Vitamin suggestions please

[frankiefirstyear]

Can anyone recommend any vitamin/supplement that are very small in size as I have issues swallowing tablets/capsules. Mini pill size are ok and allergy tablet size also fine.
Any suggestions gratefully received

Should have been clear - these are for menopause (peri-menopause)

You should be taking a probiotic and multi magnesium for menopause. A vitamin d spray will help too.

look at optibac for probiotic and https://amzn.eu/d/d9dAODF this for the magnesium. I find these a lot smaller than most capsules.

You don't really need any vitamins if you have a healthy diet. Any excess is just excreted in your wee so it's literally money down the drain.
The only exception is Vit D- see NHS guidance.

Do you have menopause symptoms that are troubling you?
If you are under 45, medical advice is HRT to at least early 50s to prevent bone loss and heart disease in the future.

Drs suggest lifestyle changes first - exercise, healthy eating, no/little alcohol etc.

If they don't help enough, you might want to think about HRT or some herbal supplements that may help hot flushes (but no real evidence they do.)

Have you seen a dr about your symptoms?

Watching with interest
I take a multi vitamin, probiotic and turmeric and flaxseed for joints and magnesium at night. No idea if it's all necessary or makes any difference though....

I was thinking about starting a thread on this myself so appreciate this one.

I wish someone would just tell us what might be beneficial to take. You do a Google search and have to wade through the articles that are really ads for supplement brands and you don’t know where you are.

Main peri symptoms seem to be interrupted sleep, hair loss and period madness. Currently taking chelated magnesium for sleep and a vitamin B complex, plus a D3.

Ah so crap hair is another joy. I just put a post up on that. My bloody eyelashes are disappearing too

I take the menopause powder from Equi London and feel a lot better for it.

Sorry for abandoning this thread! I blame it on memory fog - yet another symptom of peri/menopause in my case 😑

After some invasive procedure and healing time I'm now on the HRT patches (2 weeks on evoral50, 2 weeks on evoral conti) so will see how these go 🤞

One of my main concerns atm is I'm feeling a worrying lack of ability to continue with my physical job - farming. My knees and hips ache and by the end of my 6 hour day I struggle to then continue into single mother mode.

I pledge to do some real research into my issues and the best course of action to deal with these on a limited budget and timescale.

I will also look up the benefits of the powder a pp has mentioned- thanks for that.

For joints you need a good quality omega 3. The capsules are large, so you might need to look for a liquid product, if it exists.

Also thank you for the other recommendations I will thoroughly list today, pen and paper at the ready ❤️

Sardines for joint issues…well the vet swore by it for our old dog, so thought I’d try it too….seems to help.

sage tea….home made.

I have taken a well woman supplement which seems to cover all bases. I have previously struggled with B Vitamin deficiency which can cause problems with energy levels and mood so taking these supplements helps with this a lot.

My menopause consultant is very much anti supplements.
They do believe in Vit D but that's about it.

There was some research out last week (large study of over 400,000 people ) and the conclusions was (this was on fish oil supplement which are high in Omega 3) that in health people with no CVD they raise the risk of atrial fibrillation by 13% and stroke by 5%.

They appear to have value for people with existing /diagnosed CVD.

There are other sources of Omega 3 namely chia seeds, flax seeds etc, which they said was the better option compared to fish oils pills.