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@carolee888

Hi Frenchie! I have vitamin and mineral problems! I take a multivitamin gummie. I also have sarcodosis whch means that I cannot take Calicum and or Vitamin D!!! Very difficult to find a multi vitamin without those too. I have a folic acid deficient. Take B12 under the tongue. I took them as pills for years and finally got retested, and I was deficient, But the sublingual dots do raise my level to normal!!!! I am potassium deficent and take care that by one big banana a day.

I used to take Claritian but I buy the generic Loratadine at 10 mg a day. Even so, I still have multiple allergy problems! I have gut problems and used to something very good for it but cannot afford to buy it any more. I have been looking at gut enzeme combinations for help but I probably need to take a separate one. I check of the ingredients of the combos, some make my hypothyroid worse, diabetes worse, high blood pressure worse,diverticulitis, GERD and Laryngeal Reflux worse, asthma worse. Have you found any gut enyzmes that do not have those side effects. I have taken Famotidine but stopped because I have iron deficiency anemia and it heightens it, had to take blood transfusion. No Famotidine or Metrotrexate for me. I have been told to go on a biologic but I will not do it. One that was recommended to me caused a quickly developing brain tumor that was inoperatable. I have not been checked for choline deficiency. WIll check out, on a Protonix for many years and still have the above problems. I found one natural antihistamine that helps but I can't remember the name of it. I research before I take. Will definitely check our Choline. That might help me a lot!

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Replies to "Hi Frenchie! I have vitamin and mineral problems! I take a multivitamin gummie. I also have..."

Carolee888, you are among the most challenged I've ever encountered. Like you, I switched to generic Claritin/Loratadine years ago. I also take 5,000 mcg B12 sublingual. Unlike you, I had to cut back on my potassium. After a desperate 18 months of chronic diarrhea due to the Kung Flu double jab, I over-supplemented the potassium!

It's quite a commitment to educate ourselves.

As to choline, I don't know the benefits, per se. I do know a deficiency has consequences. Aside from maintaining cognition, there are probably other nutritional benefits.

We are so complex and each of us is unique.

I am ignorant about biologics. Sounds scary. For all you know, your sharing may have saved someone from an adverse reaction.

In a manner of speaking, I'm the human guinea pig. Though, as with my excess potassium, I/we must be careful.

Wishing you the best!