I have a bit of a situation that I'm hoping someone can help me with...
I've been taking a multivitamin every day for the past 3 months without incident, but yesterday I started a new bottle and ended up VIOLENTLY ill, throwing up.
I did not eat anything with it, as it's my routine to take the vitamin in the morning with a glass of water and eat about 1/2 hour later when I get to class.
The new vitamins are the same brand as the old ones, but they have added minerals, which the others did not. I've heard that certain minerals can cause nausea, but I'm not sure if there's any validity in this....
I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this experience? I am a bit paranoid so my mind immediately goes to the worst possible scenario...I'm normally a very healthy person- in fact, I can't remember the last time I threw up. I've been feeling a bit sick on and off for the past 36 hours or so, post vitamin incident....
My husband had that happen once. He took a multi on an empty stomach and puked. He never took a vitamin after that. I always eat something first and then take my vitamin. They can be pretty strong on an empty stomach.
I can't take my multivitamin without eating, or I feel really sick to my stomach. I would definitely try to eat something with it (doesn't have to be much, I usually take it with a little yogurt or some fruit).
It might be a virus and just happened to strike when you took a new vitamin, yk? But I'd probably go back to the old type too... throwing up is the WORST! I hope you feel better soon.
I must say vitamins always made me queasy when I was expecting......
Don't know if that might be a possibility.
I take a weight loss support vitamin as well but always with my lunch.
I'm almost 100% sure that's not a possibility, but that's totally where my mind went, too....
I've been feeling a LOT better since Thursday- I haven't taken a vitamin since, but I picked up a new bottle of my original vitamins today. Hopefully that whole situation has resolved itself!!
I had the same thing happen to me before. It was a One-a-Day women's and it was horrible. I've taken those before, but it had been a while when the incident happened. Now I take centrum chewables, and i'm fine.
a nutritionist came to my job about a year ago and recommended rainbow vitamins. i've been a taking the women's multivitamin since then - right after i eat breakfast in the morning. they have never made me nauseous. there is no coating over the tablets, however so it can taste pretty gnarly going down but you get used to it, lol. i chase mine with lots of water or some juice.
It is quite common because...if you compare the labels, you find them equal or almost equal. The problem is they aren't, maybe there's written Vitamin A on both, but it's not the 'same' Vitamin A, meaning it was processed and obtained in a different way, so maybe you have two multivitaminics that look equal but really one causes you vomit and the other doesn't. It's a common reaction and there's nothing strange, it's all in the process through which the vitamins are obtained and syntetyzed.
Don't try that again because it'll make you sick again, it's just your body that cannot take it. Switch to anothre brand till you find one that works fine, and then don't change it.
I have to eat at least 30 mins before taking my multivitamin. When this happens I am taking a One a Day and have heard a lot of people complain about this while taking them. If I take them without eating first I will throw up. Oh yeah and there is 0 chances I'm pregnant
Multivitamins and Nausea
