I take vitamin b, d, and a multivitamin but I’ve never experienced what you’re talking about

Did you make that doctor's appointment, after going to the ER last week? And they told you to take these supplements? It would be good to ask a doctor which supplements you should be taking.

Taking vitamins with a little food helps me not to get stomach upset. Don't know if I have had the weird smell thing. And, drink a big glass of water with the vitamins.

I get something like that from many of the supplements I have tried. It is pretty high on the list reasons I don't take supplements. I have never talked about it with anyone, but I'm not ruling out the possibility that it is psychosomatic. I don't much trust pills of any kind.

I made a doctors appointment they’re gonna do blood tests in a couple of weeks. I didn’t ask about the supplements should I stop taking them to be safe?
Ok thank you everyone

@theroadtohealing -

It's probably safe to take a simple multivitamin. But definitely ask your doctor which supplements, if ANY, you should be taking. They can run a simple blood test (it's called a CBC) that will check your levels.

Then, they can advise you what to take.

So yeah, you could just wait. Or, take just the multivitamin. I have over 40 years of experience taking vitamins every day, so I know a lot about them, lol. You just don't want to take too many of something your body doesn't need.

And it's always best to get your vitamins from your food. Do you eat a healthy diet? With lots of vegetables, some fruit, potassium, some calcium such as yogurt (also good for your stomach), some meat iron, etc? Low salt and low sugar.

Omega-3, probably smells. Most Omega-3, is probably bad fish oil.

Okay I’ll ask my doctor, thank you!

Yes I do now but when the pandemic lockdown happened in April I didn’t have healthy habits. I drank alcohol almost everyday and ate a lot of fast food/junk food. That all caught up with me though which is why I’m not drinking anymore and paying extra close attention what goes in my body. The anxiety I’ve experienced over my health this past week has landed me in the ER 4 times because I was convinced I was dying, wouldn’t wish this on anyone.

Have you had a good experience with multivitamins?

Okay I’m gonna stop taking the omega 3 until I can see my doctor

The multivitamin I take is One A Day, and it's a red bottle. Just a plain multivitamin. They are gummy bears though... but I like what it has as far as vitamins.... just the basic kind. If you wanted to take that each day, it wouldn't hurt you at all.

But I supplement with other vitamins as well. I get that CBC blood test, and other supplement tests, to make sure my levels are all normal. For example, last year I was so tired, I could barely do anything, and they tested me and found out I was severely anemic. Which I never would have guessed, since I eat a serving of meat every day. So I added an iron supplement and now I am fine with energy again.

I am also low on Vitamin D (also did not know that, or "feel" that), so I take extra Vitamin D now.

That's why it's good to ask your doctor to run some supplement tests. Because you don't always know if you are low on something, such as potassium, or too high on something, such as too much vitamin B-12.

Also, Omega-3 is found in fish. So if you eat any fish, you should be fine. I think you are too young to need Omega-3 supplements, but ask your doctor. It's usually for lowering blood pressure and someone with heart issues later in life. Again, ask your doctor. Omega-3 is a fish oil, which is probably what you are tasting, as stated in the above post as well.

Glad to hear you are eating better now. And please drink 8 glasses of water every day!

You will be fine, don't worry about anything :-)

Wow I didn’t know that they are able to run those kinds of tests, that’s very useful! Thank you for the helpful advice and words of encouragement! :)

You can get free vitamin D from 20 minutes out in the sun everyday WITHOUT sunglasses.