Hi,
I have moderate CFS with 'severe dips' (I would say. I've had it for 10 years and discovered many things about my version of it. If I take vitamin C at an amount I can feel (large dosage really 4g day or even 2g a day, spread across the day, actually 500mg I can feel significantly and I basically get a 'rebound crash' after it has worn off, making vitamin c tablets dangerous too me). They can even trigger viral reactivation it seems and I can come down with thing that feels like a cold for months after having one vitamin c tablet, literally, they give me colds (somehow). However, if that did happen, and I take lots more, it makes it go away again (and some other generally pleasant benefits, more energy, feel healthier etc).
Problem is, at night I obviously can't keep taking it so I wake up with a terrible crash. I ended up learning after lots of attempts to fight my colds (caught from other normal reasons) with vitamin C which works and then ends up making it worse, to give up on the supplement and actually avoid it. I've become very sensitive to it it seems and now a little bit makes me feel slightly 'high'. I don't know why but maybe something to do with my 'adrenaline gland'? Just a guess, dont understand (some other things seem to feel a bit similar.... wont go into it now). So it might keep me awake at night but my body tends to adjust so I think its worth ago... if the release can be sustained over a long period of time.
Basically I'm starting a supplement regime of B Vitamins, Zinc and Iron too which for various good reasons I believe may help me. I thought Vitamin C is an important one for synergies and absorption of these etc which is why I'm trying to find some I can survive on. So I'm just looking for the lowest dose, longest release Vitamin C out there.
I have seen there are 500MG ones that apparantly can be released over 6-7 hours which seems not too bad (a little high for me) and I saw unfortunately that it isn't released evenly and the last hour of the 7 only 50MG is released, whereas in the first hour 250MG is, which means there is a sharp contrast which makes my teeth wobble and crash immunologically, I could literally get ill from one of these taking it day or night. I had a nasty crash almost making me fall asleep 2 hours early yesterday from trying a 200mg one (not slow release) just to see how it works these days (have avoided them for years). Conclusion: It was no good and also bad for my teeth (lol) because of the ascorbic acid. Obviously a slow release one isn't chewable (learned long ago but couldn't find a low dose one...). So, any advice? (sorry for the long post!).
Thank you!
P.S. If it is 500MG or even slightly more I could tolerate it, as long as it is actually evenly released, lower still better as I could always take 2.
Thanks!
I have moderate CFS with 'severe dips' (I would say. I've had it for 10 years and discovered many things about my version of it. If I take vitamin C at an amount I can feel (large dosage really 4g day or even 2g a day, spread across the day, actually 500mg I can feel significantly and I basically get a 'rebound crash' after it has worn off, making vitamin c tablets dangerous too me). They can even trigger viral reactivation it seems and I can come down with thing that feels like a cold for months after having one vitamin c tablet, literally, they give me colds (somehow). However, if that did happen, and I take lots more, it makes it go away again (and some other generally pleasant benefits, more energy, feel healthier etc).
Problem is, at night I obviously can't keep taking it so I wake up with a terrible crash. I ended up learning after lots of attempts to fight my colds (caught from other normal reasons) with vitamin C which works and then ends up making it worse, to give up on the supplement and actually avoid it. I've become very sensitive to it it seems and now a little bit makes me feel slightly 'high'. I don't know why but maybe something to do with my 'adrenaline gland'? Just a guess, dont understand (some other things seem to feel a bit similar.... wont go into it now). So it might keep me awake at night but my body tends to adjust so I think its worth ago... if the release can be sustained over a long period of time.
Basically I'm starting a supplement regime of B Vitamins, Zinc and Iron too which for various good reasons I believe may help me. I thought Vitamin C is an important one for synergies and absorption of these etc which is why I'm trying to find some I can survive on. So I'm just looking for the lowest dose, longest release Vitamin C out there.
I have seen there are 500MG ones that apparantly can be released over 6-7 hours which seems not too bad (a little high for me) and I saw unfortunately that it isn't released evenly and the last hour of the 7 only 50MG is released, whereas in the first hour 250MG is, which means there is a sharp contrast which makes my teeth wobble and crash immunologically, I could literally get ill from one of these taking it day or night. I had a nasty crash almost making me fall asleep 2 hours early yesterday from trying a 200mg one (not slow release) just to see how it works these days (have avoided them for years). Conclusion: It was no good and also bad for my teeth (lol) because of the ascorbic acid. Obviously a slow release one isn't chewable (learned long ago but couldn't find a low dose one...). So, any advice? (sorry for the long post!).
Thank you!
P.S. If it is 500MG or even slightly more I could tolerate it, as long as it is actually evenly released, lower still better as I could always take 2.
Thanks!
