Is My Daily Vitamin Making Me Sick? Posted: 10-24-07 13:41pm
This sounds nuts but I swear every time I
take my daily vitamin supplement I get a
cold. It's just a normal multivitamin.
Every time I get into the habit of taking
it regularly after about two weeks I come
down with a cold. I thought the last few
times it was coincidence but I started
taking my supplement regularly again a few
weeks ago and low and behold I got up this
morning and I feel horrible again. I took
myself off the vitamins for a long time
because I felt like this was causing it
but decided to start them up again because
I thought I was nuts. Now I'm thinking
not so much. Am I getting too much of a
certain vitamin that's doing this to me?
I just think it's so odd that vitamins are
supposed to make you healthy and I get
sick instead! Anyone have any thoughts on
this?
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Ingi
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Posted: 10-24-07 13:43pm
Vitamins aren't making you get a cold.
Germs are causing this. Wash your hands
often.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 10-24-07 18:57pm
It's possible he's allergic to something
IN the vitamins.
If they don't make you feel better, then
stop taking them! That seems pretty
obvious to me.
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Posted: 10-24-07 19:00pm
Possible. But 'cold' symptoms? This is
certainly the right time of year for a
cold!
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Posted: 10-24-07 19:03pm
I would say yes to that, except I believe
this is something that has been happening
to him for months, so it's clearly not
just a "cold season" issue
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Re: Is My Daily Vitamin Making Me Sick? Posted: 10-24-07 19:06pm
eeyorej79
wrote:
Every time I get into the
habit of taking it regularly after about
two weeks I come down with a cold. I
thought the last few times it was
coincidence but I started taking my
supplement regularly again a few weeks ago
and low and behold I got up this morning
and I feel horrible again. I took myself
off the vitamins for a long time because I
felt like this was causing it but decided
to start them up again because I thought I
was nuts.
Oh, I read it as, after s/he takes the
vitamins for about 2 weeks, s/he gets a
'cold' and was wondering what in the
vitamins could cause this.
Truthfully, you should never take old
vitamins. I doubt you are, but I'm just
throwing that out there.
Headache, fever, stuffy nose, chest
congestion, coughing are what I think of
when I think of cold.
