clusterhacker Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Hi All, I have been taking Vitamin D3 regimen for about 4 months now and it helped me a lot. It has completely stopped my cluster headaches. Also feeling great due to this regimen as a bonus, no anxiety and feel relaxed. But it's causing constipation for me. I am taking following regimen suggested by @xxxexcept Super K. God bless Pete. If I stop taking it, constipation go away by day 3 and my bowels empty completely but I get bad anxiety. I want to stay on this regimen to prevent CH's and to feel great but constipation is a bummer. I drink more than 2.5 liters of water but its not helping. 1) Any tips? Maybe reducing dosage for Vitamin D3 or Magnesium? 2) Also any experience of developing tolerance to the maintenance dose. Would I be able to take this for life? I want to continue it for life but sometime wonder if body develop some tolerance to it and might have to take more in future or some other side effects. Wish you all stay pain Free!! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 are you getting enough fiber with your daily food intake? 4 hours ago, clusterhacker said: Maybe reducing dosage for Magnesium? on the contrary, magnesium tends to loosen stool and promote bowel movement, taking too much can even lead to diarrhea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiny Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 The D is the main factor in this helping with your CH, so no, do not reduce unless your bloodwork shows that your levels are too high. When was your last bloodwork to see where you stand? Why are you not taking the K? It is what pushes the Calcium into your bones instead of running around in your bloodstream and not helping anything. I take this same basic regimen with no issue, but we are all different in some ways. Fiber is the important bit I think too. Perhaps Metamucil or Mira-Lax would help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoscoPiko Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 3 hours ago, spiny said: Why are you not taking the K? Was wondering this very same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clusterhacker Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 I will order some Vitamin K as well. I just somehow ignored it. Thanks for suggestion. Onto second question, does this regimen cause tolerance. If I do not take it, I get really bad anxiety? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoscoPiko Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 23 minutes ago, clusterhacker said: does this regimen cause tolerance I don't quite understand this question? Cause tolerance to what? I understand that anxt can be caused from not being on it, if it's helping you stay pain free but I'm unsure what you mean... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clusterhacker Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 I guess it might be placebo. I will probably monitor for longer period of time and Probably focus on one question at a time. I ordered following Vitamin K from Amazon. I hope this one is good as its from same company but not sure if dosage matches with the earlier one. https://a.co/d/aJyKpUN Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiny Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Are you asking if you will need more and more of the vitamins dose over time? Likely not. You may need to up your D temporarily at times, but then you take it back down. The others have remained the same. I've been taking it for years now and never an issue with needing to add more except D during certain times of year. So, not a worry. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clusterhacker Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 Thank you. I ordered following Vitamin K from Amazon. I hope this one is good as its from same company but not sure if dosage matches with the earlier one. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TFBGDPH?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_53WBV8C4CMD64C1NCEZJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucasjames579 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 On 8/6/2022 at 6:32 PM, clusterhacker said: Hi All, I have been taking Vitamin D3 regimen for about 4 months now and it helped me a lot. It has completely stopped my cluster headaches. Also feeling great due to this regimen as a bonus, no anxiety and feel relaxed. But it's causing constipation for me. I am taking following regimen suggested by @xxxexcept Super K. God bless Pete. If I stop taking it, constipation go away by day 3 and my bowels empty completely but I get bad anxiety. I want to stay on this regimen to prevent CH's and to feel great but constipation is a bummer. I drink more than 2.5 liters of water but its not helping. 1) Any tips? Maybe reducing dosage for Vitamin D3 or Magnesium? 2) Also any experience of developing Tyler the Creator merchandise tolerance to the maintenance dose. Would I be able to take this for life? I want to continue it for life but sometime wonder if body develop some tolerance to it and might have to take more in future or some other side effects. Wish you all stay pain Free!! Thank you. Every time I take a multivitamin, I experience colitis. I find this extremely aggravating. Is there a multivitamin that is effective and prevents constipation? I have bone and muscles pain issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiny Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Hi Lucas and welcome. Colitis is a no joke miserable mess to have! So, a multivitamin causes you to have diarrhea or constipation? I'm a bit lost as my knowledge of colitis is the screaming diarrhea bit, not constipation, during a flare. To my knowledge, constipation is often treated with Miralax or something similar. You will likely get more answers if you start your own thread. Just because everyone will see it then. All the Best! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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