you already know that - just posting for others

[Naomi8 in reply to Marz]

No,I didn't.Thank you for the info.I have stopped all B12 supplementation prior to testing.Had been supplementing for awhile.

[Marz in reply to Naomi8]

You need to have stopped B12 for months prior to testing. If you go ahead and test your results will be skewed - so take that into consideration ... This was covered in your post on the PAS Forum two years ago 😊

[Naomi8 in reply to Marz]

yes,at the time I didn't feel like stopping.I've now stopped & been advised on here how long to wait before testing.6 weeks so far...

[Marz in reply to Naomi8]

Stopping for six weeks will still show skewed B12 results ! Why stop ? - if it has been helpful with symptoms then personally I wouldn't risk it ... An wondering what you hope to achieve. It is clearly mentioned in the Guidelines that the clinical symptoms should be observed over and above the bloodtest result.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi...

The above link takes you to the Guidelines your GP should follow. No 1 recommendation is to look at Clinical symptoms ...

Later on in the above link it mentions about supplementing and testing ...

Maybe download and highlight the relevant bits for your GP

[shaws Administrator]

I had one at St. Thomas' Hospital, London. Privately.

[Naomi8 in reply to shaws]

Thanks Shaws

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Naomi

I actually had one done, many years ago, by my GP. I was seeing Dr Myhill at the time and she wrote to my GP asking to give me B12 injections, magnesium injections due to a deficiency shown when tested, and to test homocysteine (because of dreadful family history of heart disease). Much to my great surprise my GP agreed to the homocysteine test but she did refuse the B12 and magnesium injections.

[Naomi8 in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thanks SeasideSusie

[Naomi8]

Many thanks Espeegee

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Here's a link to Private testing

nutris.viapath.co.uk/pages/...

[Naomi8 in reply to SlowDragon]

many thanks-this looks a really good option,price-wise & for comprehensiveness.