[BastetsMuse]

About a month ago, I was at my wit's end about the protracted depression (broken by little hypomanias due to lack of sleep) that I've been in for over a year. My psychiatrist told me about research that indicated that 70% of people on antidepressants need extra iron because these people don't process iron properly in their bodies.

It's a prescription food supplement in the USA, available for $25/month from Wal-Mart, so I started taking it. I went through all of the usual ramping from depression to good mood that you'd expect, and for the past three days I've actually felt GOOD for the first time in a very long time.

I wanted to share that l-methyl-folate is a relatively inexpensive add-on to an anti-depressant, and as it's currently a prescription food supplement, is safe as anything we patients are likely to be prescribed.

It's working for me so far. What else could I want?

Doc tried Deplin for me and it didn't do a thing. From what I read, it can be helpful for people who have this particular folate issue, but if you don't, it doesn't have much impact.