Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => Alternative Therapies => Topic started by: daisysareyellow on July 12, 2017, 02:40:22 AM
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I started taking an iron/vitamin c supplement during my last period because it was so heavy. Now that my period is over, I will discontinue it. However, I still take the following daily and have done so for the last few years:
1 x Multi Vitamin
1 x Vitamin D
1 x Calcium
What do others take on a daily basis?
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Dr told me only to take Calcium with vit D as I cannot take dairy produce. If taking plenty dairy I doubt you would need to take Calcium supplement. I take probiotic in capsule form. I also take omega oil capsules as we don't eat as much fish as I'd like. Hubby isn't terribly keen on fish. I love fish!
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I take probiotics by choice, for my digestion, Vitamin D3 as suggested by my endocrinologist with a multivitamin that contains the vitamin K needed with D3. I also take Glucosamine/chondroitin and a magnesium supplement by choice.
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A pro biotic
Vit D spray as prescribed
Magnesium spray.
Multi Vit
Mrs Brown
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I can hear you all rattling from here ::)
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Watch the magnesium, it can cause loose bowels :-X
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Not using a spray it can't.....hence me using a spray.
Do you not take anything CLKD. That surprised me as I know you struggle with food on occasions and thought you might supplement in some way.
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Nope. Because I forget to take it and as an emitophobe ........ swallowing can be difficult. I used hi-dose Magnesium in the 1980s when I had a persistent cough following a virus: about 8 of us had it: and I mean persistent - 3-4 months continuous. The Magnesium relaxed the cough reflux and after 5-6 days, the cough had gone. The bowels however :o ::)
What would I need to take? We eat healthy freshly cooked foods. When I am able to eat I have fads, I can go for food stuffs for days then go off them ::) so we have to be one step ahead as to what I might fancy! So we have stand-bys ........ I've never required any supplements even when I had very heavy bleeds, month after month after ....... I never became anaemic.
Nerves or lots of fruit get my bowels 'going' :o
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Maybe just a good multi Vit. Some fish oil and Vit D as most of us are deficient in that in this country.
Just a thought CLKD .
Dynamite Sparkle..... ;D ;D
Only if it didn't upset your tummy.
Have you tried Fybogel. It's very gentle.
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Funny that Fybogel can suit both D and C types of IBS.
Never figured that one out
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Well it's supposed to. Mind you I'm the queen of the miracle cure that lasts...if I'm lucky a whole week... ;D
I always have some in though....I could start a small chemist all on my own. ::)
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Magnesium! Oh boy! Prior to seeing a neurologist for my menstrual migraines in 2009, I tried everything for my migraines. One thing that was always being touted was mega doses of magnesium! So I was pretty desperate at this point and the chemist persuaded me to buy the powder form to mix into orange juice. I lasted about a week on magnesium. This stuff causes the worst diarrhea I have ever encountered. Long story short, I eventually was prescribed Topamax by a neurologist and I stayed on that for 5 years until some pretty nasty side effects set in. Now I take Relpax as needed.
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Fybogel :sick02: - I by-pass the middle woman, open the packets and pour into our compost :D
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:rofl: ....... we've had good raspberries and white currants so far this year ;)
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:D ...........