Dear Bizi,
Here are the supplements I take, how much, and why:
- Vitamin D - 1500 units daily for now... in the process of testing / titrating. Testing cannot be done often here, so it will be a while probably before I can reach target levels. I am uncomfortable titrating more steeply when i cannot test frequently.
REASON: Clinical deficiency
- a balanced B complex containing
- 10 B-group vitamins, at ~100% RDA each except
- only 40% RDA of B12 which accumulates in the system anyway and I eat meat.
- 300% RDA of Biotin - dunno why but the amount is within tolerbility so... whatever.
REASON: Clinical folate deficiency (tested) and denatured food sources. Depakote interferes with folate absorption. Also, due to how my parents (overcook their foods - often boiling them in water), I am almost certainly not getting the full nutritional benefits from foods that normally provide these vitamins.
- Selenium + Zinc supplement - with complementary nutrients:
- Se 75mg
- Zn 15 mg
- Vit C 60mg
- Vit E 30mg
- Betacarotene 5mg
REASON: Depakote depletions - VPA is known to to deplete Selenium and vitamin E. It can also cause hairloss - supplementation with Selenium and Zinc prevent that.
- Magnesium citrate - occasionally.
REASON: any persistent sx that suggest I could use it (tics etc.) in addition to the other stuff.
I should probably also take Carnitine (d/t Depakote depletion) but I am uncomfortable with the idea and, since i am no longer on a really high dose of Depakote I will probably continue
not to.
~ waves ~