i'm just on page one of this thread and i'm just starting to research the in's and out's of have a DS revision, and not a SIPS, but can anyone tell me a ballpark figure on how much vitamins cost per month? as i'm becoming quite nervous about it...
you would think someone would have invented and all in one vitamin powder for DS'rs by now... no?
do we have to buy each and every one of the vitamins we will need in an individual bottle?
I buy each separately, often using different brands and suppliers. The doses have changed over the years, as well as which I need and don't need. I can tell you the sources of the vitamins I take, if it helps, but let your doc and labs determine which you need, when, and how much of each. I don't need all of these all the time. Follow your docs advice, but this is my typical shopping list.
Biotech is my source for 50,000 IU dry vitamin D3 (and 5,000 if you need less) and 25,000 IU dry vitamin A (
https://www.biotechpharmacal.com/) Solaray has dry vitamin E, 400 IU. Feosol comes from Pharmapacks. Costco has calcium citrate 500 mg with magnesium and small amounts of other stuff. Twin-lab has zinc 30 mg and vitamin B Stress Complex. I take centrum silver. At Amazon, I get Relentless Improvement K2 15 mg (not mcg) as K2 menatetrenone.
Look to see how many pills constitute the dose, since sometimes it is two pills to get what's on the label. ( I use two, two-week pill sorters and fill them up, so I have a month's worth sorted and notice if I am running out. The exception is calcium, which is by itself in the kitchen and taken with meals throughout the day.) Suggestion: type up all the vitamins, doses, and sources to give to your primary care doctor and various specialists along the way, since they will want to know and it's a pain to go through the list every time. As much as I like to shop at local businesses, I buy most online and get free shipping.
It seems like a pain in the ***, but you get used to ordering them regularly, sorting them, and it becomes a routine. The cost is about $75 four times a year, since I order in batches and try to get BOGO when it is available, but yours may be less, especially early on.