I have some extra supplements left over I purchased from a holistic doctor months ago. One is Ester C from AllergyResearchGroup.
The other is called HPX from Bio Tech. This has Vit C and Selenium as the main ingredients with a proprietary blend of many good herbsls. It is supposed to be for immune support.
As I look at the supplement content Rxed by this holistic doc a while back, it makes sense at least theroetically. I just couldn't afford to take all he wanted. i wasn't as educated about supplement ingredients as I am now. I just looked at the pile of supplements he wanted me to take that were $250 for the month and was flabbergasted.
I feel like I take too many supplements now. I want to cut back. I hate wasting things I bought though. These aren't candy though and i realize they can stress your liver and other organs.
any opinions are appreciated.
Posted by seekhelp (Member # 15067) on :
No thoughts at all?
Posted by bejoy (Member # 11129) on :
Want to list the supplements you do take for some feedback?
It is not unusual for a holistic practitioner to recommend 3-5 grams of C a day (300-500mg) when fighting serious infection.
What herbs are in the HPX. I didn't find a listing online.
Sometimes I like to see what a naturopath recommends, and then buy them cheaper on line from Vitcost.com or buy a different brand of the same herbs or supplements.
Personally, I spend about 120. a month on herbs and supplements, but I rarely purchase them at a practitioners office where they are usually required by their contract to sell at 100% markup.
Posted by jam338 (Member # 14002) on :
Just wanted to add a note. In my experience I have found that supplements are not always more expensive at the doctor's office. Best to check prices.
My LLMD sells some products. Thusfar the prices there have been cheaper than ordering directly online from any vendor. That may not always be the case, but has been on the 3 products I have purchased through the office.
Posted by seekhelp (Member # 15067) on :
I agree that supplements are not always more expensive at doctor's offices for the SAME brand and product. My old holistic doctor's prices weren't bad, but when you recommend 15 supplements on the first visit.....$$$.
Vitamin C (3-5,000 gr daily) Vitamin B-12 Extreme Vit B-50 Complax Carlson's Fish Oil Some type of Glucosomine supplement Vit D3 (2,000 IU) Nature's Alive liquid multi-vitamin Liver GI Detox (Pure Encapsulations) Resveretrol Lecithin powdered granules Magnesium Citrate & Magnesium Malate Digestive Enzymes Creatine ** others at times *** I take 3 tsp of maple syrup/baking soda mix daily too for alkanization
I WILL be cutting back a lot once some run out. It's a waste of money I feel. I just finished my bottle of Mangosteen Juice. I wish I would've bought a dinner instead.
You get the idea why I'm tired of them? This is NOT even counting prescription meds, samples, and other crap wasted.
[ 10. January 2009, 11:19 PM: Message edited by: seekhelp ]
Posted by seekhelp (Member # 15067) on :
Bumping up. I'm interested in thoughts on HPX now after listing ingredients. Also, any general thoughts on my supplement list regarding current using and have in possession?
Posted by Brussels (Member # 13480) on :
J, buy a biotensor, it will save you loads of money. Your list of supplements is still very small compared to most lyme patients.
I remember telling my doctor I was on more than 40 different things A DAY during my sickest days. They were not sitting in my cabinet.
I guess most of us have hundreds of things sitting in our cabinets that we bought one time or another during lyme, at least, I have.
Now I test them energetically in the shop, pharmacy, and when I can, just by a photo or name in the internet (the test is not too good though, but I find it better than buying it blind).
What energetic tests can do is also on the amount you need. Sometimes, you would be wasting lots of money taking loads of something your body needs in minimal amounts. Besides, I find that taking more is many times harmful. I've seen that on and on with Buhner's herbs, for example.
I would NEVER had started this trip on energetic tests if I hadn't fallen sick with lyme. When you start to get to a couple of hundreds of supplements and herbs in your cabinet and discover you got no physical space nor time to ingest them all in a day not even in a week, well, that's when I started these tests...
You also start wondering what the hell these supps are doing...IF they are doing something...
I am still on these tests, and will never leave them now. No duck will ever convince me to take a medicine I don't test energetically for. No way.
May people don't believe on these tests, as I didn't before lyme, but I swear they work MUCH better than trial and error, at least for me.
It saved me thousands of bucks for sure, I believe.
Posted by bejoy (Member # 11129) on :
Your current list sounds like a really good one!
And I understand why you get so tired of taking all this stuff. I had a screaming fit the other day, as I was popping pills, taking creams and injections to manage my biochemistry. EEEEEECk.
Gosh, I don't have an opinion on the HPX. Some good stuff in there, but not all generally indicated in lyme, like say Fish Oil is.
I'm with Brussels. I muscle test everything I use. A good biotensor could probably save you some money and frustration.
I think some are really a big waste of money, but then others I wouldn't want to live without. I'm certainly a better person on my B-12 shots.
Everyone has to figure out their own mix somehow. In the absense of a biotensor, I'd say change only one thing a week to see if you can tell the difference in how you feel from that one particular item.
Posted by Lymeorsomething (Member # 16359) on :
Seek, don't forget to chase those supps with some good mangosteen Posted by lymie68 (Member # 18442) on :
I thought my list was long! i've been blessed and have found a combo yhay works for me. I feel the best way is to start with a really good vitamin/mineral supplement. Then slowly add additional supplementation. Give your body time to tell you what's working for you. Drop the stuff that doesn't work and keep the stuff that does.
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