Vitamins and thirst?

[Susie]

My doctor prescribed prenatal vitamins for me last month, and I've been trying to take them regularly.  The bottle says to take them on an empty stomach, and lol to that (hello nausea w/o food).  I've also found that taking them makes me outrageously thirsty.  Everyone seems to think I am crazy for this, but I've paid close attention to what days I take them, and what days I miss.  The days I take them, around mid-day I am absolutely insatiably thirsty.  I need to have water with me at all times, constant sipping, it's actual misery-level, long-run-in-August-and-I-ran-out-of-water, type of thirst.  I regularly drink so much water that I screw up my electrolytes, the symptoms of which I only recognize from running through the summer heat.  It feels awful!  Yesterday for my half I skipped it for the day, and aside from, you know, being sore and tired, I felt much better.

Now I'm trying breaking them in half, and taking half each with breakfast and dinner, since the worst of the thirst seemed so closely timed based on when I took it.  It helps some.  The ones I am taking are in an orange Rx bottle, so I don't know exactly what is in them.  But this is weird, right?  I asked my mom (she is a dietician) if an excess of any kind of water soluble vitamin could cause such thirst, or anything like that, because I am grasping at straws.  She looked at me like I had asked if it was normal to have a vestigial tail.

[Wines Not Whines]

I've never heard of this side effect. I always take my vitamins with food, but they don't make me thirsty. Can you try switching to an OTC prenatal and see if it has the same effect? I always took mine after dinner, which lessened the nausea. I wonder if taking them at night would help you with the thirst.

[mswax]

I've never experienced anything like that. I take either the Target brand PNV or the Rainbow brand, and I always take them just before bed, so any side effects would occur while I'm sleeping. I'd try taking them before bed, but if that doesn't help, try a different brand.

[kams]

Huh, I've never noticed that, either. I take an otc, though. Maybe changing brands would help?

[Deleted]

Try a different brand. Mine are prescription, but that's because in MI they are free through prescription. I am sensitive to vitamins but these are totally tolerable. I do take them at night, so they don't interact with my thyroid meds.

www.drugs.com/pro/triveen-prx-rnf.html

[hannahb]

I never had that. The nausea I had with one brand and once I switched I was fine. I would try another brand like others have stated

[mrshandy]

Yeah I've always done OTC brand (love Naturemade). I tried a free sample one that my doctor gave me and it made me burp and have a nasty taste in my mouth.

I would try another brand, definitely.

[Susie]

Oct 21, 2014 10:52:21 GMT -5 @vtcupcake said:

Why is it important to your doctor that you are on Rx vitamins? I'd call your doc ask what is better about these than OTC ones that everyone else is talking about.

It isn't, but the grocery store pharmacy here does $0 Rx prenatals, whereas other brands I'd have to pay for.  I'm not opposed to paying for another brand, but before I do, I was wondering if anyone else had this problem and trying another brand fixed it.

[ghostmonkey]

How much vitamin D and calcium are you taking in? Too much of those can lead to excessive thirst.

[katandkevin]

I never had that problem with prenatals . The only time I had the unquenchable thirst was when I was actually pregnant. It was insane. I couldn't tolerate the rx prenatals for some reason, but I did just fine on the target brand ones and my doctor was good with them. I would just see if you can switch brands to see if that would help.

[Susie]

Oct 21, 2014 11:09:02 GMT -5 ghostmonkey said:

How much vitamin D and calcium are you taking in? Too much of those can lead to excessive thirst.

No clue.  That's the downside of the Rx, I don't have a supplement facts label that says how much of anything is in it.  I'd be surprised if there was significantly more Ca2+ (500 mg) and D (1000 IU) than in my old one-a-days, but I'm sure it's possible.  The one thing I know there is more of is folic acid, but I have no idea whether that would matter.  (Hell, is it even water soluble?  No clue.)

[Susie]

Oct 21, 2014 11:09:51 GMT -5 katandkevin said:

The only time I had the unquenchable thirst was when I was actually pregnant. It was insane. 

Charting tells me we are not there yet but wouldn't that be a happy surprise!

[ghostmonkey]

Oct 21, 2014 11:19:53 GMT -5 Susie said:

Oct 21, 2014 11:09:02 GMT -5 ghostmonkey said:

How much vitamin D and calcium are you taking in? Too much of those can lead to excessive thirst.

No clue.  That's the downside of the Rx, I don't have a supplement facts label that says how much of anything is in it.  I'd be surprised if there was significantly more Ca2+ (500 mg) and D (1000 IU) than in my old one-a-days, but I'm sure it's possible.  The one thing I know there is more of is folic acid, but I have no idea whether that would matter.  (Hell, is it even water soluble?  No clue.)

Folic acid is a B vitamin, so it is water soluble, but that shouldn't be causing excessive thirst, especially if you were taking some before. It's not that much extra. Only other thing I can think of is Rx prenatals tend to have different kinds of iron in them that are more bioavailable and maybe that is causing it?

You should be able to Google the name of the vitamin and find the facts on it.

It might be one of the inactive ingredients causing a reaction as well.

[Susie]

Oct 21, 2014 11:24:48 GMT -5 @vtcupcake said:

Oct 21, 2014 11:21:31 GMT -5 Susie said:

Charting tells me we are not there yet but wouldn't that be a happy surprise!

You know that it's only a matter of time before all of us are chanting for you to POAS

I bought sticks to pee on last night.  I was weirdly paralyzed by indecision of which sticks to buy.  I have made it close to 33 years on this earth without ever PingOAS.  This whole experience is so weird already.  I am really grateful that H&F has not kicked me out to GP yet.  I still have one foot firmly planted in but I wanna PR again! while the other is testing the water that kams and @sessalee have been passing around.

[Wines Not Whines]

Oct 21, 2014 11:28:47 GMT -5 Susie said:

Oct 21, 2014 11:24:48 GMT -5 @vtcupcake said:

You know that it's only a matter of time before all of us are chanting for you to POAS

I bought sticks to pee on last night.  I was weirdly paralyzed by indecision of which sticks to buy.  I have made it close to 33 years on this earth without ever PingOAS.  This whole experience is so weird already.  I am really grateful that H&F has not kicked me out to GP yet.  I still have one foot firmly planted in but I wanna PR again! while the other is testing the water that kams and @sessalee have been passing around.

Who says you can't PR after having a kid? I set all kinds of PRs post-kid!

[taratru]

I was taking prenatals before I actually got pregnant, and had the worst issues with joint pain - at first they thought I might have arthritis. Turns out I was overdosing on something in the pills (that was like 20 years ago, y'all, I forget what), so I quit taking them until I was actually pregnant. Then I didn't have the issues.

Why are you taking them already? Do you have to? Or is it something specific in them (folic acid or whatever) that you're trying to get? Can you just take that?

[taratru]

Oct 21, 2014 11:40:09 GMT -5 Wines Not Whines said:

Oct 21, 2014 11:28:47 GMT -5 Susie said:

I bought sticks to pee on last night.  I was weirdly paralyzed by indecision of which sticks to buy.  I have made it close to 33 years on this earth without ever PingOAS.  This whole experience is so weird already.  I am really grateful that H&F has not kicked me out to GP yet.  I still have one foot firmly planted in but I wanna PR again! while the other is testing the water that kams and @sessalee have been passing around.

Who says you can't PR after having a kid? I set all kinds of PRs post-kid!

EVERY single female athlete I know has gotten stronger/better/faster after having a kid.  Wasn't there a study about that? 

[Susie]

Oct 21, 2014 11:40:09 GMT -5 Wines Not Whines said:

Oct 21, 2014 11:28:47 GMT -5 Susie said:

I bought sticks to pee on last night.  I was weirdly paralyzed by indecision of which sticks to buy.  I have made it close to 33 years on this earth without ever PingOAS.  This whole experience is so weird already.  I am really grateful that H&F has not kicked me out to GP yet.  I still have one foot firmly planted in but I wanna PR again! while the other is testing the water that kams and @sessalee have been passing around.

Who says you can't PR after having a kid? I set all kinds of PRs post-kid!

I didn't mean that!  I just mean, part of me keeps wanting "just one more" race before I get pg.  Like, ok, I told Calvin we'd TTC after Timberman, but I kind of hoped it wouldn't happen til after this weekend so I'd have a good shot to PR at Atlantic City, since it's my only HM this year.  Now it's like, well, I have a 15k next month!  Getting pg will happen when it happens, but part of me just wants to keep the PR train rolling.  I haven't raced without PRing yet this year, but getting pg will inevitably break the streak.

[mrshandy]

Oct 21, 2014 11:40:09 GMT -5 Wines Not Whines said:

Oct 21, 2014 11:28:47 GMT -5 Susie said:

I bought sticks to pee on last night.  I was weirdly paralyzed by indecision of which sticks to buy.  I have made it close to 33 years on this earth without ever PingOAS.  This whole experience is so weird already.  I am really grateful that H&F has not kicked me out to GP yet.  I still have one foot firmly planted in but I wanna PR again! while the other is testing the water that kams and @sessalee have been passing around.

Who says you can't PR after having a kid? I set all kinds of PRs post-kid!

Yeah, I ran like one 5K before I had DS. So all my PRs are post-kid and all my new PRs are post-kid#2.

[Deleted]

Oct 21, 2014 11:42:36 GMT -5 taratru said:

Oct 21, 2014 11:40:09 GMT -5 Wines Not Whines said:

Who says you can't PR after having a kid? I set all kinds of PRs post-kid!

EVERY single female athlete I know has gotten stronger/better/faster after having a kid.  Wasn't there a study about that? 

Excellent. This is my plan!

[Deleted]

Oct 21, 2014 11:28:47 GMT -5 Susie said:

Oct 21, 2014 11:24:48 GMT -5 @vtcupcake said:

You know that it's only a matter of time before all of us are chanting for you to POAS

I bought sticks to pee on last night.  I was weirdly paralyzed by indecision of which sticks to buy.  I have made it close to 33 years on this earth without ever PingOAS.  This whole experience is so weird already.  I am really grateful that H&F has not kicked me out to GP yet.  I still have one foot firmly planted in but I wanna PR again! while the other is testing the water that kams and @sessalee have been passing around.

Our water tastes a lot like ginger ale. It's delicious.

[Susie]

Oct 21, 2014 11:41:40 GMT -5 taratru said:

I was taking prenatals before I actually got pregnant, and had the worst issues with joint pain - at first they thought I might have arthritis. Turns out I was overdosing on something in the pills (that was like 20 years ago, y'all, I forget what), so I quit taking them until I was actually pregnant. Then I didn't have the issues.

Why are you taking them already? Do you have to? Or is it something specific in them (folic acid or whatever) that you're trying to get? Can you just take that?

Well, I'm taking them now because we're actively TTC, it takes a little while for folic acid levels to go up*, and it's most important in the first tri so ideally you want higher levels of folic acid before you're actually pg.  I'm not on board with the mentality that "you're either taking BCPs or you should be on prenatals," but since we're hoping for a BFP any month now, if that's what the doctor recommends I'll try to do it.

*My mom and I actually both taking prenatals right now for totally different reasons.  I am for the obvious reason, and she is because she's on a chemotherapy drug for her cancer that is a folate antimetabolite.  It's weird, taking prenatals at the same time as your mom with ovarian cancer and a hysterectomy.  But anyway, her oncologist delayed her first treatment with this drug until she'd been on the prenatals for a couple weeks so that she'd have higher levels of folic acid prior to treatment starting.  I guess that's indicative of how long it takes for levels to go up?

[kams]

Yeah, I totally turned badass after baby. Don't be deterred!

[Deleted]

Oct 21, 2014 11:09:02 GMT -5 ghostmonkey said:

How much vitamin D and calcium are you taking in? Too much of those can lead to excessive thirst.

I think it would take an extremely high amount of supplementation to get to the point of toxicity and symptoms, but you could get your level checked just for peace of mind.

[taratru]

Maybe try taking just folic acid for a while?

[clseale]

Oct 21, 2014 11:42:36 GMT -5 taratru said:

Oct 21, 2014 11:40:09 GMT -5 Wines Not Whines said:

Who says you can't PR after having a kid? I set all kinds of PRs post-kid!

EVERY single female athlete I know has gotten stronger/better/faster after having a kid.  Wasn't there a study about that? 

I think there was some study that suggested that your blood volume can continue to stay elevated for over a year, and therefore, you could see the benefit of that in your running. (Or whatever it is you do.)

[hannahb]

Oct 21, 2014 11:42:36 GMT -5 taratru said:

Oct 21, 2014 11:40:09 GMT -5 Wines Not Whines said:

Who says you can't PR after having a kid? I set all kinds of PRs post-kid!

EVERY single female athlete I know has gotten stronger/better/faster after having a kid.  Wasn't there a study about that? 

Not me! I feel stronger but I'm not faster. I wanna be faster damn it!