General Chat for Tue, Nov 08
VOTING CHAT
What is this thread all about?
Just a place for general discussion. A place to unload whats on your mind and talk about anything - personal, health, help needed, achievements, daily highs and daily lows, theories, predictions and what have you.
Does not need to be Q related.
Are you taking Vitamin C with the Iron? It needs it to be absorbed. Vitamin A helps too, leafy greens, kale, chard, oranges (fresh), if you cannot choke down liver (which is good, but its hard to get clean young calves liver anymore outside of a local farmer), they sell dessicated liver capsules as a supplement. Vitamin A helps the production of red blood cells. If you are taking B12, make sure you are also getting the other B's too, they work together. Lots of animal protein, avoid too much caffeine as it makes you pee out all the B vitamins, so, if you like coffee in the morning, take your vitamins with food a few hours afterward, else you be peeing them out. Rest when you are tired, dont try to push through the fatigue, your body makes new cells while you are resting. Alcohol will deplete vitamins too and your ability to absorb them. It takes time. I had a low count after my hip surgery, I guess I bled a lot during it, and it took me about 6 months to get my numbers back up. Prunes, which you will need when you take iron supplements because it can bung you up. It is very important to not fight fatigue, let yourself rest when you can. Best to you in health.
I've been taking a couple different Bs. A B12 methylcobalamin with folate, and a B-Complex. I am also taking a general multi-vitamin. I'll have to check the vitamin content to see how much C and A is in there. I may try to find something more potent.
I have been using caffeine as a crutch again to get through the fatigue. I'll try your advice of postponing my vitamins until after my caffeine in the morning. I have been alcohol free for the last 6 months, so that isn't a problem. I rarely ever drink. Only on rare occasions.
I also never thought about getting a liver supplement. That is a good idea!
Thank you for the advice!
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Make sure your folate is l-methyl folate as well!
So many have trouble with their detox pathways (MTHFR) and can't process regular folate.
you are very welcome. yeah, the coffee for fatigue is kind of like chasing your tail, and can exhaust your adrenals, moderation with that, I know, I used to drink pots of it, but as i got older I noticed I crashed more than it helped. I am on a mushroom kick now, and use Cordyceps and Lions Mane with one cup of coffee in the morning, and I wow, it really helps.
Where are you getting your mushroom supplements at if you don't mind me asking? I recently found out about the benefits of mushrooms. First, I bought some Lion's Mane & Turkey Tail extracts from a local mushroom guy, and a few weeks ago I bought some capsules & powder from ... https://freshcap.com/
They even have mushroom dog treats. Their website has tons on info.
I did a post about benefits of mushrooms...
https://greatawakening.win/p/15Jn6g1ozE/medicinal-mushrooms-and-the-extr/
Aloha Medicinals-https://alohamedicinals.com/
The coffee is such a hard one to give up.
I tried giving it up last year, but felt like an absolute walking corpse. I think that was when my anemia was at its worst. I may try again to taper off now that I am on my B12s.
don't try to give it up all at once you'll die from the headaches! Moderation. Anemia is funny in that it can make you lose your appetite, which is weird, because you want to be eating, not getting all undernourished and stuff.