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Q: Can to Many Dietary Supplements Cause Anxiety?

asked by: keith64 on November 28th, 2007

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My regular rutine of supplements i take every morning includes a high potency mutivitamin a GNC calcium/magnesium supplement that includes 1000mg of calcium and 500mg of magnesium and 400IU of vitamin D ,GNC vitamin B complex that includes at least 3000% of the RDA of each of the B vitamins,1000mg of vitamin C and Omega 3 fish oil.And i also take 340mg of GNC brand Rhodiola Rosea.Does this sound like to much for my system to handle?I am a 43 year old male.Today i did a test,this morning i only took my Rhodiola Rosea,My Multivitamin and my fish oil and i feal great without any anxiety all day.So was just wondering if a person can over do it with supplements and if they can make a person even more anxious?Thank You and GOD BLESS EVERYONE,Keith..

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ratdog

replied on November 28th, 2007

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Dietary Supps

my opinion . . .
I believe it's very possible to overdo supplements.
A balanced diet is preferrable unless there is some reason you are lacking something.
You may want to research the current info. on fish oil considering the increasing hazard of mercury in ocean-dwelling higher food chain fish.
I personally like the B complex supplements but only every 3rd day.
Unless you have a psych problem I don't think the Bs will make you more anxious.

Georgia59

replied on November 28th, 2007

Especially eHealthy

I think you need to talk to a naturalist or someone about this- you can definitely overdo the supplements.

CarolDiane

replied on November 29th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

I agree with Georgia59 too. Supplements can really do some harm if you are taking any perscribed medication. Talk to someone about it first. Rather safe then sorry kinda deal.

keith64

replied on November 29th, 2007

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Thanks for all the replys,I'm not taking any prescribed drugs (I refuse to)the only other thing i take other than the vitamin supplements is 340mg of Rhodiola Rosea once a day.I was just thinking that maybe swallowing that many pills in such a high RDA was overkill for my system.I checked the bottle of my GNC brand vitamin B-Complex and it says that the B-6 and B-12 is 125mg of each or 6500% of the RDA of each which to me sounds like way more than the system needs?My GP says to just take the multivitamin and the omega 3 fish oil but that does'nt seem like it would be enough.

Georgia59

replied on November 29th, 2007

Especially eHealthy

keith64 wrote:

Can you just call up a naturalist and ask them? I'd do that. Just check the phone book for a naturalist or herbalist or homeopathic person... don't trust the people at GNC, they're just trying to sell stuff.

RejuveNATION

replied on November 29th, 2007

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