Hey all, curious about a more recent issue over the last half a year or so I've started running into. I find that my sleep is really messed up from 1) not being as deep as it used to be, and 2) often waking up between 6-8am to urinate (and I sleep fairly late...), even when I've taken care to wait 1-2 hrs+ with no liquids before bed.
The most recent change I could think of is having too many vitamins in my stack, particularly B vitamins - I recently added in a B100 and high dose B1. Otherwise my diet is pretty varied and diverse, healthy male in early 30s, 170lbs, normal BMI, somewhat muscular, regularly exercise.
In general I wouldn't mind a quick critique/rundown of my vitamin stack, as I think it could be relevant. Honestly I've been adding to it to try and "whack-a-mole" potential problems, but now I'm worried that it's become a problem itself, especially given that shelf-bought brands could be lower quality. And too many of those capsules at once is kinda gross and occasionally makes me feel bloated.
Stack: multivitamin, D3+K2 (4k and 120ug*4 respectively), B100 (100mg/ug of all Bs), B1(500mg), zinc (50mg), copper (2mg), selenium (200ug), C (500mg), magnesium (250mg). Have taken some form of this stack for the better part of 5 years now.
Individually I think these are all well-researched substances, many of which I added in on recommendations years ago from reading Peat forums and related. But now... I'm thinking maybe this is too much. The vitamins even with meals tend to cause me to feel bloated. I notice I drink a lot more liquids (and urinate a lot more) than other people, so maybe I have too much and my body is trying to 'empty out' on these substances?
Anyways, it's been a while since I reviewed and thought critically about a lot of this stuff, so any perspectives and help would be appreciated, including other ideas regarding night urination in particular. Need to get my sleep back to normal! Been causing some major burnout across work and sleep. Cheers.
The most recent change I could think of is having too many vitamins in my stack, particularly B vitamins - I recently added in a B100 and high dose B1. Otherwise my diet is pretty varied and diverse, healthy male in early 30s, 170lbs, normal BMI, somewhat muscular, regularly exercise.
In general I wouldn't mind a quick critique/rundown of my vitamin stack, as I think it could be relevant. Honestly I've been adding to it to try and "whack-a-mole" potential problems, but now I'm worried that it's become a problem itself, especially given that shelf-bought brands could be lower quality. And too many of those capsules at once is kinda gross and occasionally makes me feel bloated.
Stack: multivitamin, D3+K2 (4k and 120ug*4 respectively), B100 (100mg/ug of all Bs), B1(500mg), zinc (50mg), copper (2mg), selenium (200ug), C (500mg), magnesium (250mg). Have taken some form of this stack for the better part of 5 years now.
Individually I think these are all well-researched substances, many of which I added in on recommendations years ago from reading Peat forums and related. But now... I'm thinking maybe this is too much. The vitamins even with meals tend to cause me to feel bloated. I notice I drink a lot more liquids (and urinate a lot more) than other people, so maybe I have too much and my body is trying to 'empty out' on these substances?
Anyways, it's been a while since I reviewed and thought critically about a lot of this stuff, so any perspectives and help would be appreciated, including other ideas regarding night urination in particular. Need to get my sleep back to normal! Been causing some major burnout across work and sleep. Cheers.