Experiences with

Vitamin C

Is there any link between thyroid issues and a low adjusted calcium level? Vitamin D is higher in the range around 100 (I take 3,000IU per day) plus was on a multivitamin as well. It has never been a problem previously but two blood tests in the last year (since starting levothyroxine) have shown a low

Hi guys, I'm an Italian man who's currently living in Italy and I started taking Ritalin. Here there's no many options about ADHD medication and other then methylphenidate there are only non stimulant medications. You guys that are from the US with a huge amount of medication available and also decades

Hi All, Last week, I had a liver fibroscan, and the nurse informed me I had no scarring. However, he noted that there is a lot of fat (CAP score 307). The nurse took some blood samples, including TSH and free T4, as well as vitamin D, iron, transferrin, transferrin saturation, and ferritin. I already

Help and thoughts on my test results 5/6/24 - 9-45am Free T4 (fT4)  14 pmol/L (9.1 - 17.6) Triiodothyronine  3.8 pmol/L (2.4 - 6.0)  TSH 0.26 mIU/L (0.32-4.9) I'm taking 125 & 150 Levothyroxine every other day my test results 11/12/23 - morning Free T4

The taking of general multivitamins has long been questioned here on this forum. The article specifically identifies iron: [i]Meanwhile iron, which is added to many multivitamins, can lead to iron overload and raise the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and dementia.[/i] I think we'd also advocate

Hi everyone. After being diagnosed with gastritis (cause unknown) in December I took the advice of the gastroenterologist and started Omeprazole treatment. I’ve been having stomach issues for at least 7 years. After four months of treatment I was experiencing breakthrough symptoms so decided to taper

Hi So after at least two long years of trying to get a diagnosis through the GP I have had to resort to SI EOD which my hubby has taken to like a duck to water 😊 However I still don’t really understand which Co factors I should be taking Can anyone recommend a good brand and dosage of folic acid

hello, I’m new here. I have 6 loading shots of b12 after having a myriad of symptoms (dizziness, shortness of breath, weakness and numbness down one side, headaches, gastro issues, struggling to walk and talk). They are making me feel stronger but I have had some symptoms seem worse on some days (often

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diagnosed with UCTD in October 2023. Fatigue, weird blood results which sent down rabbit hole for heart, liver. Scans showed all okay… fatigue, dry eyes, dry mouth, ulcers on parotid glands, thyroid, testes, mouth ulcers, Yesterday taken into hospital for suspected brain bleed, aneurism. One protein

Hi all, My daughter, who has had Hashimoto's since she was 7, has been very unwell the last school year with constant throat infections, one that tested as strep, but the rest just general unwellness, fatigue, and also stomach problems, of feeling like nothing agrees with her/indigestion. Her primary

Hi everyone! I am wondering what you think about stopping medications like Ritalin and Guanfacine over the weekend, resuming them Monday for school? I have been doing this to allow her to get her appetite back and get better sleep but I am not sure if I am doing a disservice to my kiddo. I have heard

should I take vitamin supplements if I only eat one meal per day and what vitamins would you think I should take? I do snack her in there but feel tired most of the time really sleepy

I have just received some blood test results, having had an iron infusion in October 2023, I would love advice please, bearing in mind my serum ferritin is still over reference range. I have not taken iron tablets since the iron infusion. Serum folate 5.5 ug/L (ref. range 3.0-20.5) Serum ferritin

I have been using Folic Acid 5mg oral supplement EOD since starting b12 injections just over three weeks ago. I was getting some loose bowel, so was advised to try Methylfolate every day instead. However I am wondering if I should be using injectable Folic 5mg instead. My problem is malabsorption due

Astragaloside IV-PESV inhibits prostate cancer tumor growth by restoring gut microbiota and microbial metabolic homeostasis via the AGE-RAGE pathwayXujun You, Junfeng Qiu, Qixin Li, Qing Zhang, Wen Sheng, Yiguo Cao, Wei Fu BMC cancer 24 (1), 472, 2024 Background Prostate cancer (PCa) is becoming the

Hello everyone,I have Graves disease and had a thyroidectomy in June 2022.I am on levothyroxine only.I am having conversion problems but I am on 20mg proprananol 3x a day for migraine prevention.I definitely need these, but know proprananol can interfere with conversion T4 to T3.I have an appointment

Hello everyone, I have started to take quite a bit of vitamins (pregnacare, bio-quinone, folic acid and vit D) in January, but I really struggle at times with fatigue. We had a failed fresh transfer last year, but since we have unexplained infertility, I thought I would try vitamins as well. My mood

Found this questionable definition of pernicious anemia on a Johns Hopkins web page about gastritis: [i]Pernicious anemia. This is a form of anemia that happens when your stomach can't digest vitamin B-12.[/i] Even the best seem to get it wrong. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases

Finally, after a year of the labs refusing to test Vit D, I finally had it tested, and as suspected, it was below the bottom of the scale - 23. So back on tablets and spray, and hopefully my leg muscles will start working again... The lab refusing to test has made me ill...grumble, grumble. Anyway