Need advice with OTC supps (think I gave myself Zinc poisioning)

[MBB]

Last night I woke at 3am freezing cold, with chills and shakes and couldn't get warm. Now I have muscle/joint pain, headaches and diarhea, I'm fairly certain it's zinc poisioning as I recently changed the zinc I was using. This has now got me thinking about cutting back my OTC supps to the bare essentials and could really use some advice/input of what I should keep/cut and why.

Here's what I'm on:

• Betaine HCL – 650mg with every meal (6 a day) - I have issues with low stomach acid
• Fish oil – 12x 1g tablets (divided into 3x 4 tabs at morning, lunch or Pre, night)
• Multi-vitamin – 1 a day
• Vitamin C – 9x 500mg tablets (divided into 3x 3 tabs morning, pre and night)
• Vitamin E – 2x 500iu tablets (1 at morning and night)
• GABA – 1000mg at night
• NAC – 2x 600mg tablets (1 at morning and night)
• Green Tea Extract – 2x 500mg tablets (1 at morning and lunch or pre)
• Evening Primrose Oil – 3x 1000mg tablets (2 at morning, 1 at night)
• Ginko Biloba – 2x 120mg tablet (1 at morning and lunch or pre)
• Vitamin D3 – 6000iu a day
• Calcium Citrate – 500mg morning - recommended by Austinite when on Raloxifene
• Vitamin B complex – 1 at morning
• Magnesium Citrate – 800mg night - will be dividing this dose to 400mg PWO and 400mg before bed
• Biotin – 7500mcg at morning - to help with hair growth
• MSM – 1500mg at morning - to help with hair growth
• Bacopa – 300mg pre
• Zinc – 90mg (30 mg morning, 60mg at night) -noticed that my Multi has 15mg zinc already so I might drop this to just 30mg morning and night or even 30mg just at night
• Huperzine-a – 200mcg at morning
• Melotonin – 5x at night
• 10g BCAAs – morning and pre
• Spirulina – morning and PWO
• Maca – morning - saw Austinite recommended this for anyone on TRT
• L-Glutamine – 7.2g morning and PWO
• ALCAR – 1.6g morning and pre
• Creatine – 3.3g pre and post
• Citrulline Malate – 3.4g pre
• Beta Alanine – 1.5mg pre and post
• Acetyl Tyrosine – 1g morning and pre
• Taurine – 1.1g morning, pre and PWO
• Benefibre – 2x teaspoons morning


Could really use some advice here, think that this abundance of OTC supps may be hurting more than it's helping.

 

[Megatron28]

Are you deficient in any of these vitamins, etc if you get all your nutrition from your diet? For example, do you have low Vitamin D or B12?

 

[MBB]

Are you deficient in any of these vitamins, etc if you get all your nutrition from your diet? For example, do you have low Vitamin D or B12?

Getting blood work tomorrow morning. Previous blood work has been fairly good with these supps, for instance Vit D is mid to upper range.

 

[Megatron28]

But do you have labs without the supplements? What makes you think you need all these supplements?

I take D3 because I have low Vitamin D. Same with B12. I take melatonin to help me fall asleep.

 

[MBB]

But do you have labs without the supplements?

No I don't unfortunately. NAC is the only one that I know for sure makes a difference.

 

[MBB]

Would it be worth going off them for a month and getting bloods done? Would a month be long enough or could I get an idea by 2 or 3 weeks?

 

[Megatron28]

Would it be worth going off them for a month and getting bloods done? Would a month be long enough or could I get an idea by 2 or 3 weeks?

I like NAC too. And yes, you definitely see the effects in your liver values.

Honestly, I don't know how long you need to be off all the supplements before you can get a good set of baseline labs. But I think it would be good to do so. Why take something you don't need?

 

[Alpin]

Not too sure if u have zinc poisoning or not but I have taken 100 mg zinc picolinate ED for quite a while without any side effects. I did however experience headaches a couple weeks ago and I was on 100 mg of zinc while on HCG mono. I discontinued the zinc and it did subside some. Who knows?
Maybe that high dosr zinc is effective for lowering Estradiol?

 

[MBB]

Maybe that high dosr zinc is effective for lowering Estradiol?

Definitely doesn't feel like low E2, feels like a fever/flu that hit me out of nowhere.

 

[Alpin]

I've taken zinc like I said for quite a while.
Touch wood.... no sides.
No one really knows though u can get sick off of anything.

 

[MBB]

I'm now thinking that this is the flu. I'm meant to get a lot of blood work done tomorrow, will the flu has any bearing on the results of the test?

 

[Alpin]

Ya WBC count will be elevated most likely.

 

[ezed413]

Last night I woke at 3am freezing cold, with chills and shakes and couldn't get warm. Now I have muscle/joint pain, headaches and diarhea, I'm fairly certain it's zinc poisioning as I recently changed the zinc I was using. This has now got me thinking about cutting back my OTC supps to the bare essentials and could really use some advice/input of what I should keep/cut and why.

Here's what I'm on:

***8226; Betaine HCL ***8211; 650mg with every meal (6 a day) - I have issues with low stomach acid
***8226; Fish oil ***8211; 12x 1g tablets (divided into 3x 4 tabs at morning, lunch or Pre, night)
***8226; Multi-vitamin ***8211; 1 a day
***8226; Vitamin C ***8211; 9x 500mg tablets (divided into 3x 3 tabs morning, pre and night)
***8226; Vitamin E ***8211; 2x 500iu tablets (1 at morning and night)
***8226; GABA ***8211; 1000mg at night
***8226; NAC ***8211; 2x 600mg tablets (1 at morning and night)
***8226; Green Tea Extract ***8211; 2x 500mg tablets (1 at morning and lunch or pre)
***8226; Evening Primrose Oil ***8211; 3x 1000mg tablets (2 at morning, 1 at night)
***8226; Ginko Biloba ***8211; 2x 120mg tablet (1 at morning and lunch or pre)
***8226; Vitamin D3 ***8211; 6000iu a day
***8226; Calcium Citrate ***8211; 500mg morning - recommended by Austinite when on Raloxifene
***8226; Vitamin B complex ***8211; 1 at morning
***8226; Magnesium Citrate ***8211; 800mg night - will be dividing this dose to 400mg PWO and 400mg before bed
***8226; Biotin ***8211; 7500mcg at morning - to help with hair growth
***8226; MSM ***8211; 1500mg at morning - to help with hair growth
***8226; Bacopa ***8211; 300mg pre
***8226; Zinc ***8211; 90mg (30 mg morning, 60mg at night) -noticed that my Multi has 15mg zinc already so I might drop this to just 30mg morning and night or even 30mg just at night
***8226; Huperzine-a ***8211; 200mcg at morning
***8226; Melotonin ***8211; 5x at night
***8226; 10g BCAAs ***8211; morning and pre
***8226; Spirulina ***8211; morning and PWO
***8226; Maca ***8211; morning - saw Austinite recommended this for anyone on TRT
***8226; L-Glutamine ***8211; 7.2g morning and PWO
***8226; ALCAR ***8211; 1.6g morning and pre
***8226; Creatine ***8211; 3.3g pre and post
***8226; Citrulline Malate ***8211; 3.4g pre
***8226; Beta Alanine ***8211; 1.5mg pre and post
***8226; Acetyl Tyrosine ***8211; 1g morning and pre
***8226; Taurine ***8211; 1.1g morning, pre and PWO
***8226; Benefibre ***8211; 2x teaspoons morning


Could really use some advice here, think that this abundance of OTC supps may be hurting more than it's helping.

Damn, that's a lot of sups dude!