MULTI VITAMINS AND FEELING LIGHT HEADED...

I tend to get like that sometimes also. I try drinking a glass of orange juice when taking the pills. IT not only helps to wash it down but also will help your body to absorb it faster and easier. As lots of the vitamins need the extra vitamin C to help you absorb them.

i used to take mine at night just before i went to bed with a large glass of water!

I wouldn't let it deter you so quickly! Just adjust the time of day you take them and see if it helps. The value of the multi-vitamin outweighs that feeling you get. I take the one-a-day women's active metabolism and now that I'm past that beginning stage, I feel alot better when I take it! Good luck!

Your body would not likely react to one pill on one day 10 min. after taking it the way the "doctor" you read about on the internet is describing it. You may want to consult your own personal doctor if it continues to be a problem.

Synthetic vitamins (ie., Centrum One-a-Day) make me feel dizzy/sick like I am going to throw up but natural vitamins (ie., Solaray Multi-Vit) don't make me feel that way.

Drink plenty of water with them. Multi vitamins are extremely healthy for you. Your body needs vitamins. After about a week your body should be use to them. I always take mine after I eat first thing in the morning. I take one a day womens active metabolism, an iron supplement and nature made b complex with vitamin c. Never once have I ever felt light headed. Your body is probably just in need of extra water bein taken with them.

I take them in the morning after I eat breakfast. I haven't ever felt lightheaded after taking them, though. Make sure you stay hydrated and drink a glass of water after you take one...it may help.

One A Day makes many different kinds of multivitamens. Are you taking the Women's orange pill or the Women's weight-loss green? If it's the green one, it could be a result of the additional iodine they put in there.
If it's the orange one, the feeling will subside. Just avoid things like sucralose and caffeine (both have a tendency to make light-headedness worse). You may want to snack on something else to buffer the effect.

Here are some reasons why one could be light-headed:

•Not eating properly (skipping meals, or eating too little) Our bodies need fuel like anything else in order to work properly.
•High blood pressure.
•Some medications you could be taking. (read side effects of medication) ALWAYS get a print-out on your medications from the pharmacist.
•Inner ear problem.
It is wise to see your doctor before counting on just vitamins. Vitamins are good for you, but will do little if you aren't eating properly.

Here is what I find in past patients. There are cases where high magniesium and B12 (usually only the sublingual form) can cause your blood pressure to drop, they do in fact relax muscle and promote circulation. Although usually in older people (over 40 or so depending). The effect of the vitamin could be compounded by a lack of eating also. I do not buy the toxicty idea, simply because I did experance a toxic exposure condition when I first started and I was not taking vitamins.

First have a vitamin panel (blood work) done and see if your actually deficent in a vitamin. Generally I find you are not. but if you are take those. Often multi vitamin are convenent but mostly unnessesary. If you dont need them they are expelled (or worse become toxic in the case of like A or E), too much vitamin C can enhance the uptake of Iron and damage heart muscle and so forth. So they are not entirely inert. In most cases I find that if your on a balanced diet you don't actually need to take them.

If your eating right, even if its lower cal, and your blood sugars are good (not diabetic or hypo-glycemic) it should not be happening.

For the record, I dont take them, the panel says I dont need them and I eat fresh food at least 1/2 the time. I do take high dose vitamin C if I feel a cold comming as it lessens the duration.

good luck.


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mjsunshine16 wrote: »

I started a One A Day multi vitamin today and within 10minutes I felt light headed. (ate a bagel with cream cheese prior to)

I researched on Google and found one doctor state this is normal because your body is getting rid of toxins and adjusting to the pill. Another doctor wrote you shouldn't have this happening.

Has anyone experienced this?

Yes on many occasions with many different vitamins. I took skinnyme125's advice ( drinking a cup of orange juice) and wala!