Vitamins............what can we take?

[hanabell0421]

I have to start by saying the last 2 weeks for me have been totally great. After my last instill and the aloe I am taking and think it is finally working, I FEEL GREAT! Tell me this. I am excerising again and really want to try to start a vitamin again. Is there anything at all I can take? I really need some feedback on this. I am going to the Dr. on Wednesday for a check-up but really would like some input from you all. Thanks!

[SharonA]

Some of us can not take any supplements. Some of us can take a few different ones. Some of us are able to take children's vitamins. Some of us can not. It is like anything else with IC...very individual.

Take me, for instance. I can and do take calcium, folic acid, potassium, fish oil...but can not take a multi vitamin. I have tried a children's chewable, but discovered that I could not take it. Boy did I flare from that!!! I decided it had to be from the Vit C in it.

So...the only sure way you will know what you can or can not take is try for yourself. For me, that is one of the most frustrating things about IC. We have to run experiments on ourselves and risk the negative results.

I really am glad that you have been feeling better. That is very good news. I hope it continues. :)

[hanabell0421]

[So...the only sure way you will know what you can or can not take is try for yourself. For me, that is one of the most frustrating things about IC. We have to run experiments on ourselves and risk the negative results.

I really am glad that you have been feeling better. That is very good news. I hope it continues. :)[/QUOTE]

Thank you. This is why I am so afraid to even try anything. The fear of it bothering me. I just don't even want to think about a flare at this point. I am doing too well. Maybe I just won't do it :)

[bluetribal]

I know for me anything with Vitamin C puts me straight into a flare and I tried a vitamin B complex b/c I am deficient and wasn't able to take that either. Unfortunately so far I have just been doing the same as everybody else...trial and error. I would love to know what other people can take though. I would stay away from a multi vitamin and definitely from regular Vitamin C. I know some people take Ester C and it doesn't give them problems. So glad to hear you are feeling better!!! :smile tee