Good morning all!

I have a question about Folic Acid. I have been seeing a chiropractor cum kinesiologist who has been working with me on nutritional issues.

Each time I go (every two to three weeks) he has prescribed me another nutritional supplement (one at a time). In December, as I think I have already mentioned in another post, the one that helped my debilitating fatigue immensely was the shark liver oil with squalene. Even though I have finished this now - (apart from a period of fatigue last week probably due to running out of thyroid meds) the fatigue seems to have maintained some equilibrium. I will consider having another course of it if the fatigue comes back with a vengance.

A few other things that he has introduced have not produced any major or noticeable improvements with my PN such as Lecithen, Yellow Dock and Thorne brand B complex Vit #1 (still taking this one).

However last week when I went he prescribed me Thorne brand Folacal which has Folate (Folinic Acid from Calcium Folinate) 800mcg. Maybe I am being premature but I started this last Tuesday and by Friday I noticed that my fasciculations which had been several hundred per day (possibly even a thousand per day) had reduced dramatically. Over the weekend this trend has continued and although I am still feeling the odd cluster I feel like it's a dramatic decrease.

Why is it so?

I have also been taking Vit B12 methycobalamin since October/November and noticed nothing dramatic.

When I had a Folate test done last August the level was 1,575 nmol/L (ref range > 630) and the Vit B12 was 265 pmol/L (ref range 150 - 700). So I wouldn't have thought that the Folate level was that low at that time. Or do you think that now by taking BOTH Folic Acid with the Vit B12 (and possibly even the B complex #1) there is a synergistic effect happening?

Any thoughts would be appreciated!