Posted by bleauberry on October 27, 2008, at 18:59:35
In reply to Antidepressants and vitamin supplements, posted by lymom3 on October 20, 2008, at 21:47:39
The forum member here named Lao Tzu has the best strategy, in my opinion. I have seen a few doctors recommend the same approach. That is, try only one vitamin at a time to see what it does. Some people, as just one example, find they like a B6, or a B12, or a thiamine, or a niacinimide, or a niacin, or whatever, but they don't like folic acid, or they don't like the B complex with all of them together. Same with C, E, and D. Try them one at a time. Keep the ones that agree with you or feel neutral, eliminate the ones that don't feel right.
There might be one or two vitamins in your mix that hit your genetics perfectly, but they are being drowned out by the bad effects from the ones hitting your genetics the wrong way. We are all different. Just because practically everyone says take B complex doesn't mean a thing. Your body needs something, but you'll never know what it is unless you try things one at a time.
It is more costly that way obviously, but far more effective at learning about your own chemistry, what helps, what doesn't. When vitamins are all mixed together, there is no way to know what is doing what.
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