Anyone else have problems taking vitamins?

onehicchic
onehicchic Posts: 21
edited September 23 in Food and Nutrition
I always eat a full mean before I take them. It either makes me sick to my stomach, make my stomach hurt really bad or (SORRY) it makes me really constipated. I even asked the doc if there was something I could take that is not so hard on the stomach and he told me centrum. Well, that gave me a horrible stomach ache last night. I don't know what else is out there for someone who has a sensitive stomach.
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  • gdnplnty
    gdnplnty Posts: 167 Member
    My doc said take two chew-able Flintstones with iron and I will get everything that I need. They taste good, easy to take and easy on the stomach.
  • KeepOnMoving
    KeepOnMoving Posts: 383 Member
    I have the same problem. But I keep doing it. I started taking Align which is a probotic that helps with digestion.

    I guess there is always the chewable gummy vitamins my son takes. But may not get all of the iron, etc. a woman needs.

    I read in Consumer Reports that if you have a well balance diet, you may not really need vitamins. But who has time for perfection?
  • jlewis121186
    jlewis121186 Posts: 33
    i take the flintstones as well, no problems with those! and i take them before bed at night....

    gdnplnty- i LOVE my shimmy scarf for zumba :) made it myself!
  • kimwig
    kimwig Posts: 164
    I always eat a full mean before I take them. It either makes me sick to my stomach, make my stomach hurt really bad or (SORRY) it makes me really constipated. I even asked the doc if there was something I could take that is not so hard on the stomach and he told me centrum. Well, that gave me a horrible stomach ache last night. I don't know what else is out there for someone who has a sensitive stomach.

    What do you take, and have you tried to take an alternate, in case any of the binding agents etc that are used in the tablet are ones that you have a sensitivity to
  • gabnz
    gabnz Posts: 1
    Any Vitamin supplement with Iron in it, does the same thing to me.
    So i read the labels avidly to make sure, its not a ingriedient.
  • xarrium
    xarrium Posts: 432 Member
    You could try starting with kids vitamins and "working up" to adult ones... I hope you find something that works!
  • mrsblack1029
    mrsblack1029 Posts: 1
    I take the One a Day Vitacraves and I love them. I have never been good at taking vitamins when i am supposed to, and i dont like the way i feel if not taken right with a meal. I have been taking these for the last 3 weeks and have never missed a day, i actually look forward to taking them bc they taste so good!
  • orting514
    orting514 Posts: 153
    I guess i must have a sensitive stomach also cuz taking vitamins ALWAYS causes me stomach upset, and if i take it on an empty stomach, dry heaves. Flinstones chewables, humm i never would have thaught of that???
  • debbie78
    debbie78 Posts: 2
    I HAVE to eat before taking any vitamin. They make me VERY sick to my stomach if I don't. I would never take one on an empty stomach again after being so sick from it the one time I did.
  • KWright76
    KWright76 Posts: 72 Member
    When I would take my multi vitamin in the a.m it would make me sick to my stomach I started taking them in the pm like around 7-8:00 and I have not been sick to my stomach yet. I don't know why it is so diffrent from a.m and pm. Maybe try to take them in the evening. Hope this helps.
  • bikerbiz
    bikerbiz Posts: 179 Member
    One thing my doc said was, don't take the MV at the same time as any other meds--too many things can react with it. Space it out by a few hours, take with some food (nothing acidic), and a full cup of water. The children's chewable vitamins do have what most people need. It's the iron in women-specific MV that upsets the stomach, and can cause constipation.
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,350 Member
    I get headaches that are like a migraine in that they also make me sick to my stomach but if I take 2 exedrin and go to bed the headache goes away. I really don't feel like experimenting given the reaction so I do not know what part I am reacting to.
  • rose1617
    rose1617 Posts: 469 Member
    Be very careful with vitamins. If you eat clean, you don't need a multivitamin every day.
    I eat very clean. Started taking a multivitamin and was throwing up every morning. Turns out I was overdosing on a few vitamins/nutrients (Iron, Vitamin C, for two) and it was making me ill.
    This can be very dangerous, so make sure you are tracking those as well if you do take a supplement (multivitamin).
  • nrm01776
    nrm01776 Posts: 2 Member
    I used to have terrible stomach upset from taking vitamins ... and eventually stopped taking them altogether. Could never find the right time of day or missed taking them with my meal so was not taking them consistently.

    Recently found a multi-vitamin that I take first thing in the morning on an EMPTY stomach that works great. It's actually in powder form, then mixed with 2 oz. of water and you drink it ... and it actually tastes good! I now think of this as my morning "orange juice".

    You can order it on line http://bit.ly/16JfcD8.

    I also take the same brand of B-Complex and Vitamin D at the same time, along with the antioxidant.

    Finally, feel better than I have in years!!
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    I take a gummy adult vitamin that tastes good and has a gummy bear smell.

    I have a problem with the smell and taste of B vitamins, otherwise. After a couple of days, I'm gagging as soon as I open the bottle of regular adult vitamins. If iron is the problem and you need it, skip the iron in the vitamins and adjust your diet to get more.
  • doubglass
    doubglass Posts: 314 Member
    If you eat right you shouldn't need vitamin supplements unless there is something wrong with you or you are pregnant. Eat your veggies, fruits and nuts in variety and skip the vitamins.
  • Bekahmardis
    Bekahmardis Posts: 602 Member
    Gummy vitamins for the win!
  • mrloserpunk
    mrloserpunk Posts: 92 Member
    I tried taking a all in 1 for men vitamin. About 3 days into I, I experienced what I can only discribe as an acute bout of irratable bowel syndrome. Now, I've never had that before, but it was scary going to the rest room 9 or 10 times in a day. If I didn't work from home... It would have been costly. I stopped taking it on the third day, and the symptoms went away about 3 days after I stopped. I have concluded it was the vitamin. Others in the home were eating the same foods, and didn't experience it.

    Sure, I suppose it could have been a ill timed bug... But if it was those vitamins... I ain't willing to test it again just to find out lol.
  • KSHorne
    KSHorne Posts: 38 Member
    I used to take those Women's One-a-Day Active Metabolism multivitamins and they gave me headaches, so I stopped taking them. Ever since I stopped, I haven't really taken any multivitamins since. I don't want to deal with the headaches or the random moments of weird breathing.
  • khalikhoopri
    khalikhoopri Posts: 81 Member
    I was taking centrum first and it was great but then I was suggested to take female vits. I bought those from Costco (kirkland) and started getting stomach irritations and headaches. Now i went back to (unisex) Centrums and no headaches or stomach problems. Seems like we may have issues with a particular brand, so you can pick some other brand to see what suits you best!
    I always eat a full mean before I take them. It either makes me sick to my stomach, make my stomach hurt really bad or (SORRY) it makes me really constipated. I even asked the doc if there was something I could take that is not so hard on the stomach and he told me centrum. Well, that gave me a horrible stomach ache last night. I don't know what else is out there for someone who has a sensitive stomach.
  • SymphonyTea
    SymphonyTea Posts: 62
    They've never made me sick, unless taken on an empty stomach, but I've always had a probably getting pills down, always felt like they were stuck in my throat, no matter what type of pill it was. So for the much needed multi-vitamins I take the liquid version: Natural Vitality Organic Life Vitamins. I order bottles through Amazon, pour 4-5 cap fulls in a glass of water & have had no probs, hope that helps.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    I also get sick to my stomach with the traditional vitamins. And like others I switched to the Flinstones chewables or gummy vitamins (they're not just for kids!). I'm also way more likely to remember to take my vitamins this way for some reason.
  • AngelaV75
    AngelaV75 Posts: 13 Member
    Vitamins make me sick as well. I couldn't even take prenatal vitamins. My Dr. also told me to take 2 flinstones, and they don't make me sick at all.
  • kevinlynch3
    kevinlynch3 Posts: 287 Member
    For those who say that you don't need vitamins if you eat clean, that is debatable. Vitamin D deficiency (which you also get from lack of exposure sun light - think SAD (Seasonal affective disorder)) is a serious deficiency in adults and children in the US and it is difficult to get the Vitamin D you need by simply eating clean.

    Same thing with B12, if you're watching the amount of fish you eat because of mercury, then its harder to get B12. Both D and B12 deficiency have a major impact on your immune system and are common in chronic illnesses.

    Best thing to do is get tested if you're concerned about deficiencies and simply believing me or anyone else on the internet unless you are a good critical thinker researcher is not a good idea.

    I take B12 daily (methylcobalamin) not the cyancobalamin crap, D3 weekly. Both of these are because of a chronic deficiency in both that messed up my life from a health perspective for about 9-12 months. I take cod liver oil gel tablets daily and everything else I get from good clean eating habits.

    I have a friend with chronic Lyme disease so I had to do a LOT of research to help her out and I am really glad I have learned as much as I have about being healthy. I used to phoo-phoo all this stuff until it happened to me. Your immune system is your best healer, better than any doc but it has to be healthy to work at 100%.
  • SymphonyTea
    SymphonyTea Posts: 62
    For those who say that you don't need vitamins if you eat clean, that is debatable. Vitamin D deficiency (which you also get from lack of exposure sun light - think SAD (Seasonal affective disorder)) is a serious deficiency in adults and children in the US and it is difficult to get the Vitamin D you need by simply eating clean.

    Same thing with B12, if you're watching the amount of fish you eat because of mercury, then its harder to get B12. Both D and B12 deficiency have a major impact on your immune system and are common in chronic illnesses.

    Best thing to do is get tested if you're concerned about deficiencies and simply believing me or anyone else on the internet unless you are a good critical thinker researcher is not a good idea.

    I take B12 daily (methylcobalamin) not the cyancobalamin crap, D3 weekly. Both of these are because of a chronic deficiency in both that messed up my life from a health perspective for about 9-12 months. I take cod liver oil gel tablets daily and everything else I get from good clean eating habits.

    I have a friend with chronic Lyme disease so I had to do a LOT of research to help her out and I am really glad I have learned as much as I have about being healthy. I used to phoo-phoo all this stuff until it happened to me. Your immune system is your best healer, better than any doc but it has to be healthy to work at 100%.


    What he said. :)

    Well said @kevinlynch3; w/ the issue of GMO's and the idiotic FDA allowances, true, clean eating is becoming more and more difficult, so I too believe supplements offer a BIG helping hand and could be considered a requirement.
  • doubglass
    doubglass Posts: 314 Member
    Both these deficiencies are associated with strict vegan diets. D deficiency can also be associated with obesity and alcoholism. Eating right and spending @ a hour out doors is enough for most people.

    Mercury is really a problem with a high diet of predatory fish. Shrimp, salmon, catfish, tilapia and some types of tuna do not have very high levels of mercury. Mercury becomes a problem if you are eating a lot of top of the food chain fish, sushi daily, lots of shark or albacore tuna you shouldn't have a problem. A lot of the high mercury fish are also hard on the pocketbook Albacore tuna, shark, swordfish, etc. Most farm raised fish are not high in mercury.
  • SirAwesomenessThe3rd
    SirAwesomenessThe3rd Posts: 71
    Both these deficiencies are associated with strict vegan diets. D deficiency can also be associated with obesity and alcoholism. Eating right and spending @ a hour out doors is enough for most people.

    Mercury is really a problem with a high diet of predatory fish. Shrimp, salmon, catfish, tilapia and some types of tuna do not have very high levels of mercury. Mercury becomes a problem if you are eating a lot of top of the food chain fish, sushi daily, lots of shark or albacore tuna you shouldn't have a problem. A lot of the high mercury fish are also hard on the pocketbook Albacore tuna, shark, swordfish, etc. Most farm raised fish are not high in mercury.

    Not to pi** in your Wheaties or anything but I noticed you said that Mercury is a problem in predatory fish and then mention to eat shark... I get what you're saying about the Mercury but whether a fish is predatory or not makes no difference in it's Mercury levels. Sharks are fish and are extreme predators of the sea. Within your own response you make yours seem inaccurate at the same time you're trying to use it. Just wanted to point that out in case anyone took that to heart. Do the research on the nutritional values of the fish you're going to consume if you want to know whether or not it's safe for your diet.
  • julien999
    julien999 Posts: 41 Member
    Iron is usually the main culprit with vitamin stomach aches, I can only take them if I eat with something easily digestible like yogurt. Most people don't actually need to take vitamins. If you track your food check and see what you are missing and maybe try only taking a supplement for those deficiencies otherwise you are pretty much just going to be peeing them out anyway.
  • SirAwesomenessThe3rd
    SirAwesomenessThe3rd Posts: 71
    This took two seconds to Google search btw. It is a FDA testing chart and shows shark(one of the things you suggested that would have low Mercury levels) having one of the highest Mercury levels of all seafood. Sorry but I just wanted to point that out just in case someone was foolish enough to listen to your incorrect post that could result in them doing more harm than good to their bodies.

    Link - http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/Metals/ucm115644.htm
  • julien999
    julien999 Posts: 41 Member
    Actually its higher in deep water fish because there is more mercury in the water at depth. Has nothing to do with predator fish.
    Also fish that live longer are worse for mercury simply because of their exposure.
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