To ask what vitamins/ supplements you take?

[Hollipopsmum]

I am approaching my mid 40s and wondering if I should be changing what I take. Have had multivitamins for as long as I can remember and added iron after being anemic following dd1. Recently added in calcium supplements after a stint on MyFitnessPal uncovered I was seriously lacking in it in my diet. Can I ask your rough age & what you take! Ty

43 I take a high strength multi vit. Fish oil for my skin and high strength 1000mg vitamin c for my immune system.
Haven't had a cold for 4 years.

I've just started taking magnesium and B complex but that was more do with trying to combat peri menopausal symptoms and a sudden onset of awful anxiety! It's been a month and I do actually feel a bit better thank god

oh I'm 42 by the way

I take vit d3 2400iui as my orthopaedic surgeon told me I should but that’s it. I am 42 and I do have hip and knee issues

I take a general multivitamin, 500mg vitamin C, and a vitamin K supplement after a serious bruising incident a couple of months ago.

I intended to be taking a multivit+minerals as I know I don't get enough iron, but the multivit I have now is a chewable sweetie one and I hate the taste/smell of normal ones

I’m 37, I take omega 3 (helps my poor short term memory and dry skin), vitamin D (I was deficient for a while and felt dreadful), a multivitamin and then magnesium at night (helps with my PMS symptoms and helps me sleep).

I take various supplements from the middle of September until the end of April. In the summer, I don't take any.

I'm currently taking these daily.
Multivitamins for over-50s

St John's Wort

Omega 3 with antioxidants

Calcium & Magnesium

None, because I eat a healthy diet.
Although living as far north as I do, I could probably make a reasonable case for taking vit D during the winter months.

Like Babdoc we have a healthy balanced diet, so don't take anything except Vit D in the winter months. (I'm 43)

Early 50's. High strength Vit D, COD liver oil and vit C. Eat and drink too much though.

I too was of the opinion that you didn't need any supplements if you ate a healthy, varied, balanced diet (I'm pescatarian, but eat loads of eggs, green leafy vegetables etc). So imagine my surprise when I went to the doctor with fatigue, hair loss and perimenopausal symptoms to discover that I was iron deficient, and pretty low in magnesium , too. So, yes, I'm taking iron and magnesium now .

OP, you could get a blood test, to see if you're deficient in anything? Given that you were anaemic, I think it would be worthwhile to see if your iron levels are OK now.

Thanks for the replies. Those of you who only take supplements in winter why is that? Vitamin D or more fresh fruit/ vegetables or something else? And also (excuse my ignorance) what does magnesium do?

1000iu vitamin d3 and 375mg magnesium.
both recommended by dr after I had 2 broken bones in one year.
my calcium intake is good, so don't need it.

I take iron and vitamin D, I also have a magnesium spray. I got diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and quite frankly I cannot be arsed having it so I take these supplements to prevent the symptoms. And honestly I feel great on them!
Magnesium helps with so many different things from aches and pains, headaches to memory loss. It's a massive thing that nobody can actually diagnose as having a deficiency as we store it in our bones. However a lot more people are deficient in it than first thought.

Oh and I'm 32

im 37 on st johns wart,bassetts multi vitamins and pre conception tablets as im ttc

Maybe try the Wellwoman ones? They have quite a lot in them and cover all the bases! I've used them previously but they're a bit expensive.

I now use a bog standard supermarket brand multi vit and take 2 a day.

I take so many supplements it's ridiculous. I have a chronic health condition though.

Vit d with k2
Magnesium malate
B complex
Lots of iron plus dessicated liver tablets
Vitamin c
Fish oil
Psyllium husks
Selenium

Last week there was another article in New Scientist discussing supplements.

For people without a diagnosed deficiency eating a reasonable western diet taking supplements was associated with an increased risk of death from all causes. The exceptions were a vitamin D supplement for most people, particularly darker skinned in northern latitudes and under 5s, and iron for young/menstruating women who may be anaemic.

Ditch the supplements unless on the advice of a (proper) doctor.

I take vit d, live in Scotland so can’t get it naturally in winter.

@tor8181 does your bassets multivitamin have vitamin A in it? I'm planning on ttc next year and have been advised by my friend who is a midwife to stop taking my general multivitamin because it has vitamin A in it and apparently too much can be harmful when you're pregnant.

Is that causation or correlation though, domestic anarchist? As in, perhaps people who already feel unwell are more likely to take supplements?

I'm 46.
I take vitamin D. Love in a very wet, grey part of Yorkshire.
High strength probiotics as I have IBS. Haven't had a stomach bug in over 10 years even when everyone else is ill.
Also take iron supplement as I'm anaemic.
I eat loads of veg and plenty of calcium too and get maybe one cold every 2 years

If you're already having a multi vitamin every day, why do you want to take more?You sound like you are looking for a problem to fix.

I'm early 50s taking iron (which comes with vit C) and folic acid (which comes with vit D) following a routine blood test at the GP's which showed my levels were low. The vit C helps with the iron absorption and, as I'm a sun-avoiding pale person in the North, the vit D is probably a good idea.

I don't feel any different for taking them.