What supplements do you take? I take a multivitamin and vitamin D.

[applegrove]

[emilyg]

1. Vit D, coq10

[Tallulah]

2. I take a few

Woman's multi vitamin

magnesium

Mega Red

[REP]

3. 50,000IU Vit D weekly + 4,000IU Vit D daily (Rx for hypoparathyrodism)

Huge amounts of B complex
Huge amounts of C
400 IU E
Chromium picolinate

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. is the high dose of vitamin D in conjunction with the hormone medication

or a replacement value for levothyroxine?

[REP]

8. HypoPARAthyroidism, not hypothyroidism

Different gland! My deficiency is caused by kidney failure and is not helped by me being literally allergic to sunlight.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. ok, thanks for the clarification. yes, different gland. sorry n/t

[REP]

10. No prob! My thing isn't real common; my weekly Vit D is Rx-only!

Kidney failure gets you great parking, but it's a HUGE pain (literally!) otherwise. :hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. I thought such a high dosage would have to be prescribed --

find all this interesting as I have hypothyroid and had a kidney removed at the age of 2 due to congenital issues. Makes me wonder. :pals:

[femmocrat]

4. Calcium, iron, and a multi-vitamin.

The dr. prescribed Vit. D awhile ago, but then he said I didn't need it anymore. No idea.

[bif]

5. Fish oil, vitamin E, multi, iron, vitamin C.

And sometimes calcium. But only a couple times a week. I'm an airhead and forget to take them more often.

[meegbear]

6. Ahem ... (clears throat) ...

Multi Vitamin
CoQ10
Vitamin C
Vitamin E
Garlic
Zinc
Acidophilus
Silica

Morning: Tribulus
Evening: ZMA (Zinc Monomethionine Aspartate, Magnesium Aspartate and Vitamin B-6)

[Kali]

13. curious

why silica?

[meegbear]

15. For my skin ...

read online it's good for hair, nails and skin. I had some blemishes and figured I'd try it. Not much on the blemishes, but my nails seemed to be stronger. Also, I am a seasonal indoor tanner, level 1 booths, and my tan seems darker and has been staying longer (I stopped going almost 3 weeks ago and parts normally covered by clothes are still dark.

[RebelOne]

12. Biotiin, Vitamin B-12, CO Q10, Bone Meal and Vitamin E n/t

[Kali]

14. a store brand multi and 1000 C

I would take more but too broke.

CoQ10 or whatever it is, for heart and the glucosimide/chondroitin (spell?) for joints

those are pricey

I try to take zinc during cold season and have used St Johns Wort before but it makes my eyes a little photosensitive.

[pitohui]

16. none these days

vit c does nothing and the rest seem like there's always some study that proves it was actively harmful, after they discovered that zinc (given to improve brain function) INCREASED your risk of alzheimer's, i officially gave up

if you need vit d, go outside (absent some reasonable excuse like allergy to the sun, skin cancer, etc.)

as for the rest, it seems like the chance of taking some rare chinese contaminant like melamime wipes out any good you may have done, so you may as well save your $$$

if you have a b12 deficiency, it's nothing to screw around with, you should be getting the injections by RX, the brain function you lose is NOT regained so this is not something to just speculate about ('oh i'm getting a bit silly better take some b12'-- FIND OUT if you have pernicious anemia and get the injections because it is not well absorbed, in fact a lot of supplements are not well absorbed)