I take a calcium-magnesium suppliment; sometimes it seems to help with the insomnia, other times it does nothing at all.

I take:

• Centrum multivitamin

• Vitamin C (Because the multi wasn't enough to stave off colds several times)

• A fish oil/evening primrose oil combo

• Biotin (to encourage my hair to Stay. In. My. Head.)

• Chromium (to encourage fat-burning)

• Calcium

I do indeed feel like I'm going to rattle every morning after breakfast.

So, meanwhile, in me news - have just got home from helping host the SingAlongASoundOfMusic at The British Club, and it was great fun!

I was Silver White Winters That Melt Into Spring. My costume was awesome (for a last minute notion).

t opens morning pill caddy, counts 6 pills, considers the much fuller evening pill caddy at home

I don't take vitamins. I'd need bigger pill caddies. No, the Glucosamine/Chondrotin for my knees counts.

Between the prescription meds and the vitamins - some recommended by the doctor, some just on general purposes - I'm taking a lot of pills.

I take calcium, fish oil, and a multi too, but don't remember to take them every day. My take everyday pills are a small enteric aspirin and my thyroid meds.

At 47 and with a crappy diet, I should add a multi and some magnesium. My joints will thank me.

And let me say, I though glucosamine/chondroitin was hooey, but if I skip a couple of days my knees remind me fast.

I need to get back on the glucosamine/chondroitin train.

I need to start taking fish oil, and I should look into taking Biotin. As it is, I take:

• Celexa (better emotional stability through chemistry, yay!)

• Mega-B Stress vitamins

• Iron (but I still get random enormous bruises.)

• DMAE

And at night, it's 3 cal/mag citrate capsules and 5-HTP (which is supposed to help with insomnia, but seems to be losing effectiveness, bah.)

magnesium -- too little is often the case in asthma and diabetes. If fitday was correct - it is one of the things I am consistently low on. I've thought about supplements, however too much or too little had similar symptoms. I guess I could start with 100 ( i run low,but not that low).I don't really take vitamins. mostly because I have had stomach problems when taking them -- the flinstone idea is pretty good though.

Ginger, research has shown that people can sleep-eat while using Ambien.

I had read that, but the Ry-Crisp incident was the first time I'd seen any evidence I was doing it. The only previous incidents were ones in which I fell asleep in my clothes and had no memory of going to bed. I don't keep much food around that a sleeping person could figure out how to eat. I suppose I could wake up standing in front of the refrigerator eating pickles and celery.

And let me say, I though glucosamine/chondroitin was hooey, but if I skip a couple of days my knees remind me fast.

I should probably try that. My knees definitely remind me if I haven't had my minimum daily requirement of ibuprofen.