What Supplements Do You Take?

[VikVikViktorious]

I feel like I need to do more than just zoloft and weekly therapy. My brain is craving something, I just don't know what that something is.

What works for you?

 

[Friday]

It depends on what my diet is lacking, where I'm living (climate, mostly, but other things like how oxygen rich or thin the air is; just one example amongst many is the more o2 rich the air, the more citrus/vitC is needed to neutralize the free radicals in oxygen), what my exercise & activity level is (am I repairing muscle, draining the calcium bank in my bones? What stresses am I asking of my body? This also includes how many hours a day I'm spending in muscle shaking panic attacks, need to treat those like long distance running if Indont want my potassium & other electrolytes totally out of balance, and suffering from totally unnecessary fatigue), what health issues I have going on (pain, for example, ups my sugar intake for my brains poor beleaguered 4th ventricle ;), while illness ups my fat intake in order to build more antibodies), how much water fat I'm carrying, what medications I'm on (and looking up what those affect)... A whole bunch of stuff :)

You can get professional medical nutritionists software from most colleges/universities (it's core coursework for the degree)... That allows you to input all that data (don't fib) along with a whole lot of other info... To find out what your ideal intake as far as nutrients is, and where you're lacking given your actual diet. It's not cheap, at about $100-$200, but that's less than you'd pay to meet with a nutritionist to have them input the same data into the same program... And you can use it for years :D Just using a program, clearly, doesn't give one the same expertise as someone who has a 4 year or 7 year degree in the subject... But it will give you a lot more information than a single 30 minute appointment with an expert would! <grin> And besides... Once you've got that data entered yourself? You can take it to that appointment, and use the extra 25 minutes to wring their brain out like a sponge :sneaky:

 

[Crow]

For me a b-complex w 2 types of b12, b6, and methylfolate has made all the difference. Also take Niacinamide and chelated magnesium. Every now and then I throw in E. And when I remember I take a premium probiotic.

 

[EveHarrington]

Vitamins B, C, D
Magnesium
Zinc
Probiotics
And a whole slew of stuff that helps with digestion
There's other stuff but right now I'm on so much that it's hard to tell what they all do! Sort of by design as my abdominal pain was so bad that I wasn't going to add things in one by one.

 

[Crow]

Oh and I'm starting curcurim this week.

 

[Panda Bear]

B-complex and chelated magnesium are daily.

My electrolytes and potassium are often way off kilter. I use an electrolyte drink to balance that out which is driven by my meds....I think. I use a mix that doesn't have sugars, colors or garbage that makes matters worse. Actually, I think I struggle with potassium and electrolyte imbalance normally and meds have complicated matters.

 

[nlittle1011]

I feel like I need to do more than just zoloft and weekly therapy. My brain is craving somethi...

I take a multivitamin, B100, and iron (for anemia)

 

[Eagle3]

I take:
Vitamin D (20,000 iu)
Vitamin K complex (higher in k2, helps balance out the D)
Co-Q-10 (100mg)
Raw B-Complex
Magnesium/Potassium Aspartate
Ginger as needed for balance and nausea
Raw turmeric root with coconut oil and black pepper (best eaten with a berry)
Apple Cider Vinegar as needed for probiotic

 

[KayJ92]

Regular women's daily multi-vitamin & multi-mineral supplement (also has probiotics in it) and Sugar bear hair vitamins (trying to grow my hair out, lol)