L-Methyl Folate?

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Placebo effect is a powerful thing.

There is actually research that suggests this is true - see these studies:

Lower brain levels of vitamin B12 in schizophrenia, Supplementation May be Needed

Recent findings indicated vitamin B12 levels in the brain decrease with aging and are lower in individuals with autism or schizophrenia, compared with age-matched healthy controls. To our knowledge, this is the first report of pathologically reduced levels of active B12 in autistic and schizophrenic brain. Although the number of brain samples analyzed was limited, our findings highlight a possible role for vitamin B12-dependent methylation reactions in brain function and in the etiology of neurological disorders. “These are particularly significant findings because the differences we found in brain B12 with aging, autism and schizophrenia are not seen in the blood, which is where B12 …

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L-methylfolate Shows Promise Against Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia

http://www.schizophreniaforum.org/news/l-methylfolate-shows-promise-against-negative-symptoms-schizophrenia Supplementation with l-methylfolate (l-MF), the active form of folate, may help reduce negative symptoms in schizophrenia, according to a new randomized, double-blind trial published online March 14 in Molecular Psychiatry. The study was spearheaded by Donald Goff, now at the New York University School of Medicine and Nathan Kline Institute, and led by Joshua Roffman of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.