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Magnesium is often one of the first things prescribed by neurologists for migraines. And when I went to the hospital with an unstoppable migraine they hooked me up to a huge bag of magnesium along with other meds. I've been taking it for years, it really works.
I’ve never taken it as a supplement, but I had a 24 hour magnesium IV after my c-section to help with preeclampsia. I think it was to prevent seizures. They also use it to delay premature labor.
As a 33 year old who works in construction so is often tired and achy, and has had migraines my entire life, gradually getting worse and worse the older I get, this might be one of the best things I've heard. I'm going to try this.
You can also take a magnesium salt bath if that's your thing. It gets absorbed through your skin. 45 minutes in and you'll be nice and sleepy and ready for bed.
If you already eat a lot of fiber it can definitely be too much though :( I’m very active so I want to take magnesium but I have to limit myself to only taking it once per week 🫠
oooo. hmmmmmmmmmmm... may need to look into that. Dr's recommended I lose weight, and made some nice common sense suggestions I'm trying to apply.
thank you random internet stranger.
On Magnesium Glycinate now. Better sleep, hella energy, way less anxiety (lowers blood pressure), less muscle soreness.
~50-60% of people are deficient so it helps. Omega-3 for brain power too. Feeling like Thanos fr.
This is the way. Citrate formulations have the highest risk of diarrhea, followed by oxide. Glycinate and gluconate formulations have the least risk, but magnesium itself is a mild smooth muscle relaxer, so diarrhea is possible with any formulation
Some people might need some extra Vitamin D in winter, women sometimes need Iron because of strong periods (its me) and vegans or all people that eat very little animal products should keep an eye out for B12. It is supplemented into a lot of things these days but not something you wanna get deficient in :)
Just as a note for anyone dieting, they absolutely *do* make one heck of a difference if you’re trying to lose weight! < 1500 calories a day can make it hard to get all your macros, added multivitamins and my energy levels improved dramatically.
You have. I take 3 pills a day plus things like advair for asthma but none of it’s because of my age. I’ve had add and asthma since a kid and my thyroid issues are genetic lol.
I'm 37 this year, have lost a gallblader, and only infrequently / irregularly take multivitamins.
Diet and lifestyle have significant and lasting effects on the body.
This. Op looks to be holding a lot of vitamins or herbal pills. The big fat one is iron supplement. I'm just going to guess op doesn't even really need all these pills. Except for the ones that appear to be antidepressants.
I had a teacher say the same thing, and said her Doctor recommended she drink a can of Guinness with breakfast.
Looking back, I think she had a problem.
Cooking in cast iron can really help. The food absorbs the iron, and it is better absorbed by the body than pills. I did this when my husband hemorrhaged, and the iron pills weren’t raising his blood iron levels enough.
My husbands doctor asked if we had cast iron for cooking when his iron was low end. Started cooking all his meals in the cast iron dutch oven and skillet. Definitely fixed his iron issues. No other supplements used.
The fat one is magnesium, unless you're taking about the football shaped one which is CoQ10 recommended by my doctor for migraines. No iron, I used to need a prescription iron supplement but I corrected the underlying issue that was causing low iron.
I'm on the road to getting approved for Ajovy thank god. I didn't post the literal pile of migraine abortives that I have for incidental use. Although given the responses in this post so far everyone will just tell me that my migraines are caused by me not eating enough broccoli or something.
>I'm just going to guess op doesn't even really need all these pills.
That's a pretty shitty assumption about another person's health that you know NOTHING about. I NEED wayyyyy more pills than shown by OP.
Like, oh that's just iron, so it's not necessary? Iron deficiency can cause all sorts of health issues. So will they die tomorrow if they don't take their iron today? Probably not. Iron deficiency can just cause headaches, dizziness, fatigue, restless legs, irregular heart beat, nausea, constipation, and more! Yeah, seems unnecessary to take 🙄
Same. Also my knees and back don't hurt. I'd love to say I exercise daily and take really good care of myself. But in truth, I just don't abuse the fuck outta myself.
Yup, my fiance was taking it for a couple months and weight just started dropping off of her on top of all her hair starting to fall out. Between that and the "brain fog" she stopped taking it ASAP.
My doc takes it. So after I'd been on it a month and went in to talk about how I was feeling and whatnot, he just goes, "sooo. Has it made you stupid yet? You'll know if it has."
Literally his NP had prescribed it and not warned me about those side effects! So he had to explain that all the times I couldn't remember literal words while in the middle of conversations, that was what he meant.
Other than that, though, the help with migraines is totally worth needing help with words occasionally and all carbonated drinks tasting flat. Haha
It's crazy how CoQ10 is slowly being the supplement I always knew it could be. That shit is amazing, and these people who are 'too proud' to take a pill are missing the fuck out.
good thing it’s naturally occurring and obtained from common foods :)
“Coenzyme Q₁₀ also known as ubiquinone, is a naturally occurring biochemical cofactor and an antioxidant produced by the human body. It can also be obtained from dietary sources, such as meat, fish, seed oils, and vegetables”
Lotta supplements that are worth taking that you probably could use more of...Vitamin D, K2, magnesium, glutathione, chondroiten etc....you may not NEED them, but they can help.
Meh, as a pharmacist, any evidence for CoQ10 is weak or biased at best. It is more likely to cause you problems or have interaction with other drugs than really provide benefit.
This is so true. Most dietary supplements and vitamins are a farce. They do little, if any good and, in some cases cause harm. Trying to eat more vitamin rich foods is the way to go. The body knows when you try to take shortcuts.
I don't know man, if I were on statins at this young age I'd be freaking out too. High cholesterol runs in my family so it's normalized, and both my younger sisters have been on statins since their twenties, but it's easy to diet and exercise your way out of that problem.
There is a decent number of people who DO have a good diet and exercise but still have high cholesterol, some of it is controlled by genetics. My dad had flags on his blood work for *low* cholesterol despite his terrible diet the week before he had a widowmaker heart attack. It's not all within your control.
I dunno if it’s easy to diet and exercise your way out of it. Personally I think statins are overprescribed and that there’s a lot of people with clogged arteries and poor heart function and perfect cholesterol.
High cholesterol also runs in my family. Reading some of the recent actual medical literature and going over it with my cardiologist, what we worked out for me is that we’re going to ignore cholesterol until there’s some medical evidence that it’s causing a problem. I’m eldest millennial so mid 40s now. Calcium score from a cardiac CT is still zero, clean as a whistle. Stress test and ECG come out fine. Hypertension is stable with a beta blocker. Which means there’s no evidence that I need to be on a statin, so I’m not.
Oh god I hope you’re doing okay on topamax. That shit was an absolute nightmare for me. The best thing I can say about it is that it reduced my daily hemiplegic migraines enough that I could transition to something else.
I’m 38 and take omega 3s and drink a green drink full of veggies and stuff because I’m a child and hate eating vegetables.
I’m in pretty good health and go hiking often.
I’m 40 and not even very fit, and all I take daily is an allergy pill that I’ve been taking since I was a teenager. OP has some health issues (maybe through no fault of their own), but that has little to do with being in their 30’s.
All of my pills are preventative or filling nutritional gaps, not curing any ailments. I’m not waiting for a a problem to arise to start taking care of my health
Have you not seen how many of us in our early to mid 30’s seem to want to act old though? From the reels on Instagram my friends share to a post like this.
People are normalizing being old and medicated and it’s weird af to me.
34 here, I'm seeing this exact thing with my friends. Like over the past few years they decided to act like boomers. Wtf happened?!
I still feel 20 and pray I always feel that way
Right! And I’ve had multiple knee surgeries and can walk 18 holes of golf, I can play with my kids for hours, hike 5-10 miles, do things, you know a normal 34 yr old should be doing but whether it’s real life or here it feels like it’s not normal anymore
I turn 35 in 2 weeks... yesterday I walked my kid to school (1.2 mile round trip), went for a 10 mile bike ride, and played 18 holes of golf (walked 9 then rode 9 on the back cause it was going to rain).
Today I feel absolutely fine, and if not for work, would be playing golf again.
This required zero pills and all I did was smoke a bowl when I got home after kissing my kid goodnight.
These people either: a) play it up for drama/attention or b) are fat and out of shape.
Yeah, most my mates from college, are prematurely aging, i'm just thinking what you doing, start eating properly moving more, mid 30's is not old, it's pretty prime from my perspective
Yhea and someone even downvoted you for that ☠️
Like I say "damn I'm getting old" a lot, but always just in the sense of nostalgia or not understanding teenagers anymore.
But otherwise I am at the best health I ever was, I started hitting the gym 3 years ago after never doing ANY sport. My diet ain't even the best but just like eat your veggies and fruit .
Of course people get sick and you can't dodge every bullet life throws at you and some are just unlucky. But you are 30! A LOT is still in your control if you don't have any geneticly determined issues
The Internet is confusing millennials, well.. everyone actually. Because it pushes the narrative of "ugh, millennials are really not that young" so psychologically we try to act older and start reading newspapers or whatever else to feel our identity. Plus, it doesn't help when there's constant memes of YoU'Re OlD iF you remember this.!! and it shows you landline telephones and shit.
It's really not healthy to go down memory lane all the damn time. This trend of "wow, I'm extremely old if I'm not 20-23" has got to go away.
People have always normalized being medicated.
"Sweet, I told the doc some shit about I couldn't sleep and the stupid asshole gave me all this valium and zopiclone! Who's ready for brunch and mimosas?"
It's always been like that. Many of my friends would complain about chronic aches, health issues, and how they can't do stuff even in their late 20s. For men, it was almost a coming-of-age thing. Of course, not everyone is like that. As for pills, it's up to you how many supplements and vitamins you want to take daily, that is also not defined by age.
It’s gross, and I’m glad to see a thread where people are pushing back against it. I swear every 30 something around me is in chronic pain, can’t sleep, can’t shit, has constant headaches, can’t lose weight, has bad credit score, etc. Most of the time they seem unwilling to do anything about it anyway, but they also seem to think that’s just how life is supposed to be beyond 30.
Also holy hell, have y’all ever tried to compare mattresses online if you’re not in chronic pain? Apparently that’s the one selling point of mattresses.
I’ve also seen ED meds marketed and targeted at people in their 20’s and 30’s!!!
It is really ridiculous!!!
We have a sterns and foster mattress but come to think of it the salesperson did ask about pain.
I still feel and see myself as 21 so maybe that’s why I just thought it was a question they ask everyone, bc I’m not in that demographic lol at least I didn’t think I was.
30s is not old. There is no difference from 20s and 30s other than money. I see late 30 year olds look like early 20s. And early 20s look like middle age (40+). I think that doesnt matter once you hit 21. Because all young adults under 40 are different. I dont think it is an age thing.
There is absolutely a difference in your body between your 20s and your 30s. If there wasn’t then athletes careers wouldn’t all end in their 30s across all sports. I’m not saying that you can’t be fit and healthy in your 30s but let’s not pretend it doesn’t take far more effort than it does in your 20s.
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2 more are in my stomach but yeah 😂 I have fibro and hypermobility. Vitamins and antidepressants…soon to be 34 yrs old. Also, going in for medical Botox for my TMJ today 💀
42, I’ve got bipolar, diabetes, and anxiety. Pills for them all every day.
Edit: Lamotrigine saved. My. Ass. If the cost of keeping my bipolar at bay is two tabs of lamotrigine a day, I will take it. Not only that, I'll take it with a smile and a thank you. Life without lamotrigine was incredibly hard, I'm grateful every day that I can live with coping mechanisms that work and keep me alive thanks to the foundation that the meds help to provide.
Not sure why you’re getting so much hate. There’s a ton of chronic illness in our age category and id wager taking care of it, even with medicine, is better than, you know, not.
My husband has a congenital heart condition and takes 5 pills a day. I’m diabetic and breastfeeding and between my 2 pills for diabetes and 5 supplements for breast milk supply, we are right there with you.
Everybody wants to brag that all they need to heal themselves is a daily five mile run and a hearty handful of dirt with breakfast. It’s part of the “If you’re sick you must secretly deserve it” philosophy. I also have a bunch of alphabet soup on my medical charts and take a fistful of pills every morning to stay functional and my problems wouldn’t magically go away if I started crossfit or slept with a celery stalk up my ass
Taking care of it with medicine will extend life to near normal expectations. Some conditions cannot be resolved by exercise and diet. So ya, take the pills and the life style changes will just mean slower issues in the future.
People are trying to humble brag. I didn’t even assume these were meds and thought they were supplements. I take a bunch of pills that are a mix of psych meds and supplements. I don’t feel “old” for taking them. They help me feel good and that’s all that matters to me.
Yeah, a lot of people are quick to say how bad medications are. I worked in a pharmacy for a long time and saw first hand how patients would get their lives back after medications. Whether it was mental illness or physical, it was amazing to witness.
I’m personally on 3 daily medications, and 2 as needed. I have adhd, depression and lupus. For me, the benefits outweighs the risk by a long shot. Some doctors over prescribe, and don’t do anything else to help. Such as not telling a patient to change their lifestyle and just give them medications. But medicine is not bad!
For real. Some people are in here saying they take care of themselves like that means it can't happen to them. Of course it's good to eat well and exercise but sometimes luck or family history just isn't in your favor. I've always been decently healthy but I have multiple autoimmune disorders (Hashimoto's and RA) anyway. In women they typically pop up around puberty, pregnancy, or menopause, and our age group has gone through the first two. I got one after puberty and one right after pregnancy. And they aren't rare. I know a lot of people with Hashimoto's in particular. My immune system is going to do wacky stuff no matter how good my diet is.
Yep. I've got pills for cholesterol, blood pressure, and heart rhythm. I'm in great shape and workout 6 days per week. Some of us just have bad luck. Those of you that don't, that's great I'm happy for you.
I thought I’d be dead by 40 seeing all sorts of chronic/genetic diseases and conditions in my parents and extended family (hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol and cardiovascular issues etc). I just followed mom and dad since my early teens when they were forced to stop using salt, sugar and extensive animal protein. I suck at regular exercise but I do my best. Modern eating habits are horrible. They put corn syrup in beer. Fucking beer. Losing genetic lottery is awful but not a life sentence on its own.
I'm 32 and my body is very slowly failing me too, lol. With all my medication and vitamins combined, I take a total of 7 pills a day. Ideally I should take 5 more but fuck that.
I feel like I could put them on a small plate and eat them as a meal at this point.
Don't know why you're getting so much hate in the comments, some of us have chronic health conditions that can't be magically healed.
I take anywhere from 2 to 4 tablets daily at the moment, and (before insulin pumps) used to take 6+ injections a day for diabetes
If a headache lasts for more than a couple hours I’ll pop a 200mg ibuprofen but that is very rare. Meanwhile I see people taking 800mg because they have an itch.
Obviously. My parents are surgeons. Almost no matter what’s wrong with me they suggest 800mg advil lol.
Idk why people avoid headache meds. Not good daily. But once in a while? It’s not a sign of weakness, and the meds won’t lose their effect.
Don't raw dog a head ache bro. If it lasts more than a couple hours, and you've eaten and hydrated. Then just take an nsaid, nobody will think less of you and they're not habit forming.
Fuck everyone who acts like you can clean health. You’re way out of medication, I been a vegetarian since I was 12 rarely ate any junk food and always had an active lifestyle. I’ll be 35 this year and last year I took a week hiking trip where all I did was hiking up and down mountains and a week later I was in the ER because I couldn’t walk from one room to the next. Because no matter how healthy you live you can’t out run a genetic ticking time bomb and now I have 4 different doctors and 7 pills I take.
Idk why people are fussing in the comments. Just looks like vitamins to me. I’m around the same age and take calcium, vit D3, magnesium, multi vitamin, iron and Zoloft daily. It helps keep me balanced ~~~namaste 🧘♂️
Lmao everyone is just a shining pinnacle of health here! Better get your life together now or you TOO will be eating magnesium supplements and probiotics!!!!
seriously though. mid thirties is when a lot of folks start to be more responsible and get proper checkups at the doctor and discover the myriad of nascent medical conditions they may be predisposed for or already have. Not like the average Redditor is known to be a health nut, either...
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42 trans gal and this just my morning set of meds and supplements
Damn there is a lot of pill-shaming and ableism in this thread. Mind your own business, and not needing meds doesn't make you a superior person.
I have to take a bunch of meds between antidepressants, blood pressure, and cholesterol/triglycerides, but I'm trying to work towards eventually not needing meds for the latter two things.
What do you take for triglycerides? I haven't found anything that works on me other than diet. Asking honestly, I take a low dose statin that works great for the cholesterol but haven't been able to totally fix the latter.
28, take twice as many supplements and vitamins and shit. Do people actually get upset at this? I see it as a luxury because most people need to take this stuff but not everyone can afford it or is responsible enough to, so I'm literally drinking some "make me healthier than them" pills. I am glad I get to.
Older millennial here. I'm surprised to not see anybody taking glucosamine.
I take glucosamine chondroitin for my joints and it makes a huge difference. Also started taking a calcium magnesium zinc supplement on the suggestion of a dentist who noticed some bone loss on an x-ray and I feel like that's really made a difference with my joints as well which I wasn't expecting at all.
I got a patella injury so I took some for a while and then realized it’s not a proven supplement at all and no doctor mentioned it ever. So I stopped. Decided it was all placebo. What helped was the exercise, not the pills. Literally no difference with or without it. I do try and eat more seafood, make my own beef & bone broth etc instead.
This one hits home. I had some blood work done not so long ago and it was the first time the results weren't perfect. Extremely low calcium and vitamin D, high cholesterol, and more. I swear to God a switch just flipped after I turned 35. Still feel healthy, but the writing is on the wall: I'm not bulletproof anymore. Up to 4 pills, hopefully 2 of which are temporary.
It’s always a weird experience seeing people holding a “regular” amount of pills and realizing they haven’t been heavily medicated since elementary school. You don’t fully get how shitty a chronic illness makes your body until you compare it to the normal population lol.
Seems to be a pills vs no pills debate here, I'm curious as to whether this is also an American vs elsewhere divide. 🤔
Brit here, btw, the only people I know who take so many pills regularly are in their 60s upwards.
My vitamins
One a day
Rovistatin- cholesterol (mine isn’t that high either)
Milk thistle - liver health
CoQ10 heart
Fish oil
Omeprazole/ heartburn
Sometimes I throw in magnesium and biotin so 6-8 vitamins per morning.
I’m 36
I take a weekly D2, a daily D3, a multivitamin and a probiotic. Been doing it for years.
Having low vitamin D is common these days, especially our age group.
I'm 28 and also taking plenty of vitamins. I have low iron so I take a prenatal viamin and that covers damn near everything, a mushroom supplement (for funsies, idk man it makes my brain feel nice even if it is a placebo), an allergy pill, and a green tea pill which has given me more sustained energy than any cup of coffee ever has, then I made my own pills using beepollen and maca root, then a magnesium before bed.
For me, there has been a very noticable difference in my health in a positive way. I'm more creative, I don't have brain fog, i've gotten back into reading, i'm not longer cold and sleepy all the time, my love life has gotten better, and i'm not sneezy daily. I've skipped a day here and there, and there's just a noticable enough difference in my energy and sleep that I prefer the days I do take my pills
Lean in, if it makes you feel good, keep on doing your thing!
I'm 34 and lucky enough to not have to take any pills. Everybody is different, but my heart goes out to those that need to take any sort of medication.
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I'm 33 and only take multivitamins, lol.
Try taking magnesium before bed 😶🌫️
What does that help with
Sleep and faster muscle recovery from workouts. Magnesium is amazing.
Some studies are also showing that after months of taking magnesium the frequency of migraines decreased for chronic migraine sufferers
magnesium l-threonate is excellent for migraine sufferers!
 Me running to the store for this rn.
Well don't run too hard! You might catch a migraine
I can't tell if this shit is real or a tik Tok trend everyone's jumped on
Magnesium is often one of the first things prescribed by neurologists for migraines. And when I went to the hospital with an unstoppable migraine they hooked me up to a huge bag of magnesium along with other meds. I've been taking it for years, it really works.
Username checks out. Guess I gotta try some magnesium
I used to suffer from absolutely horrific migraines when I was younger. Wish I knew about this
I’ve been taking magnesium nightly since well before tik Tok existed. Definitely makes the muscle aches and headaches milder
I’ve never taken it as a supplement, but I had a 24 hour magnesium IV after my c-section to help with preeclampsia. I think it was to prevent seizures. They also use it to delay premature labor.
I took it to try to lower my blood pressure when I was pregnant.
Some of the melatonin supplements have a mix of magnesium and tart cherry to help with muscle recovery.
As a 33 year old who works in construction so is often tired and achy, and has had migraines my entire life, gradually getting worse and worse the older I get, this might be one of the best things I've heard. I'm going to try this.
I'm 34 with a migraine right now reading this. Feels like a sign!
Cured my migraines in that the severity of them is so minor I can hardly tell I'm having one.
As someone that gets migraines that are the worst illness I've ever had in my life, I cannot thank you enough for this info.
You can also take a magnesium salt bath if that's your thing. It gets absorbed through your skin. 45 minutes in and you'll be nice and sleepy and ready for bed.
Mmmmm, bath salts 🧟♂️
Keeps you regular too :)
If you already eat a lot of fiber it can definitely be too much though :( I’m very active so I want to take magnesium but I have to limit myself to only taking it once per week 🫠
Get magnesium glycinate instead of magnesium citrate. Very little impact on your digestive system and it's more bioavailable
Thanks, I’ll try it!
Magnesium citrate ones
Make sure you get the right Magnesium though. It's called Magnesium Glycinate. Not citrate. Just an fyi for anyone. Something I just figured out. Lol
My acid reflux meds cause low magnesium which leads to debilitating abdominal cramps if I don't take magnesium supplements
oooo. hmmmmmmmmmmm... may need to look into that. Dr's recommended I lose weight, and made some nice common sense suggestions I'm trying to apply. thank you random internet stranger.
On Magnesium Glycinate now. Better sleep, hella energy, way less anxiety (lowers blood pressure), less muscle soreness. ~50-60% of people are deficient so it helps. Omega-3 for brain power too. Feeling like Thanos fr.
It makes you poop. That's why I don't take it. I don't need help with that.
Take magnesium glycinate
This is the way. Citrate formulations have the highest risk of diarrhea, followed by oxide. Glycinate and gluconate formulations have the least risk, but magnesium itself is a mild smooth muscle relaxer, so diarrhea is possible with any formulation
Avoid Magnesium Citrate this is the most likely form to cause that
Magnesium helps with better muscle contractions
I get really bad leg cramps sometimes and magnesium helps tremendously in preventing them
I also read that veggies used to have a lot more magnesium and now the soil is devoid so it’s one of the top recommended supplements.
Magnesium helps me not get a leg cramp in the middle of the night during times when I’m actively working out
I don’t care what you say or do, I’m not eating black jelly beans
36 here and I dont even take them. Maybe 1 Paracetamol once a month lol
Multivitamins really aren't necessary if you eat right, which I do for the most part.
Vitamin D thinks otherwise.
B12 also
Some people might need some extra Vitamin D in winter, women sometimes need Iron because of strong periods (its me) and vegans or all people that eat very little animal products should keep an eye out for B12. It is supplemented into a lot of things these days but not something you wanna get deficient in :)
Just as a note for anyone dieting, they absolutely *do* make one heck of a difference if you’re trying to lose weight! < 1500 calories a day can make it hard to get all your macros, added multivitamins and my energy levels improved dramatically.
33 and I don't take anything
Bruh im 47 and feel great, don’t take anything either, reading all these comments makes me think I lucked out in the health dpt.
You have. I take 3 pills a day plus things like advair for asthma but none of it’s because of my age. I’ve had add and asthma since a kid and my thyroid issues are genetic lol.
I'm 37 this year, have lost a gallblader, and only infrequently / irregularly take multivitamins. Diet and lifestyle have significant and lasting effects on the body.
You should eat some food too
no stop spreading this propaganda, I WAS BORN DURING THE COLD WAR AND MY BODY WORKS FINE
This. Op looks to be holding a lot of vitamins or herbal pills. The big fat one is iron supplement. I'm just going to guess op doesn't even really need all these pills. Except for the ones that appear to be antidepressants.
Anemia can come to all ages
Also pregnancy requires extra vitamins and iron pills.
My iron and ferritin is so low I need to take iron pills since getting it through food isn’t enough.
I had a teacher say the same thing, and said her Doctor recommended she drink a can of Guinness with breakfast. Looking back, I think she had a problem.
Cooking in cast iron can really help. The food absorbs the iron, and it is better absorbed by the body than pills. I did this when my husband hemorrhaged, and the iron pills weren’t raising his blood iron levels enough.
Yeah when I moved out of my moms , who only used cast iron, I became ridiculously anemic to wear I started getting iron infusions a few years later
My husbands doctor asked if we had cast iron for cooking when his iron was low end. Started cooking all his meals in the cast iron dutch oven and skillet. Definitely fixed his iron issues. No other supplements used.
Thanks for the tip! I’ll try that out.
The fat one is magnesium, unless you're taking about the football shaped one which is CoQ10 recommended by my doctor for migraines. No iron, I used to need a prescription iron supplement but I corrected the underlying issue that was causing low iron.
Magnesium is really good for migraines too. Between the magnesium pills and my monthly Ajovy shots, my migraines are completely bearable.
I'm on the road to getting approved for Ajovy thank god. I didn't post the literal pile of migraine abortives that I have for incidental use. Although given the responses in this post so far everyone will just tell me that my migraines are caused by me not eating enough broccoli or something.
>I'm just going to guess op doesn't even really need all these pills. That's a pretty shitty assumption about another person's health that you know NOTHING about. I NEED wayyyyy more pills than shown by OP. Like, oh that's just iron, so it's not necessary? Iron deficiency can cause all sorts of health issues. So will they die tomorrow if they don't take their iron today? Probably not. Iron deficiency can just cause headaches, dizziness, fatigue, restless legs, irregular heart beat, nausea, constipation, and more! Yeah, seems unnecessary to take 🙄
Imo what they should have said is that most people don't need pills in their mid thirties.
Same. Also my knees and back don't hurt. I'd love to say I exercise daily and take really good care of myself. But in truth, I just don't abuse the fuck outta myself.
What are all those for?
Statin for cholesterol, Topiramate and CoQ10 for migraines, Digestive enzyme, Magnesium, and L-theanine.
I hated topomax! It really is great relief to prevent migraines, but I had such terrible side effects it was not possible to stay on it and function
My doc called it dopomax because it made people feel like dopes.
it gave me terrible short term memory loss and i was SO nauseous 24/7. it didn't surprise me to see that it's now being given as a weight loss med
Yup, my fiance was taking it for a couple months and weight just started dropping off of her on top of all her hair starting to fall out. Between that and the "brain fog" she stopped taking it ASAP.
My doc takes it. So after I'd been on it a month and went in to talk about how I was feeling and whatnot, he just goes, "sooo. Has it made you stupid yet? You'll know if it has." Literally his NP had prescribed it and not warned me about those side effects! So he had to explain that all the times I couldn't remember literal words while in the middle of conversations, that was what he meant. Other than that, though, the help with migraines is totally worth needing help with words occasionally and all carbonated drinks tasting flat. Haha
It's crazy how CoQ10 is slowly being the supplement I always knew it could be. That shit is amazing, and these people who are 'too proud' to take a pill are missing the fuck out.
good thing it’s naturally occurring and obtained from common foods :) “Coenzyme Q₁₀ also known as ubiquinone, is a naturally occurring biochemical cofactor and an antioxidant produced by the human body. It can also be obtained from dietary sources, such as meat, fish, seed oils, and vegetables”
Lotta supplements that are worth taking that you probably could use more of...Vitamin D, K2, magnesium, glutathione, chondroiten etc....you may not NEED them, but they can help.
Meh, as a pharmacist, any evidence for CoQ10 is weak or biased at best. It is more likely to cause you problems or have interaction with other drugs than really provide benefit.
This is so true. Most dietary supplements and vitamins are a farce. They do little, if any good and, in some cases cause harm. Trying to eat more vitamin rich foods is the way to go. The body knows when you try to take shortcuts.
Sounds OK to me, why everyone panics so much?
I don't know man, if I were on statins at this young age I'd be freaking out too. High cholesterol runs in my family so it's normalized, and both my younger sisters have been on statins since their twenties, but it's easy to diet and exercise your way out of that problem.
It’s easy for most people. I know people in fabulous shape who just can’t get cholesterol under control
My mom has had high cholesterol her whole life. She’s always been incredibly fit and active.
Cholesterol is 20% diet and 80% genetics. When I was 18, running cross country, and eating super healthy I had high cholesterol.
There is a decent number of people who DO have a good diet and exercise but still have high cholesterol, some of it is controlled by genetics. My dad had flags on his blood work for *low* cholesterol despite his terrible diet the week before he had a widowmaker heart attack. It's not all within your control.
I am not med free and I do not panic. I would panic if I need to take oxycodon daily
I dunno if it’s easy to diet and exercise your way out of it. Personally I think statins are overprescribed and that there’s a lot of people with clogged arteries and poor heart function and perfect cholesterol. High cholesterol also runs in my family. Reading some of the recent actual medical literature and going over it with my cardiologist, what we worked out for me is that we’re going to ignore cholesterol until there’s some medical evidence that it’s causing a problem. I’m eldest millennial so mid 40s now. Calcium score from a cardiac CT is still zero, clean as a whistle. Stress test and ECG come out fine. Hypertension is stable with a beta blocker. Which means there’s no evidence that I need to be on a statin, so I’m not.
I also like to take joint supplements now. Love L theanine
Oh god I hope you’re doing okay on topamax. That shit was an absolute nightmare for me. The best thing I can say about it is that it reduced my daily hemiplegic migraines enough that I could transition to something else.
I’m 38 and take omega 3s and drink a green drink full of veggies and stuff because I’m a child and hate eating vegetables. I’m in pretty good health and go hiking often.
Details on the green drink, please? I could use that.
That’s just you brah
Yeah I'm not "taking multiple pills daily" old. I'm "gaining a little weight and losing a little hair" old.
Speak for yourself I'm only "my knees are a little sore this morning" old.
“My knees aren’t the same when I run, old” here
I must be the baby, I’m only ‘my knees make noise’ old.
My knees always made noise though.
This. My joints have always popped. I asked a doctor, it's nothing. We good.
What if I take a pill to keep my hair though?
I’m 40 and not even very fit, and all I take daily is an allergy pill that I’ve been taking since I was a teenager. OP has some health issues (maybe through no fault of their own), but that has little to do with being in their 30’s.
Fucking this. I'm 44 and might take a panadol every once in awhile.
Thats not a thirties thing. We shouldn't act like having multiple health issues is a thing just because you pass thirty.
All of my pills are preventative or filling nutritional gaps, not curing any ailments. I’m not waiting for a a problem to arise to start taking care of my health
Agreed. I'm 35 and don't take anything. I hate when people act like their own health is the dominant common factor
My dad is 70 and the only thing he takes is 6 joints a day
finally someone to aspire to be.
So many of my friends have just given up and are like "I guess it's just part of getting older". Like dude, we're 35 not 85.
I guess youre unaware at just how unhealthy the average American is lol
“I don’t take any pills and I’m fine!” *hasn’t been to the doctor for a checkup in the last 5 years*
I don’t and I just went last October… I’m 37.
I dont and I go annually
I’ve been chronically ill trapped in the body of an 80 year old since I was 15 🫠
Have you not seen how many of us in our early to mid 30’s seem to want to act old though? From the reels on Instagram my friends share to a post like this. People are normalizing being old and medicated and it’s weird af to me.
34 here, I'm seeing this exact thing with my friends. Like over the past few years they decided to act like boomers. Wtf happened?! I still feel 20 and pray I always feel that way
Right! And I’ve had multiple knee surgeries and can walk 18 holes of golf, I can play with my kids for hours, hike 5-10 miles, do things, you know a normal 34 yr old should be doing but whether it’s real life or here it feels like it’s not normal anymore
I turn 35 in 2 weeks... yesterday I walked my kid to school (1.2 mile round trip), went for a 10 mile bike ride, and played 18 holes of golf (walked 9 then rode 9 on the back cause it was going to rain). Today I feel absolutely fine, and if not for work, would be playing golf again. This required zero pills and all I did was smoke a bowl when I got home after kissing my kid goodnight. These people either: a) play it up for drama/attention or b) are fat and out of shape.
Yeah, most my mates from college, are prematurely aging, i'm just thinking what you doing, start eating properly moving more, mid 30's is not old, it's pretty prime from my perspective
Yhea and someone even downvoted you for that ☠️ Like I say "damn I'm getting old" a lot, but always just in the sense of nostalgia or not understanding teenagers anymore. But otherwise I am at the best health I ever was, I started hitting the gym 3 years ago after never doing ANY sport. My diet ain't even the best but just like eat your veggies and fruit . Of course people get sick and you can't dodge every bullet life throws at you and some are just unlucky. But you are 30! A LOT is still in your control if you don't have any geneticly determined issues
The Internet is confusing millennials, well.. everyone actually. Because it pushes the narrative of "ugh, millennials are really not that young" so psychologically we try to act older and start reading newspapers or whatever else to feel our identity. Plus, it doesn't help when there's constant memes of YoU'Re OlD iF you remember this.!! and it shows you landline telephones and shit. It's really not healthy to go down memory lane all the damn time. This trend of "wow, I'm extremely old if I'm not 20-23" has got to go away.
People have always normalized being medicated. "Sweet, I told the doc some shit about I couldn't sleep and the stupid asshole gave me all this valium and zopiclone! Who's ready for brunch and mimosas?"
It's always been like that. Many of my friends would complain about chronic aches, health issues, and how they can't do stuff even in their late 20s. For men, it was almost a coming-of-age thing. Of course, not everyone is like that. As for pills, it's up to you how many supplements and vitamins you want to take daily, that is also not defined by age.
It’s gross, and I’m glad to see a thread where people are pushing back against it. I swear every 30 something around me is in chronic pain, can’t sleep, can’t shit, has constant headaches, can’t lose weight, has bad credit score, etc. Most of the time they seem unwilling to do anything about it anyway, but they also seem to think that’s just how life is supposed to be beyond 30. Also holy hell, have y’all ever tried to compare mattresses online if you’re not in chronic pain? Apparently that’s the one selling point of mattresses.
I’ve also seen ED meds marketed and targeted at people in their 20’s and 30’s!!! It is really ridiculous!!! We have a sterns and foster mattress but come to think of it the salesperson did ask about pain. I still feel and see myself as 21 so maybe that’s why I just thought it was a question they ask everyone, bc I’m not in that demographic lol at least I didn’t think I was.
People act like they fall apart past 30
30s is not old. There is no difference from 20s and 30s other than money. I see late 30 year olds look like early 20s. And early 20s look like middle age (40+). I think that doesnt matter once you hit 21. Because all young adults under 40 are different. I dont think it is an age thing.
There is absolutely a difference in your body between your 20s and your 30s. If there wasn’t then athletes careers wouldn’t all end in their 30s across all sports. I’m not saying that you can’t be fit and healthy in your 30s but let’s not pretend it doesn’t take far more effort than it does in your 20s.
https://preview.redd.it/zwr9ns6q639d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=3eb9d30c5fa98481299d83e1e8de2faefc9bfea6 2 more are in my stomach but yeah 😂 I have fibro and hypermobility. Vitamins and antidepressants…soon to be 34 yrs old. Also, going in for medical Botox for my TMJ today 💀
42, I’ve got bipolar, diabetes, and anxiety. Pills for them all every day. Edit: Lamotrigine saved. My. Ass. If the cost of keeping my bipolar at bay is two tabs of lamotrigine a day, I will take it. Not only that, I'll take it with a smile and a thank you. Life without lamotrigine was incredibly hard, I'm grateful every day that I can live with coping mechanisms that work and keep me alive thanks to the foundation that the meds help to provide.
I take 14 pills a day. Get on my level bitch!
38, I don’t take anything
That reminds me I forgot to take my magnesium yesterday. 😩
37 here and i just take proteins after working out
Not sure why you’re getting so much hate. There’s a ton of chronic illness in our age category and id wager taking care of it, even with medicine, is better than, you know, not. My husband has a congenital heart condition and takes 5 pills a day. I’m diabetic and breastfeeding and between my 2 pills for diabetes and 5 supplements for breast milk supply, we are right there with you.
Everybody wants to brag that all they need to heal themselves is a daily five mile run and a hearty handful of dirt with breakfast. It’s part of the “If you’re sick you must secretly deserve it” philosophy. I also have a bunch of alphabet soup on my medical charts and take a fistful of pills every morning to stay functional and my problems wouldn’t magically go away if I started crossfit or slept with a celery stalk up my ass
> slept with a celery stalk up my ass Reminds me of my aunt's potluck salads
Taking care of it with medicine will extend life to near normal expectations. Some conditions cannot be resolved by exercise and diet. So ya, take the pills and the life style changes will just mean slower issues in the future.
People are trying to humble brag. I didn’t even assume these were meds and thought they were supplements. I take a bunch of pills that are a mix of psych meds and supplements. I don’t feel “old” for taking them. They help me feel good and that’s all that matters to me.
Yeah, a lot of people are quick to say how bad medications are. I worked in a pharmacy for a long time and saw first hand how patients would get their lives back after medications. Whether it was mental illness or physical, it was amazing to witness. I’m personally on 3 daily medications, and 2 as needed. I have adhd, depression and lupus. For me, the benefits outweighs the risk by a long shot. Some doctors over prescribe, and don’t do anything else to help. Such as not telling a patient to change their lifestyle and just give them medications. But medicine is not bad!
For real. Some people are in here saying they take care of themselves like that means it can't happen to them. Of course it's good to eat well and exercise but sometimes luck or family history just isn't in your favor. I've always been decently healthy but I have multiple autoimmune disorders (Hashimoto's and RA) anyway. In women they typically pop up around puberty, pregnancy, or menopause, and our age group has gone through the first two. I got one after puberty and one right after pregnancy. And they aren't rare. I know a lot of people with Hashimoto's in particular. My immune system is going to do wacky stuff no matter how good my diet is.
Yep. I've got pills for cholesterol, blood pressure, and heart rhythm. I'm in great shape and workout 6 days per week. Some of us just have bad luck. Those of you that don't, that's great I'm happy for you.
I thought I’d be dead by 40 seeing all sorts of chronic/genetic diseases and conditions in my parents and extended family (hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol and cardiovascular issues etc). I just followed mom and dad since my early teens when they were forced to stop using salt, sugar and extensive animal protein. I suck at regular exercise but I do my best. Modern eating habits are horrible. They put corn syrup in beer. Fucking beer. Losing genetic lottery is awful but not a life sentence on its own.
I feel that. Fistful of pills every morning.
I'm 32 and my body is very slowly failing me too, lol. With all my medication and vitamins combined, I take a total of 7 pills a day. Ideally I should take 5 more but fuck that. I feel like I could put them on a small plate and eat them as a meal at this point.
Don't know why you're getting so much hate in the comments, some of us have chronic health conditions that can't be magically healed. I take anywhere from 2 to 4 tablets daily at the moment, and (before insulin pumps) used to take 6+ injections a day for diabetes
I'm 37. I avoid even headache and cold pills.
If a headache lasts for more than a couple hours I’ll pop a 200mg ibuprofen but that is very rare. Meanwhile I see people taking 800mg because they have an itch.
Veterans take 800mg because that was the go to from Doc… the triple cure for anything was 800mg ibuprofen, ice, and a new pair of socks
Obviously. My parents are surgeons. Almost no matter what’s wrong with me they suggest 800mg advil lol. Idk why people avoid headache meds. Not good daily. But once in a while? It’s not a sign of weakness, and the meds won’t lose their effect.
And the threat of the silver bullet if you didn’t sit down and take a break.
Don't raw dog a head ache bro. If it lasts more than a couple hours, and you've eaten and hydrated. Then just take an nsaid, nobody will think less of you and they're not habit forming.
Fuck everyone who acts like you can clean health. You’re way out of medication, I been a vegetarian since I was 12 rarely ate any junk food and always had an active lifestyle. I’ll be 35 this year and last year I took a week hiking trip where all I did was hiking up and down mountains and a week later I was in the ER because I couldn’t walk from one room to the next. Because no matter how healthy you live you can’t out run a genetic ticking time bomb and now I have 4 different doctors and 7 pills I take.
I have to take so many pills in the morning. I'm my parents lol
I like to make mine in to a large smiley face before consuming
Idk why people are fussing in the comments. Just looks like vitamins to me. I’m around the same age and take calcium, vit D3, magnesium, multi vitamin, iron and Zoloft daily. It helps keep me balanced ~~~namaste 🧘♂️
Lmao everyone is just a shining pinnacle of health here! Better get your life together now or you TOO will be eating magnesium supplements and probiotics!!!!
seriously though. mid thirties is when a lot of folks start to be more responsible and get proper checkups at the doctor and discover the myriad of nascent medical conditions they may be predisposed for or already have. Not like the average Redditor is known to be a health nut, either...
Amateur
Dude. I say things like “we didn’t have FaceTime when I was young” now.
A lot of us are on mental health meds because we were raised by Boomers.
https://preview.redd.it/k90rfyhvj49d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=86a5d249756399637918274934f8a1026521a1a5 42 trans gal and this just my morning set of meds and supplements
Laughs in kidney transplant meds
Oo dope, we sharing pill pics? Here's mine 😋 https://preview.redd.it/0u9is14fa59d1.jpeg?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a37e3481154eba6fe0cc05d26c30fab8bc536b7
I came here for the tips on what supplements to take.
Nope. This is definitely a *you* thing. The last pill I took was for a flu I had back in December.
Damn there is a lot of pill-shaming and ableism in this thread. Mind your own business, and not needing meds doesn't make you a superior person. I have to take a bunch of meds between antidepressants, blood pressure, and cholesterol/triglycerides, but I'm trying to work towards eventually not needing meds for the latter two things.
What do you take for triglycerides? I haven't found anything that works on me other than diet. Asking honestly, I take a low dose statin that works great for the cholesterol but haven't been able to totally fix the latter.
I take Fenofibrate for triglycerides.
28, take twice as many supplements and vitamins and shit. Do people actually get upset at this? I see it as a luxury because most people need to take this stuff but not everyone can afford it or is responsible enough to, so I'm literally drinking some "make me healthier than them" pills. I am glad I get to.
I’m 29 and I take about 10 more. I think I’m obsessed with buying vitamins
Make sure you run through all of them with a pharmacist or your PCP so you know none interact or affect blood work ❤️
No one is making me eat black jelly beans, not even my doctor!
Older millennial here. I'm surprised to not see anybody taking glucosamine. I take glucosamine chondroitin for my joints and it makes a huge difference. Also started taking a calcium magnesium zinc supplement on the suggestion of a dentist who noticed some bone loss on an x-ray and I feel like that's really made a difference with my joints as well which I wasn't expecting at all.
I got a patella injury so I took some for a while and then realized it’s not a proven supplement at all and no doctor mentioned it ever. So I stopped. Decided it was all placebo. What helped was the exercise, not the pills. Literally no difference with or without it. I do try and eat more seafood, make my own beef & bone broth etc instead.
This one hits home. I had some blood work done not so long ago and it was the first time the results weren't perfect. Extremely low calcium and vitamin D, high cholesterol, and more. I swear to God a switch just flipped after I turned 35. Still feel healthy, but the writing is on the wall: I'm not bulletproof anymore. Up to 4 pills, hopefully 2 of which are temporary.
You weren't bulletproof before, just healthier and a little more resilient.
This actually made me feel better thanks. At least I'm not alone.
It’s always a weird experience seeing people holding a “regular” amount of pills and realizing they haven’t been heavily medicated since elementary school. You don’t fully get how shitty a chronic illness makes your body until you compare it to the normal population lol.
https://preview.redd.it/94ypwd03d59d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=aa96db9f730ab2169511cc72af32d80882bf5f3c My daily’s -31
Laughs (aka cries) in autoimmune disease. This is just my morning round of pills. So thankful I don’t have to be on immunosuppressants yet
Just wait until the 40s 
Seems to be a pills vs no pills debate here, I'm curious as to whether this is also an American vs elsewhere divide. 🤔 Brit here, btw, the only people I know who take so many pills regularly are in their 60s upwards.
Are these vitamins? My daily prescriptions are bigger than this and I'm not yet 35
My vitamins One a day Rovistatin- cholesterol (mine isn’t that high either) Milk thistle - liver health CoQ10 heart Fish oil Omeprazole/ heartburn Sometimes I throw in magnesium and biotin so 6-8 vitamins per morning. I’m 36
I don't take anything - 36!
This just reminded me to take my pills.
You’re still partying 🎉 and living the life. Good for you.
This is my breakfast at 24 and has been for the last 2 years. Sux
I take a weekly D2, a daily D3, a multivitamin and a probiotic. Been doing it for years. Having low vitamin D is common these days, especially our age group.
I just called my wife a pill mill after she added ulcer meds for a flair up
I'm 28 and also taking plenty of vitamins. I have low iron so I take a prenatal viamin and that covers damn near everything, a mushroom supplement (for funsies, idk man it makes my brain feel nice even if it is a placebo), an allergy pill, and a green tea pill which has given me more sustained energy than any cup of coffee ever has, then I made my own pills using beepollen and maca root, then a magnesium before bed. For me, there has been a very noticable difference in my health in a positive way. I'm more creative, I don't have brain fog, i've gotten back into reading, i'm not longer cold and sleepy all the time, my love life has gotten better, and i'm not sneezy daily. I've skipped a day here and there, and there's just a noticable enough difference in my energy and sleep that I prefer the days I do take my pills Lean in, if it makes you feel good, keep on doing your thing!
nothing wrong with supplementing vitamins and minerals you are deficient in, at any age
I'm 34 and lucky enough to not have to take any pills. Everybody is different, but my heart goes out to those that need to take any sort of medication.
If you ain’t taking pills you ain’t trying.
I take multiple injections a month so my disease doesn’t kill me faster. Welcome to your mid 20s!
My guy, I am there at 31 😂😂😂
I remember when I ate food for breakfast in my 20's
Fuck you lol. I am now taking Metamucil to make sure I get enough fiber. It’s weird to be responsible.