How Many of You Take Vitamins and What Kind

[Country Kids]

Being so sick this last year has made me start wondering if I should take some type of vitamins. The only thing is I have a phobia of swallowing pills. I can but I absolutely hate doing it and sometimes will just started gagging at the though of it. Lovely too because the dr. has me on a 4x a day antibiotic and yep their pills.

Anyway I saw the new gummy adult style but didn't know if they were any good or just a fad thing. The last time I took a vitamin I got a instant headache, nauseaus, and the dr. said it was probably to strong for my system.

I'm really not sure what to take. There are sooooooo many out there. Does anyone have any recommendations?

[daycare]

have you ever heard of shaklee? I think it is the best I have ever found. They work...No crappy filer and junk that you get from stores like GNC or walmart.

I take daily

Drink cod fish liver oil
Flax seed oil, I mix it with the above in a shot glass

I take a daily multi vitamin with Iron

Vitman b-12

zinc
immunity boosters


echinacea (sp) and golden seal, cranberry extract

I also drink a thing called energizing soy protein every morning..

Honestly other than my current state and about two months ago, I have not been sick in YEARS

[Country Kids]

Just seeing all that just makes me gag!!!!! I just cringe at the thought of taking all that. I will sometimes just try to sleep off a headache because my stomach just starts churning at the thought of taking something.

[daycare]

Just seeing all that just makes me gag!!!!! I just cringe at the thought of taking all that. I will sometimes just try to sleep off a headache because my stomach just starts churning at the thought of taking something.

yoy know my daughter is the same way. She can't swallow it..

So I bought a pill crusher. I take all of hers and throw it in a blender with the energizing soy protein, splash of milk, frozen fruit and ice..

wwwaaaaalllllllaaaahhh A high vitamin fruit smoothie

SHe has not been sick in almost 5 years my oldest same...other than a few scares with sports here and there.....

[wahmof3]

I swear by Airborne

But I do take a daily multi vit GNC. If the kiddos are mildly ill, have cold etc I will take airborne instead.

BTW- airborne you can drink it. Its not really tasty so I use a straw.

[Country Kids]

Does airborne go bad? We have some, my hubby took some and said it was pretty nasty. I know it would have caused me to throw up if he thought it was nasty.

[sharlan]

My dds cannot take vitamins (vomit). I tried everything over the years, nothing worked. I found a liquid at Sam's Club that my eldest could take without problems, but they changed the formula and added Splenda.

She can take the gummy vitamins (One A Day VitaCraves). Her endo said it was better than nothing.

My youngest can't even take those.

I take:

a multivitamin (GNC women's formula)
Vit D - 10,000 IU
lutein - 20 mg
MegaRed (omega-3 krill oil) - 300mg
B-Complex (just started today)

[Breezy]

I can't swallow pills either!!!!!!! I take magnesium and B-12. I put something in my mouth that I like, like a muffin or a cookie, etc. Then, I chew and when I am about to swallow, I pop a pill in and swallow it all together and don't even notice the pill.

[sharlan]

I can't swallow pills either!!!!!!! I take magnesium and B-12. I put something in my mouth that I like, like a muffin or a cookie, etc. Then, I chew and when I am about to swallow, I pop a pill in and swallow it all together and don't even notice the pill.

A spoon of applesauce works well, too.

[littlemissmuffet]

I take 5,000IUD of vitamin D and 500mg of vitamin C every day - both in chewable tablets (citrus falvored).

[saved4always]

I take several different vitamins. I hate swallowing big pills but I force myself: cranberry pills with vitamin c (gel pills...not very big so I have no problem swallowing them), Centrum multivitamin (this one is huge and I have to eat right after or I get sick to my stomach...I do gag sometimes if it goes down wrong), Calcium + D supplement (I take the yummy chocolate flavored chew ones happyface), and Biotin (cuz in my imagination it makes my hair and nails grow better ).

I am also a true believer in taking Cold Ease zinc lozengers as soon as I feel a sniffle come along. It really seems to shorten the duration of any colds I start getting. I have only had one full fledged cold this season so far and it lasted way less than a week.

[wahmof3]

Does airborne go bad? We have some, my hubby took some and said it was pretty nasty. I know it would have caused me to throw up if he thought it was nasty.

There is an expiration date on it. And it doesn't taste very good, thats why I use a straw so I can avoid it touching my taste buds !

I believe they also come in a chewable, but I haven't tried that yet.

[wahmof3]

BTW my DH takes the adult gummy vitamins & likes them. He has trouble swallowing pills.

[Oneluckymom]

Ok, I'm so glad I'm not the only adult afraid to swallow a horse pill!! First, trader joes has a great multivitamin that is chewable. Or centrum makes a chewable multivitamin (although you may to look in more than one store, I've had trouble finding them, unless your a senior...).

[saved4always]

BTW my DH takes the adult gummy vitamins & likes them. He has trouble swallowing pills.

I have taken adult gummies, too. There is one that is called something like vita-craves sour fruit flavored that I love by one of the big vitamin companies...can't remember which one. They have them at target and are very yum.