7. Folic acid is the most common deficiency found in Manic Depression.
It enhances lithium use. Low levels of folate occur in both manic and depressive states. Deplin was so helpful for me. I take 15 mg. once daily (available by prescription).

Deplin is a concentrated form of folate (called a "food med") that can cross the blood-brain barrier. Some people are born without the enzymes necessary to convert folic acid into folate, a form which the brain can use.

I asked my doctor about deplin and he told me that it was just another brand of folate and that I could get the same thing at a vitamin shop. From what I read on the website it is quite different from the regular vitamin store folate so I don't know why he was so quick to dismiss it. Do you think if I got regular folate it would do the same job?