Which vitamins do you think have made a difference for you?

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If you take vitamin supplements have you noticed a difference in how you feel?

Clean marine krill oil (omegas and rosehip oil) supplements for me. Noticed a clear difference in mood (pms) intensity of period pains and sorry, TMI, but javelin ass occurance.

Vit D
Vit B complex
Vit C
Glucosamine

I definitely notice my joints creaking less which I put down to the glucosamine. The Vit D I take because I think I should and the B vits are because I like a drink.

1 Multivitamin capsule
1 high dose iron capsule
1 high dose magnesium capsule
And a high dose vitamin D capsule a day
I pay around £60 a month for supplements

I take loads of supplements, but the main ones I would recomend for general use are:
Vit B Complex (wholefood) - energising, so take in the morning
Fish Oils
Magnesium (Magnesium threonate is excellent for mood) and Epsom salts baths

I have been much healthier and had fewer illnesses since I stated taking vitamin D

L-lysine, I got really really bad coldsores, top and bottom lip covered, several times a year. At least 3 cold sores a month, and not just on my mouth, around my nose and eyes.

Got really bad with mask wearing during covid. Started taking L-lysine the frequency has dropped considerably. I still get them but only every couple of months now and only one at a time.

Not sure if anyone else has recommend this but I take active iron, very gentle on the stomach and can be taken on an empty stomach

May I ask where you get your Magnesium from please?

@TomatoSandwiches - usually from Amazon :-) I buy large tubs of Epsom Salts which lasts ages, and whatever cheapest Magnesium Threonate at the time. I like Time Health Supplements in general as they are excellent quality. Hope this helps (Threonate is expensive but it does wonders for my peri-menopausal state and is life changing for my adult son who has Aspergers).

I take quite a lot of vitamins, plus calcium, zinc, magnesium and iron

I havent noticed anything improving, this will be the 4th month

My nails are very ridged in both directions and I thought that might change having taken supplements

I take the bassets chewy pomegranate and raspberry ones...no idea if they are doing anything but they taste really nice!

Magnesium Oxide for hormonal headaches

Vid D = 5000 iu per day
Vit K2
Magnesium
L-Lysine
Chaga

Please can I ask what is possibly a stupid question to the vitamin experts on this thread - is a daily multivitamin enough to deal with eg low iron and low vitamin d? I have started taking one because I feel exhausted all the time, but dunno if I should be more precise?

Which magnesium should I be taking for improved sleep?

Vit D. It's the only vitamin i've actually noticed a difference taking. If i forget for a few weeks my joints are sore and stiff and my hands don't grip properly, start taking again and it goes away.

Vitamin D on GPS advice after some blood tests. First winter I've ever not felt exhausted the whole time. GP says everyone in Scotland should be on it.

silica for string nails

Thank you so much x

Vital Proteins collagen peptides. Recommend on another thread and the difference it has made to my hair and nails is amazing

Vitamin D cured my winter depression.
Vitamin C and Zinc sometimes seem to help with cold symptoms/duration.
Iron when I was actually anaemic after giving birth but I don't take it regularly.

Vit D - more cheerful is the perfect way of describing the difference. If I start feeling a bit glum I invariably realise I've forgotten to take it for a few days. I take 4000 IU from about October to April and no longer feel angry and claustrophobic in January.

Vitamin D
I've found magnesium has been amazing with improving my sleep.

This! I sometimes feel guilty that they don’t feel like they are proper grown up vitamins, but because they taste good I actually remember to take them. Compliance is the biggest issue with supplements (where people buy them with good intentions, but then they just sit unused in the cupboard).

I take a vitamin D spray at the same time too. I echo what others have said. It really helps with bone and joint pain. I had to have a blood test recently for a mystery illness and the Dr exclaimed that my vitamin D levels were where they should be “unlike almost everyone else in Scotland” 😅

@Casilero What is the tea please?