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Eye Dr advised me to take AREDS in May, take 1 in AM & 1 in PM. Take thyroid med for 30 years & amlodipine for 1 year, no side effects from those. Since May I awake feeling nauseous, abdominal pain, diarrhea and no appetite. This goes on all day esp nausea. Researched the anoint of zinc & think there is way too much in the AREDS. I do not have macular degeneration, on,y a tiny cataract & very nearsighted since age 8. I take a multi vitamin once a week and vit D daily. Had annual blood work done yesterday. & my total cholesterol has dropped from 170 to 123, LDL is higher & HDL is lower & my RBC is below normal. Have annual physical next week & will discuss the zinc dosage with my primary md. Stopped the AREDS two days ago & have had no side effects since. Comments?
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If you’ll read this entire thread, you will see that the symptoms you mention can be attributed to AREDS, specifically Preservision. I’ve written about those very symptoms myself. It sounds to me like you are overdosing, particularly since you are also taking a multivitamin, which may have a dosage overlap with the AREDS. Neither my optometrist nor ophthalmologist mentioned this possibility. I was sick for a long time, getting progressively worse. I couldn’t even tolerate one AREDS a day. But as soon as I stopped taking it, the illness stopped. I just hope I didn’t do any long term damage to my body.
If you do read this thread, you’ll see that I’m also of the opinion that AREDS does nothing to help eye health or slow the progression of MD.