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Hi everyone.
Looking for some help, I have low folate levels (4.2 so not under the range which is 3.9-26.8 but can see it's been dropping over the years from previous results). I've just started taking Thorne's 1mg (how do I know what dose to take?) methylfolate, and I wondered do I need to be on a B complex too? I'm B12 deficient so get monthly B12 injections, pretty sure this might be why my folate has dropped. (Tried more frequent B12 injections with no more real improvement).
Problem is all the B complex's I've seen seem to have folic acid in them which obviously I don't need if I'm on the methylfolate? Confused. Any help would be appreciated, thank you.
Also I read you also shouldn't take methylfolate long term? So I will try to get retested in a couple of months of being on it.
Thanks in advance.
Looking for some help, I have low folate levels (4.2 so not under the range which is 3.9-26.8 but can see it's been dropping over the years from previous results). I've just started taking Thorne's 1mg (how do I know what dose to take?) methylfolate, and I wondered do I need to be on a B complex too? I'm B12 deficient so get monthly B12 injections, pretty sure this might be why my folate has dropped. (Tried more frequent B12 injections with no more real improvement).
Problem is all the B complex's I've seen seem to have folic acid in them which obviously I don't need if I'm on the methylfolate? Confused. Any help would be appreciated, thank you.
Also I read you also shouldn't take methylfolate long term? So I will try to get retested in a couple of months of being on it.
Thanks in advance.