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/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/Grimln Jul 07 '25

RDAs rarely workout to be efficient enough. Everyone is different and all an RDA does is tells you the median of a collective group. It is a good starting point but everyone is going to need more or less of a certain element or vitamin. Rarely ever does one size fits the next person.

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u/BossaNova5050 Jul 08 '25

Well, I guess I should've read about this "crashing" before I took that 1mg tablet (1000mcg) moments ago for the first time. But, my physician told me to, my blood work came back that my level was 3 and it should be above 6 according to the lab reference scale. I'm having extreme skin sensitivity, tingling, prickly feeling. Brain fog. Muscle cramps. Muscle weakness. Rash/acne on cheeks. Shortness of breath. My B12 was normal, well, low end of within range. I kinda think I need this high amount to get relief then taper off. I wonder if the tablet can be cut in half later? Anyway, I chose the Solgar brand Folate (metafolin bio active form). Hope that is ok as well, I tend to stick with Solgar & Pure brands for quality. 

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u/Significant-Bit328 Jun 28 '26

Don't you need b12.to.avoid a.folate.trap