Folic acid for Folate Deficiency User Reviews

Brand names: Folvite, Folacin-800, FaLessa, FA-8

Folic acid has an average rating of 4.2 out of 10 from a total of 4 reviews for the treatment of Folate Deficiency. 25% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 25% reported a negative experience.

Folic acid rating summary

4.2/10 average rating

4 ratings from 5 user reviews.

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RjoyD
Taken for 1 to 6 months
May 4, 2017

"I have some genetic defects pertaining to folate and I read people have had some success with methyfolate so I thought it might help with some of my issues (Depression/anxiety/ADD-PI ). I tried it as a individual vitamin and it made my brain fog worse, and I developed a feeling of being somewhere between tired/fatigued and agitated. I tried lowering the dose but it didn't help. However, for some reason, I have no issues with it intertwined with other vitamins/minerals in a whole food multivitamin....it seems very strange to me, but whatever works."

8 / 10

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Seeker
Taken for 1 to 6 months
December 16, 2017

"Over the counter folic acid can sometimes make depression, related to common folate abnormalities, worse!! Or do nothing at all. Usually, Deplin or another prescription folate is required. ---Insurance companies still won't pay for the prescription versions, saying that over the counter is basically the same!?----It is not. This needs to change!! The non-prescription folic acid CAN be helpful for pregnant women. ---It is useless for my condition as my body can't convert it into what I need."

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Cfano
February 27, 2021

"I’m taking folic acid for over 5 years. I realize I have problem sometimes falling asleep, woke up on the middle of the morning can’t go back to sleep. It doesn’t help me at all. After doing my research on it I realize I have to stop taking it for my health."

4 / 10

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Frequently asked questions

painful
Taken for less than 1 month
July 6, 2022

"I took it once before and had a reaction to it but could not remember what it was. I recently was given folic acid again and now I remember. I have osteoarthritis and it made my bones so painful, I was in agony. So again I rejected it. I cannot eat the things that contain folic acid as they interact with the medication I already take"

1 / 10

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Yellow...
January 19, 2020

"I take this med what it does to me is I have trouble sleeping at night I have restless nights"

4 / 10

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26 Report

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