Posted by honeybee on February 17, 2006, at 12:59:11
Every morning I gulp down a passel of pills: Fish Oil; Vit-B Complex; SAM-e; Rhodiola; MCMH Calcium/Mag/VitD/other minerals formula; my eight pellets of Sheng Mai San. Mostly, I've figured out the dosing on my own, through researching on the internet and in various databases that I can get my hands on. Then, I repeat the process (with variations) at lunch. And then, again, when I go to dinner.
Three questions.
One: How does one figure out what the appropriate dosing time is for your vitamins and supplements?
Two: How do you figure out when you can take another herb and/or drop it? Having inhabited the world of prescription medication for so long, I'm wary of just stopping and starting medicines on a whim, but my pdoc and my regular doc don't seem very helpful.
Three: How much is too much? I had phased out Evening Primrose Oil (which I'd taken for years because of PMS fibrocystic stuff) but I apparently need to fold it back into my routine again. I'm worried about all these different meds interfering with one another, but I wonder if I'm being too paranoid, and I need to think of them as more like food and less like drugs. Or vice versa???
I know that everything we put in our bodies is important.
Thanks to whomever might have something to add--even if it's not related.
Thanks, everyone.
hb
poster:honeybee
thread:610599
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