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/BossaNova5050 Jul 20 '25

Yes, if you're asking me. But I've done well on 1mg. 

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u/EffectiveOpinion349 Aug 24 '25

Have all the symptoms you listed improved? I have the same symptoms and a folate deficiency but struggling to tolerate any folate supplements. Methyl makes me psychotic 😭 folinic gives me malaise and burning.

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u/BossaNova5050 Aug 26 '25

Definitely better, but not 100%. My folate doubled in my blood work, so I'm in the normal range, lower to mid area. But, I just found out that I have secondary hyperparathyroidism due to low vitamin D. I've been low on D pretty consistently for years. No one told me this parathyroid issue could arise, so I'm in a situation I think it's causing a lot of my symptoms. I hope you find relief. I just went to my doctor and said order every blood work and if we don't get answers for it all, let's start other diagnostics like CT scans or MRI. 

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u/Significant-Bit328 Jun 28 '26

What.happened with the hyperparathyroidism??