Too many meds and supplements!

I'm losing my mind.... just too many meds and supplements. The cost, the timing -- one hour before eating, two hours after... this one interferes with the other one so take them far apart

... I can't keep it all straight

I take a ton of stuff too and I am sick of trying to pop 20 pills each day. I am always giving new things a try and I find that most don't make a significant difference. I don't know how I get suckered into buying more pills each time I order probiotics. Last time I tried gse, cal/mag, boswellia... In the past I've gone way more crazy to the point of trying superfoods, slippery elm, black walnut, antioxidents, dha, flax seed oil, peppermint, ginger, folic acid, vitamin e, vitamin d, fiber, holy basil, yeast balance, bioperine, coconut oil, bitters compound, vitamin a, loads of probiotics... I've tried a lot more that I can't even remember right now. I am giving up on taking all this crap. Nothing has proven successful at all. I am going to just take my meds and hope for the best.

For your pills you can always try using a pill organizer. I have a large one that has four compartments for each day. Then I used a permanant marker to write the time of day to take each pill.

Hey Ellen!

I can also relate to your suppliment regime.. argh.. mine is crazy right now.. Last time I went to my Holistic MD, she got me on this "Gut Healing Protocol" and I swear, I take like 30 pills a day.. (well, I'm supposed to).. I didn't even list those in my Signature because I'd be over my 10 line limit.. lol.. Plus the cost for it all was around 300 bucks.. for one month!!! Thank goodness it's only for a month.. But I sometimes only eat 2 times a day so I don't always get the 3 doses I'm supposed to get since you have to take them with food.. OH well.. I'm thinking once I get my second Remicade infusion overwith, I'm just going to rely on that and some probiotics... The other stuff makes me too stressed out to remember it all... lol... And like notsosicklygirl said.. I don't really notice improvement from the suppliments, the Remicade is what did it for me.. Plus it's hard to afford all the suppliments she wants me to take.. Sometimes it makes me feel like my head is spinning when I'm staring at like 15 bottles on my counter and thinking: I could use that room for some canisters or a toaster.. LOL....

I think supplements are very important especially to us with GI disorders. Between the meds we're taking, which deplete nutrients from our system or lower immunity/bone density, etc., and the diseases themselves, we're already lacking in absorption and metabolization of these vitamins and minerals. I take a lot of pills daily and almost everything I drink is spiked with something to help boost my nutritional health.

I use one of those pill reminder/organizers. I feel like an old lady but it eliminates the bottles and bottles of pills I have to open and look at each day. I take the supplements right after lunch and I take them all at once. I've gotten used to it...

I take medications for five things I have wrong with me. My question is there a group of medical professional that knows how each medicine you take affects the different med problems I have? I take 20 different medicine plus 5 vitamins and minerals. Since I started after the fact I have been told two of my meds are bad for other illnesses. I go to two Dr’s at one group and one other at another group.
What should I be doing? All the Dr’s know about the other Dr’s I see.
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Tom

Tomtmo65, you might want to post a new topic instead of bumping three year old threads.