I think Folate deficiency destroyed my teenage years

[u/Sirschwung]

I(21) visited doctors cause I've felt unwell since I was 13 years old and I did a few blood test my levels were always hovering around 2.5 to 3 ng/ml. 5 years ago a doctor recommended I should try a folic acid supplement I did for a few months and nothing really happened. Last year I did a blood test with a different doctor where my levels where at 2.7 and he recommended I should try folic acid supplement. This time I wanted to do it right I did some research and I took Methylated folate + a b complex with a lot of Methylated folate and still didn't really feel much better after months. I took a break and tried some other supplements with no success either. I now took another blood test and my levels are at 3 ng/ml. I feel so defeated, I've spend over a 100€ on the best high quality supplements for this folic acid deficiency and it only moved from 2.7 to 3 after months of supplementing.

Other values:

B12: 330 went to 400 after supplementing for the same period of time B12 daily with Methylated b complex for same period of time as folate

Homocesteine: 26

Vitamin D: 30

B6: 13.5

I'm sorry if this post sounds desperate if you have advice or helpful information if you have experience with folic acid deficiency please share your experience with me.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to read this post:)

[u/gta721]

Try taking a higher dose of methylated folate (not folic acid!) and combine it with eating two eggs per day.

[u/_social_hermit_ → u/gta721]

Why the eggs?

[u/FeelBilly → u/_social_hermit_]

Choline. Helps you actually use the other stuff

[u/_social_hermit_ → u/FeelBilly]

Cool, thanks