What vitamins and supplements do you take, and do they help?

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I'm interested in what vitamins and supplements people are taking as I am keen to medicalise myself to better health.....

I currently take a multi vit with iron daily, and an extra iron tablet 2x a week for chronic low iron with an extra vitamin c tablet. A daily menopause vitamin which is probably the same as the multivitamin... Turmeric capsule daily for anti-inflammatory benefits, vegan collagen (am vegetarian) to hold back the ravages of time and glucosamine for my ancient bones.

I used to drink apple cider vinegar with the mother for unknown reasons but keep forgetting and now can't find the bottle.

I've a friend who takes beetroot tablets for weight loss.

I have a pharmacist friend who scoffs at all this as well but even if it's all a placebo it's working??!

What do you take and why. And is it working?? Or all in our heads......

My husband takes a few supplements every day, and i think it’s a waste of money.
He reckons they help.

Multivitamin and Vitamin C. Vitamin C definitely helps. I forgot last week and now I have mouth ulcers.

Vitamin D for lack of sun, boots or supermarket multi vitamin and floradix iron tablets. Vitamin c and zinc, fizzy at first sign of cold/flu. A chemist recommended the latter to me, it works.

I always eat an orange in the evenings, no idea if it helps but I hope so, plus it has fibre I think.

Vitamin D
Turmeric
Magnesium (I'd swear I'm sleeping better)

You should have a blood test and only take supplements advised by your GP.

Oil of evening primrose with starflower. Keeps my PMS under control and makes me feel happier. I have been taking it daily for about 10 years. I tried to come off it 3 times and the change in my mood was too much.

Iron Bisglycinate, Vit C, Vit D, Vit B12, Magnesium. Had blood tests that showed I was deficient in all.

Just vitamin d

Iron supps, methylfolate and VitD. Was previously low in all.

Had a battery of blood tests done last year which showed I was low in Vit D & B12.

After loading doses of the latter, I take a chewable B12 supplement that makes me feel more energetic (plus my hair and nails look great) and a monthly Vit D pill. I'm not great with swallowing pills, but those seem manageable.

Magnesium every night has transformed my sleep - took a few months and it’s amazing

CoQ10 to help fight the statin side effects

Riboflavin daily has stopped my migraines for the first time in my life

Omega 3 6 9 daily
Magnesium and Zinc daily in the morning.
Lysine for cold sore prevention
Vit C but not daily
B vitamin complex daily
Biotin daily and it does help
Lions mane capsules which are great.
A vit D spray

Yes, I do think they help, x

Omega 3
Magnesium
Multi vitamin
Vit D
Collagen
Glucosamine and condroitin
Calcium

HRT

Creatine
vit d with k
tumeric - really noticeable achey joint if I don’t
omega 3 & 6
lions mane
b12
a general multi
magnesium at night

Vitamin D during winter, B12 as low, and magnesium. I see Vitamin C is popular but I try and have a glass of orange juice every morning for this.

I take the NuMind menopause supplements and last year they took me from really struggling with peri brain fog / tiredness to feeling like myself within 6 weeks. Genuinely changed my life.

I also take Iron as I’m borderline anaemic and HRT patches.

in the cupboard I have high strength vit c and zinc that I take any time I feel under the weather.

But I’m 50 and it depends on age / need

Probiotic with vitamin d and zinc. Vitamin c and d supplement. Sometimes iron but I’m a bit inconsistent with this. I’ve just added fish oil which I find hard to tolerate

This sounds much more delicious than a tablet!

I agree with both of you 😂

I have read that magnesium give you bad dreams? Have you noticed anything?

Which probiotic are you taking?

What's the condroitin for? Never heard of it!

Not at all.

Ive been thinking of adding lions mane, are you noticing an effect?