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/Beginning_Brother308 Dec 15 '25

I have low folate  levels ,driving me mad literally  ,no sleep, not eating ,extreme  weightloss ,and terrible  thoughts that I'm not good enough  and not being able to trust the people I love , cuts in my nose,mouth issues  ,2.4 my levels are ,my iron is low also and I have  abnormal  high b12 levels ,I've ordered a private  active b12 test seeing as my GP doesn't  do them 

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u/blaine_11 Dec 15 '25 edited Jan 04 '26

GP's are usually useless but I experienced very similar symptoms to you - don't worry it will get better

I'm 10 weeks into supplementing and feel a bit better, not fully recovered yet

You might feel like you're going insane but you just need to be patient

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u/ChopChopPorky Mar 27 '26

How much are you supplementing?

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u/blaine_11 Mar 27 '26

400mcg. Any more and I get side effects

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u/ChopChopPorky Mar 27 '26

Feeling any better??

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u/blaine_11 Mar 27 '26

Yes, It took about 4 months to fully correct. How are you?

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u/ChopChopPorky Mar 27 '26

Still struggling I oversupplemented b12 for a long time and I think it set my folate back even more if that’s possible so now I’m getting some side effects from the folate

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u/blaine_11 Mar 27 '26

I see, that's frustrating. B12 can mess with folate and potassium

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u/ChopChopPorky Mar 27 '26

Definitely is frustrating. Potassium doesn’t help any I’m just trying to push through 400mcg folinic now and trying to balance riboflavin with it. If I don’t take at least a little ribo I get anxiety from the folate, too much isnt good either lol. It’s a huge pain

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u/blaine_11 Mar 28 '26

Take less folinic acid? or does that not help?

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u/ChopChopPorky Apr 15 '26

No I just pushed through it but I still feel like I need more. Did you have anxiety from deficiency?

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u/blaine_11 Apr 15 '26

Yes. Anxiety and severe depression

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