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But not one I can take.
I've been struggling with anemia for a couple of decades now. Every few years I go on an iron-rich multivitamin to try and bring my numbers up, and supplement the whole vegetarian thing.
Small problem with that; I have IBS. My stomach *despises* normal, adult, capsule- or pill-form vitamins. I'm relegated to children's vitamins. Last time I tried an adult vitamin, I ended up sick every morning for two weeks before I figured out what caused it.
So fine. Children's vitamins. This usually means Flintstones, since that's what I took as a kid. But most of the time, I get lazy within a month or so, and stop taking them, so I end up with a bottle gathering dust in a cabinet somewhere. Until I decide to either toss them for being stale, or start taking them again for another few weeks.
A couple months ago, I started the vitamins up again. But this time, because it was part of a morning pill regimen, I actually kept taking them. For a full two months.
Saturday morning. I get up, I futz around the flat for a bit, nom some fruit salad, and start thinking about coffee. Finally take my pills a bit late. While the coffee is brewing, I start developing a headache. Thinking it's the lack of caffeine, I hurry to finish, so I can toss some down my gullet. I have a sandwich for lunch, and start sipping at the coffee. Headache sticks around. I was playing Star Ocean, had started it over from the beginning; it'd been so long since my last save, I didn't remember what I was doing. Headache gets worse, and starts involving my stomach.
Short time later, I realize this is a migraine, and it's not going away anytime soon. I manage to knock myself out on the couch for four hours, and let the majority of the migraine pass by.
Sunday I skipped all my pills. Yesterday I only took the reflux pill, to try and eliminate triggers.
Today I took both pills. And boom. Migraine.
Yup. It's the vitamins.
Turns out they have aspartame in them. Which is a migraine trigger. Never used to be one for me, but I guess things change. So now I have to find a NEW vitamin, aspartame-free, that doesn't have a ton of filler and is gentle on my poor, abused stomach.
AUGH.
Email is off to my sister, asking for advice. We'll see what she says. In the meantime, I'm looking up what vitamins are aspartame-free. Most of them have some sort of fake sugar in them.
*sigh*
I've been struggling with anemia for a couple of decades now. Every few years I go on an iron-rich multivitamin to try and bring my numbers up, and supplement the whole vegetarian thing.
Small problem with that; I have IBS. My stomach *despises* normal, adult, capsule- or pill-form vitamins. I'm relegated to children's vitamins. Last time I tried an adult vitamin, I ended up sick every morning for two weeks before I figured out what caused it.
So fine. Children's vitamins. This usually means Flintstones, since that's what I took as a kid. But most of the time, I get lazy within a month or so, and stop taking them, so I end up with a bottle gathering dust in a cabinet somewhere. Until I decide to either toss them for being stale, or start taking them again for another few weeks.
A couple months ago, I started the vitamins up again. But this time, because it was part of a morning pill regimen, I actually kept taking them. For a full two months.
Saturday morning. I get up, I futz around the flat for a bit, nom some fruit salad, and start thinking about coffee. Finally take my pills a bit late. While the coffee is brewing, I start developing a headache. Thinking it's the lack of caffeine, I hurry to finish, so I can toss some down my gullet. I have a sandwich for lunch, and start sipping at the coffee. Headache sticks around. I was playing Star Ocean, had started it over from the beginning; it'd been so long since my last save, I didn't remember what I was doing. Headache gets worse, and starts involving my stomach.
Short time later, I realize this is a migraine, and it's not going away anytime soon. I manage to knock myself out on the couch for four hours, and let the majority of the migraine pass by.
Sunday I skipped all my pills. Yesterday I only took the reflux pill, to try and eliminate triggers.
Today I took both pills. And boom. Migraine.
Yup. It's the vitamins.
Turns out they have aspartame in them. Which is a migraine trigger. Never used to be one for me, but I guess things change. So now I have to find a NEW vitamin, aspartame-free, that doesn't have a ton of filler and is gentle on my poor, abused stomach.
AUGH.
Email is off to my sister, asking for advice. We'll see what she says. In the meantime, I'm looking up what vitamins are aspartame-free. Most of them have some sort of fake sugar in them.
*sigh*
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