What kind of vitamins do you all take. I need something that is going to give me the vitamins I need and also give me energy. Seems like lately, I don't have any energy at all. I can get a good nights sleep and after I have been awake about 2 hours the next morning, I am so tired I have to go lay down?

How long have you been banded? Did your Doc recommend any to you?

I take the Walgreen's brand of Centrum's High Potency A to Z Vitamin in a chewable. I also take Calcium. About two weeks ago, I started feeling really exhausted, and I couldn't get enough sleep. I had only felt this way during my first months of pregnancy. Honestly, if not for a hysterectomy, I would have been sure I was pregnant again.

I went to the Vitamin Shoppe and bought liquid B12 (it's very tasty, and you just take one dropper full/day) and a liquid Vitamin D that you just add one tiny drop/day to a drink or food. I also got a small Iron tablet to take. The multi vitamin gives 100% of the daily recommended allowance, so I just got a small iron pill that gives an extra 35%. I see my doctor in two weeks, so I'll go over these Vitamins with him, but after taking the additional vitamins for a week, I feel much better.

I really can't recommend anyone to add these vitamins, but I do feel better.

A couple of years ago, I tried to lose weight on phentermine, under a doctor's care. Every two weeks, I had to go in for a check, and to also get a shot of B12 for energy because of the reduction in the amount of food I was eating. Although, I lost weight on the phentermine, I was still eating more than I do with the band. I'm surprised that B12 isn't recommended.

Edited January 26, 200917 yr by kiz

Hi stacy I am only a few days post op but my dr. told me to get a chewable multivitamin so first I got the viactiv ones(they taste like choc, chews) he then informed me that they were no good because of the sugar(3gms.) so i switched to centrium chewables (orange flavor) Im not a huge fan of the taste but it does perk me up after about 1/2 hr to and hr. I was also told to take chewable calcium citrate so I take chewable citracal (lemon flavor) the combo of those two things seems to really make me feel better. hope this helps a little Tiffany

I take one chewable Flinstones complete in the morning and a Kirkland Calcium chew and a B-12 sublingual in the afternoon. I don't know when you had your surgery, but it took me a couple of months to have any energy - I was always tired. My dietician said that is normal as your body is recovering from surgery and adjusting.

i take 1 chewable blackcurrant flav with mulitpurpose vitamins with minerals..Im too tired when i first get up..im 5 days post op..im sure this will pass when were eating normal again

I too only take the Flinstones Complete chewables once a day. I am not on other vitamins. I do have sublingual vitamin B-12 that I got Vitamin World. I take that when I need a pick me up. I have my tired moments and other moments where I feel I can go for hours. I think it is all related to how our bodies are handling the new changes.

I just started taking the sub-lingual B12 after having follow up blood work - my surgeon said my B12 level was normal but he likes to see it higher. I got the sub-lingual B12 at Wal Mart for less than $4 a bottle.

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“Skip the alcohol, or at least cut back to a few per week and not on the same day,” she adds.Leslie Beck links diet to the prevention of illness in Foods That Fight Disease: A Nutrition Guide to Staying Healthy for Life (Penguin, 2008). Along with sharing recipes, the Toronto nutritionist gives advice on Vitamins and minerals that could protect against cancer.

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I take the chewable calcium citrate plus D (3 lozenges a day) and the chewable multivitamin (twice a day) and one Biotin. The biotin helps with the Protein absorbtion in a way that can help to minimize or stop hairloss which can be a problem for some. I get mine online from Bariatric Advantage. They are specifically designed for WLS patients and the VitaBand multivitamin is also called the Lap Band Vitamin and was developed for band patients. They also come in flavors which are pretty good.

For anyone that's interested, their website is Bariatric Advantage - Nutritional supplements, Vitamins, Proteins, and Help for Gastric Bypass, Distal, Lap Band, Realize, Stomaphyx and Duodenal Switch Surgery Patients

Tkl

Edited April 4, 200917 yr by TklMeSkinny