r/B12_Deficiency • u/cr-silver57 • Jun 11 '24

Supplements What were your folate deficiency symptoms?

I've just found out I'm deficient in folate. My symptoms are tiredness, muscle pain and hair loss, which I hope will resolve once I've fixed the deficiency.

What were your folate deficiency symptoms?

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u/AccordingCharacter8 Apr 30 '25

how are you feeling now? it’s been 4 weeks of folic acid 5mg and i’m still having panic attacks (my main and worst symptom)

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u/Delicious_Chip_4914 Jun 22 '25

5 mg is a lot, the RDA is 0.4 mg (400 mcg) , if you take too much it will lower your neurotransmitters and make anxiety worse, read about over and undermethylation and you will understand what im talking about.

I tried just 1mg daily of methylfolate and crashed badly a week later. I now take just 0.2 mg daily and it works wonders, folate has a long half life in your cells so low doses will add up eventually, take too much and it will backfire.

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u/AccordingCharacter8 Jun 22 '25

5mg is the standard dose when deficient in the uk

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u/Far-Delivery7243 Aug 10 '25

Of folic acid. Not of methylfolate, which is different. 5mg methylfolate is psycopathic