Folate reviews: what real users say
We read 286 first-hand mentions of Folate from health and supplement communities. 109 of them say clearly how it went — and 63% of those say it helped.
Where people say it works: mood (87% of 52), energy (91% of 23), anxiety (71% of 21), focus (100% of 15).
Most common complaints: insomnia, canker sores, jitteriness, panic attacks, irritability. All side effects →
Positive experiences
“I have been taking methylfolate with methylcobalamin for almost two months now and my prefrontal abilities with respect to planning and stress management have improved dramatically.”
“I take it anyway and it works fine. I take a b complex about once per week, and another dose of 400mcg methylfolate + 500mcg methylb12 once per week.”
“p-5-p, folic acid and magnesium oil (topical) have helped me a lot with regards to anxiety, sleep quality, and motivation.”
“I slept the best I have in months and woke up feeling calm and collected no anxiety or restlessness.”
“I've taken this before, helped me with cardio and made me feel calm, not jittery and aided my focus.”
“METHYLFOLATE. As I suffer from the MTHFR-mutation this one really had the most "psychoactive" and significantly noticeable effect on my depression, mood and social anxiety.”
Negative and mixed experiences
“I tried so many things for depression like saffron rhodiola tyrosine omega 3 methylfolate B12 taurine theanine NAC inositol b complex magnesium nothing helps it.”
“The first couple times I took methylfolate I felt better and more energetic than ever before...after about 6 months experimenting I would say it has had a good overall effect and I do feel quite a bit better.”
“MethylPro L-Methylfolate 15mg + Cofactors (B6, B12, magnesium). I felt completely cracked out on this. Really jittery, and couldn't sleep.”
“I felt hardly anything from Thorne's '5-MTHF' (L-5) or loading up on folate in general.”
“I couldn't take any amount of methyl-B12 or Methylfolate without feeling like absolute crap.”
“I completely stopped everything and tried taking B9 (folate) for about 2 weeks, but I didn’t notice any improvement.”
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