Posted by Racer on December 25, 2007, at 0:20:32
In reply to Don't notice a difference with deplin, posted by star008 on December 22, 2007, at 21:28:51
Deplin is one of the new "medical food" products. They're available only by prescription, and although they're based on naturally occurring nutrients, they're in a synthesized form created in a lab. So, are they a medicine? Or a supplement? It doesn't much matter what you call them, but since they're prescription only, let's call them medications...
My understanding is that Deplin is useful as an adjunctive agent with conventional antidepressants, rather than an antidepressant agent in its own right. As such, I think I'd expect it to take a bit of time to show its effects.
For what it's worth, I take a different methylfolate-containing medical food called Metan-X. I can't tell you if it helps or not, but I still take it. Maybe it is helping, and it's apparently a good deal cheaper than Deplin, so I can't see any reason to stop it.
Good luck.
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