when do you take your multi-vitamin?

ChristmasGirl · 08-26-2009, 05:34 PM

i can't take my multi in the am because that's when i take my synthroid (should take them at least 4 hours apart). So i guess i'm wondering, is there any reason i shouldn't take it at dinner or before bed? (i rarely remember at lunch time.)

Thanks

ChristmasGirl · 09-06-2009, 02:55 PM

does anyone know any reason why i shouldn't take a multi right before bed?

i.e. keeping me awake at night or something like that...

---------- Post added at 03:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:47 PM ----------

here is a link to what's in my vitamin. I just noticed online that it does say to take 1 tablet daily, preferably with morning or mid-day meal... not sure why though.

http://www.vitacost.com/Rainbow-Ligh...ngredientFacts

09-06-2009, 04:08 PM

I've wondered about this as well. I take mine at night. It's just easier for me to remember and to sleep off any side effects that they may cause (I'm sensitive to most medicines).

QuiltinGramma · 09-06-2009, 08:17 PM

...I think the iron in the multi interferes with the calcium.
most take their calcium at night because it has a calming effect on most people.
Check out the calcium/magnesium thread around here somewhere
or check with AlisoninTX

ChristmasGirl · 09-06-2009, 09:27 PM

well mine are iron free, so i guess it'll be fine

MysteriousWays · 09-07-2009, 05:31 AM

I think after a meal is best as it helps them to digest properly. The only thing I have heard is that if you take a higher dose of B vits it can buzz you a bit so you can't sleep. I take my multivit after breakfast but I take a second dose of evening primrose and fish oil with my supper and that seems to work fine.

So maybe I should take my calcium tablet (I recently went dairy free) in the evening too, since there is iron in my multivit?

Sweet Life · 09-07-2009, 05:44 AM

I take mine at night if I forget during the day (which happens often

). No problems.

QuiltinGramma · 09-07-2009, 10:36 PM

I have 2 little week-long pill cases.
I put a week's worth of my morning pills in one and same for the evening pills.
I very rarely miss taking my pills when I'm suppose to take them.

08-26-2009, 05:34 PM	#1
ChristmasGirl Rose Garden love~joy~peace Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 9,343	when do you take your multi-vitamin? i can't take my multi in the am because that's when i take my synthroid (should take them at least 4 hours apart). So i guess i'm wondering, is there any reason i shouldn't take it at dinner or before bed? (i rarely remember at lunch time.) Thanks __________________ Warmly, Susie ISFJ & DYT 1 & Enneagram 9 ❀married to my sweetie for 26 years ❀mom to Lizzie 24 and Eli 20

09-06-2009, 02:55 PM	#2
ChristmasGirl Rose Garden love~joy~peace Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 9,343	Re: when do you take your multi-vitamin? does anyone know any reason why i shouldn't take a multi right before bed? i.e. keeping me awake at night or something like that... ---------- Post added at 03:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:47 PM ---------- here is a link to what's in my vitamin. I just noticed online that it does say to take 1 tablet daily, preferably with morning or mid-day meal... not sure why though. http://www.vitacost.com/Rainbow-Ligh...ngredientFacts __________________ Warmly, Susie ISFJ & DYT 1 & Enneagram 9 ❀married to my sweetie for 26 years ❀mom to Lizzie 24 and Eli 20

09-06-2009, 04:08 PM	#3
Monet Guest Posts: n/a	Re: when do you take your multi-vitamin? I've wondered about this as well. I take mine at night. It's just easier for me to remember and to sleep off any side effects that they may cause (I'm sensitive to most medicines).

09-06-2009, 08:17 PM	#4
QuiltinGramma Rose Garden Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nyssa, Oregon (southeastern part of the state) Posts: 6,020	Re: when do you take your multi-vitamin? ...I think the iron in the multi interferes with the calcium. most take their calcium at night because it has a calming effect on most people. Check out the calcium/magnesium thread around here somewhere or check with AlisoninTX __________________ wife for 40 years to dear hubby-pastor and retired Navy chaplain mom to DS & DD (Amber) now grown, to Dixie Lee, a 3 yr old French Brittany, Magnolia (Maggie), 4 month old French Brittany and gramma to 4 wonderful grandBOYS and 1 foster granddaughter

09-06-2009, 09:27 PM	#5
ChristmasGirl Rose Garden love~joy~peace Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 9,343	Re: when do you take your multi-vitamin? well mine are iron free, so i guess it'll be fine __________________ Warmly, Susie ISFJ & DYT 1 & Enneagram 9 ❀married to my sweetie for 26 years ❀mom to Lizzie 24 and Eli 20

09-07-2009, 05:31 AM	#6
MysteriousWays Deactivated Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 188	Re: when do you take your multi-vitamin? I think after a meal is best as it helps them to digest properly. The only thing I have heard is that if you take a higher dose of B vits it can buzz you a bit so you can't sleep. I take my multivit after breakfast but I take a second dose of evening primrose and fish oil with my supper and that seems to work fine. So maybe I should take my calcium tablet (I recently went dairy free) in the evening too, since there is iron in my multivit?

09-07-2009, 05:44 AM	#7
Sweet Life Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 8,575	Re: when do you take your multi-vitamin? I take mine at night if I forget during the day (which happens often ). No problems. __________________ Married mama of 6 yummy blessings = 1 college, 2 high school, 1 middle school, 1 elementary school, 1 preschool

09-07-2009, 10:36 PM	#8
QuiltinGramma Rose Garden Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Nyssa, Oregon (southeastern part of the state) Posts: 6,020	Re: when do you take your multi-vitamin? I have 2 little week-long pill cases. I put a week's worth of my morning pills in one and same for the evening pills. I very rarely miss taking my pills when I'm suppose to take them. __________________ wife for 40 years to dear hubby-pastor and retired Navy chaplain mom to DS & DD (Amber) now grown, to Dixie Lee, a 3 yr old French Brittany, Magnolia (Maggie), 4 month old French Brittany and gramma to 4 wonderful grandBOYS and 1 foster granddaughter

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