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wackadoo wabbit

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22. Thanks for the info

Reply to NNadir (Reply #10)

Wed Apr 7, 2021, 08:03 PM

Apr 2021

Actually, after posting I went onto PubMed to see if the paper had been published. There are actually a couple of interesting papers on this topic that I'm going to delve into, so thank you for bringing it to my attention! I honestly had no idea.

I first became aware of the COMT gene when I was tracking down a cause for some symptoms (quirks?) that I have. They seemed to be associated with a less-than-optimal functioning of the COMT enzyme, which is, of course, encoded by the COMT gene.

So, to test my theory, I asked my neurologist to test my COMT gene for its alleles, which is how I discovered that I'm homozygous for an allele that causes markedly decreased COMT activity.

What this means is that, despite the many downsides of having a poorly functioning COMT gene, I've got more dopamine, so I guess it's all good.

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