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« on: November 26, 2023, 03:31:15 PM »
I take an absolute massive amount of pills. Didn't set out planning to do this but I've just added them slowly and now I have like a big handful I gulp down right when I wake up and some before bed. Not sure if I'm helping or hurting myself here but I do it. The nighttime ones I know for sure help me sleep because I fought insomnia off and on for a long time and now just sleep perfect 100% of the time.

Here's my current morning roster:
Men's One A Day Multi
Fish Oil
Magnesium (malate, glycinate, citrate)/Zinc/D blend
Glutathione
CoQ10
Ashwagandha/GABA blend

Mid-day drink mix:
Re-lyte hydration (pina colada flavor because it tastes good AF. this one has more magnesium glycinate and malate in it)
Amazing Grass Detox & Digest (tastes gross AF which offsets the above)

Evening roster:
L-Theanine
Inositol
Glycine


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« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2023, 04:01:42 PM »
I'm just a men's one a day and a fish oil guy. Should I gulp some of those others???

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« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2023, 04:25:43 PM »
Jesus Christ just go the gym.

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« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2023, 04:31:19 PM »
Jesus Christ just go the gym.

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« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2023, 04:43:47 PM »
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« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2023, 04:49:54 PM »
I'm going to try to last as long as I can on my zero-pill lifestyle.

Note: this is only restricted to actual pills.

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« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2023, 04:51:10 PM »
over the last few years i gradually built up to a habit of taking a couple of 500 mg nighttime tylenols (generics, obs) every night; just this week i decided that maybe that's not super great so i've been cold turkeying it for like four days.
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« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2023, 04:51:50 PM »



+melatonin at night
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« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2023, 04:59:18 PM »
Melatonin worked the first two nights and then I was immune the rest of the bottle
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« Reply #9 on: November 26, 2023, 05:28:28 PM »
Melatonin worked the first two nights and then I was immune the rest of the bottle

I’ve been working on significantly reducing my caffeine supplements as well. Helping.
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« Reply #10 on: November 26, 2023, 08:07:37 PM »
Potassium pills, why are they so gigantic? I split them in half and they still get stuck in my throat sometimes. Do I just have bad throat skills/genes?
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« Reply #11 on: November 26, 2023, 08:12:54 PM »
i take a vitamin regimen daily that actually works well to stave off cluster headaches.  it’s vitamin d and a bunch of vitamin d cofactors.

every night after dinner is best because the food in my gut drives increased stomach acid and helps with absorption.

vitamin d3 - 10,000 IU’s
vitamin b-50
kirkland mature multi
kirkland coq10 - 300 mg
vitamin b12 - 2,500 iu
magnesium (most important vitamin d cofactor) - 400 mg
fish oil - 1400 mg
qunol turmeric- 1,500 mg
Super K (K1 1,500 mcg and two different types of K2)
collagen - 6,000 mg
biotin - 3,000 mcg


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« Reply #12 on: November 26, 2023, 08:16:49 PM »
i take a vitamin regimen daily that actually works well to stave off cluster headaches.  it’s vitamin d and a bunch of vitamin d cofactors.

every night after dinner is best because the food in my gut drives increased stomach acid and helps with absorption.

vitamin d3 - 10,000 IU’s
vitamin b-50
kirkland mature multi
kirkland coq10 - 300 mg
vitamin b12 - 2,500 iu
magnesium (most important vitamin d cofactor) - 400 mg
fish oil - 1400 mg
qunol turmeric- 1,500 mg
Super K (K1 1,500 mcg and two different types of K2)
collagen - 6,000 mg
biotin - 3,000 mcg

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« Reply #13 on: November 26, 2023, 08:54:32 PM »
i take a vitamin regimen daily that actually works well to stave off cluster headaches.  it’s vitamin d and a bunch of vitamin d cofactors.

every night after dinner is best because the food in my gut drives increased stomach acid and helps with absorption.

vitamin d3 - 10,000 IU’s
vitamin b-50
kirkland mature multi
kirkland coq10 - 300 mg
vitamin b12 - 2,500 iu
magnesium (most important vitamin d cofactor) - 400 mg
fish oil - 1400 mg
qunol turmeric- 1,500 mg
Super K (K1 1,500 mcg and two different types of K2)
collagen - 6,000 mg
biotin - 3,000 mcg
Yeah, I’ve discovered magnesium is pretty much a super mineral. Is helpful for so much stuff.


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« Reply #14 on: November 26, 2023, 08:55:14 PM »
And there are like 20 different kinds of magnesium and they all do different things!


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« Reply #15 on: November 27, 2023, 08:38:37 AM »
From what I gather, most of this stuff does nothing in real life and you should just eat good food and exercise. Want fish oil, eat fish, need vitamin D, get some sun and eat stuff with vitamin D and so on. On the other hand, we are all lazy as eff so we don't do that. It also changes like every day as to whether any of the normal ones do anything at all. People have been going back and forth on fish oil supplements for like ever. I'm lucky and don't have to take any medications. I'm glad, because I would be terrible at it. I feel so bad for people that have to pay a crap ton of money and take a bunch of stuff every day.

If I take anything at all, it is basically the following:

Costco Organic Food Based Multi - I try and take food based vitamins if any because that makes sense to me, but i'm an idiot.

Whey Protein chowder after getting huge at the gym

Fish Oil, rarely and should prob take more based on some current stuff I've been reading which will probably change in 4 days

Vitamin D in winter because around December 3rd I start wanting to punch everyone in their stupid faces because its cold and dark outside. I don't think this does anything, but see below.

Random probiotics, I also try and drink kombucha on the regular.

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« Reply #16 on: November 27, 2023, 09:32:21 AM »
The only things that helped me not get seasonal depression / lethargy is to go workout AND then go sit in the sauna. making yourself go outside is good, but unless there is sun it will be really gross but will wake you up.

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« Reply #17 on: November 27, 2023, 09:35:55 AM »
The only things that helped me not get seasonal depression / lethargy is to go workout AND then go sit in the sauna. making yourself go outside is good, but unless there is sun it will be really gross but will wake you up.

Same for me. Evening sauna sessions chill me the eff right out and make me sleep like a baby. Forgot to add sauna to my list of things that actually do anything for you. I've actually read that going outside and getting sun immediately after waking up also helps, but no thanks when its 12 degrees out.

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« Reply #18 on: November 27, 2023, 10:21:53 AM »
And there are like 20 different kinds of magnesium and they all do different things!


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« Reply #19 on: November 27, 2023, 10:31:01 AM »
And there are like 20 different kinds of magnesium and they all do different things!


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malate helps with energy and muscle performance
glycinate helps sleep
taurate helps blood pressure
chloride also helps digestion but doesn't speed it up as much as citrate
sulfate helps with sore muscles
threonate helps your brain work better

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« Reply #20 on: November 27, 2023, 10:50:17 AM »
Two thing's I'd like to get sooner than later: Sauna and a cold plunge tub of some sort that I don't have to buy or make ice for.

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« Reply #21 on: November 27, 2023, 11:51:05 AM »
Two thing's I'd like to get sooner than later: Sauna and a cold plunge tub of some sort that I don't have to buy or make ice for.

I've got a sauna and highly recommend. They make cold tubs you can put in your house, but I've never been able to do them so I'm a pass there. I've still never tried one, but I think I would like one of those saltwater float tanks. There used to be a place in KC and I always wanted to give it a try, but never made it.

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« Reply #22 on: November 27, 2023, 12:27:24 PM »
recently bought a bottle of CostCo daily multi and am batting about .400 on the "daily" thing.

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« Reply #23 on: November 27, 2023, 12:50:00 PM »
My crippling medication addiction costs around $35k a month

That's what each of my infusions costs too!

I take like 5 different supplements and then I have my meds that prevent my body from becoming immune to my infusions which I need to be normal.
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« Reply #24 on: November 27, 2023, 01:14:32 PM »
Two thing's I'd like to get sooner than later: Sauna and a cold plunge tub of some sort that I don't have to buy or make ice for.

I've got a sauna and highly recommend. They make cold tubs you can put in your house, but I've never been able to do them so I'm a pass there. I've still never tried one, but I think I would like one of those saltwater float tanks. There used to be a place in KC and I always wanted to give it a try, but never made it.
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