Busson
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I suspect I am experiencing a folate trap.
(a) I've been taking a 3mg methylfolate for a year and felt very ill throughout. Occasionally I would also take folic acid in my multivitamin. I usually got a good but short-lived response after taking folate.
(b) Recently I stopped taking all folate supplements and felt very much better after a week although far from healed.
If I do still have trapped folate then how do I break the trap?
I increased my B12 by using frequent injections, which should help convey methyl groups away from the folate cycle.
I've seen Freddd's recommendation to break a folate trap by taking huge amounts of methyl folate, however I don't feel comfortable with attempting that.
Are there other ways? Will trapped folate disspate in time (what period?) if I don't take more methyl folate or folic acid?
(a) I've been taking a 3mg methylfolate for a year and felt very ill throughout. Occasionally I would also take folic acid in my multivitamin. I usually got a good but short-lived response after taking folate.
(b) Recently I stopped taking all folate supplements and felt very much better after a week although far from healed.
If I do still have trapped folate then how do I break the trap?
I increased my B12 by using frequent injections, which should help convey methyl groups away from the folate cycle.
I've seen Freddd's recommendation to break a folate trap by taking huge amounts of methyl folate, however I don't feel comfortable with attempting that.
Are there other ways? Will trapped folate disspate in time (what period?) if I don't take more methyl folate or folic acid?
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