Just something i have been thinking about recently....does anyone on here take supplements that help their TOS?.

Also does anyone notice that TOS gets worse when you are feeling ill - ie cold, flu etc....
Hope everyones well

Nerve pain is my big problem. I take flax seed oil gel caps. It is supposed to help with repairing nerve injury and promoting general nerve health. I'm not sure that it is doing much for my nerves, but can't hurt, right ?

A good side effect for me is (because it is an oil ?) it seems to help with the constipation from the narcotics.

Way back in 99 when i just had RSI , I read about MSM and really did notice a good difference when taking it.
Plus I take a good multivitamin/mineral, Vit C, a Cal/mag blend, and some other stuff like grape seed extract, omega 3 complex, magneisium

According to my Nutrition professor, it's really hard to tell what's good and what's not. Reason being is that the herbal supplements are unregulated (at least in America) and manufacturers can make false claims about their products. It's a shame too. We are often literally pissing our money away (sorry). Vitamins are regulated but there is a danger of toxicity with fat soluble vitamins, b vitamins and trace mineral. The best information you can get about supplements would be from peer-reviewed science journals or even http://www.webmd.com/ . And I'd suggest talking to a Nutritionist before choosing something because there's a good chance you can get it from your diet and there's a small chance that taking multiple things could cancel out postive nutrient functions.
I hope that's not too preachy. Its just fresh in my mind from this semester!!

Also please be careful with drug interactions. While most vitamins are fine, there are a lot of interactions between pain meds, anti-depressants etc and herbal medications. You need to talk to a person knowledgable about supplements and medications to make sure there are no surprises. I have had issues form some things in detox (cleansing) pills. Also, when you take Effexor or Wellbutrin you cannot take glucosamine. It limits the effectiveness of the anti-deppressant.
I also find flax seed, and grape seed oil helpful.

there's quite a few drug interaction checkers in the useful sticky - some include vitamins and herbs - you might have to check to see which ones do - I can't remember.

here it is -
http://www.drugdigest.org/DD/Interac...,4109,,00.html