Re: Sue - Vitamins by brand name

[Guest guest]

Sue,

wow - can I ask - what does all of this look like in real life? That sure is

worded badly - what I mean is - what does all this mean in terms of - how

many pills, how big are they , how " much " other stuff? Volume wise? I find

it so hard to get down all the pills I take in a day AND manage to throw in

some food occasionally, but it " sounds " like you take more (size wise) than

I even would have space available for over the course of one day without

food - but I'm thinking maybe it doesn't " boil down " to so much in reality.

I'm not going to say what I take ( I am in enough trouble with

already - she seems to disapprove of my new calcium treatment <g> - sorry

private joke - but I couldn't resist ) but I really wonder what

yours would be like in comparison (I take Tylenol, synthroid and used to

take centrum forte - these seem like standard " pill " sizes I could relate

to - when trying to " describe the size " of the different things)

Thanks

Very curious

Tracey

[Guest guest]

>Sue,

>wow - can I ask - what does all of this look like in real

life? That sure is worded badly - what I mean is - what does

all this mean in terms of - how many pills, how big are they

, how " much " other stuff? Volume wise?

>>>>>

I am a creature of habit, I like structure and routine so

for me this is easy. I have like 14 bottles of vitamins and

each morning I simply pair them up - the B's with the

magnesium, the C with the iron, etc. etc. and drop those

pills into a pill container that has 4 compartments. I

carry that container with me and plop it on my desk and

hopefully notice it 2-3 times during the day.

none of the pills are big - a capsule like a tylenol is as

big as the dry E is and it's the biggest. most of the time

I am taking just 3 pills, one time 5. [it is more right now

as I am doubling some doses to prepare for my T.T.]

and up until about April I didn't take a lot of the single

supplements - I had emergency surgery in Feb. and couldn't

seem to regain energy even after 8 weeks so that was when I

added the zinc, biotin, B's, magnesium, etc. before that I

was taking a multi, lots of calcium, milk thistle and

synthroid.

once I added the vitamins it made a huge difference in

recovery and overall health and I wouldn't stop it for

anything now.

I usually take the pills after I eat - mornings I have a

protein drink and then take my iron and C and B12. later I

have a piece of fruit and take my B's and magnesium and

Biotin. after lunch I start on the calcium, A, D, boron and

ipriflavone. after dinner I do more calcium and boron.

after my night time protein drink I do the multi, zinc and

E.

it's just a pattern now, but it made such a big difference

overall. my job is very stressful, dealing with the

administration of a 550,000$ non-profit, supervising 20

staff and dealing with clients who are constantly in crisis.

the worst is when a client is killed by her abuser and all

the other clients and staff are affected. this happens

every couple of months - our program has had 9 deaths in

just two years.

anyhow, I need those vitamins in a big way to keep

functioning. not to mention I have two teenagers and all

the other household things we all deal with.

I guess it's a matter of priority and responsibility whether

you take your vitamins or not - the more stressed out and

crappy you feel the harder it is to take them though.

sue