At one point, I was up to taking 24 pills a day. And I hate swallowing pills….to the point it sometimes makes me gag. I spend a lot of time in the vitamin shop rattling bottles trying to determine how big the pills may be.

When I was putting all of my medications and supplements into my medicine dividers, I realized the 7-keto runs out tomorrow and the ALA runs out on Saturday. Normally I wouldn’t drop two things at once but I hate to buy another bottle just to avoid that. And I think the only thing the 7-keto has accomplished is making my skin break out and increasing my cup size (not a welcome change!).

And actually I’m possibly dropping three things. When I was taking the Doxy, I had to space it apart from calcium. Because of that I always took my multi at lunch. The Ginseng and my multi look practically identical and the only way I can tell them apart is when they’re in my mouth (the multi is a raw vitamin and tastes horrible!). So I also took it at lunch. Well, yesterday it dawned on me that my brain fog always settles in about an hour after lunch. It doesn’t happen all of the time so it may be completely unrelated to my supplements but you just never know.

So this morning, I decided to take everything with breakfast since I no longer take the Doxy. I take the herbals as soon as I get out of bed so it’s generally about two hours later by the time I eat so I don’t have to worry about interactions.

And what do you know? The brain fog started about 45 minutes after I took everything. I rarely have it start in the morning!

Tomorrow I’m going to skip the ginseng and see if it makes a difference. Maybe it won’t and it’s just a fluke but there’s only one way to find out.

6/6: Last dose of Ginseng (started 2nd week of April)

6/7: Last dose of 7-Keto (took it 60 days)

6/8: Last dose of ALA (have been on it since late 2012)

Tomorrow, I will also increase my dosage of the herbals to eight drops.The only exaggeration of symptoms I’ve had is the fatigue and brain fog. And to be fair, the fatigue started with my last flare up (around the 25th of May) and never went away again.

I also booked myself a massage on Saturday and will finally be using my gift certificate from Christmas. I hope it helps! And then starting on the 17th, I will go weekly for six weeks. I figure with each supplement I drop, I can add another massage for the same cost! haha

Will post back soon with the results of my little experiment!