So. About a week ago, I ran out of the niacin dose I'm supposed to take and have been getting by on half that (I had about half a bottle of the 500mg tablets).
Within that week, there have been a few changes.
A: none of what is quaintly termed 'flushing' -- which is a polite euphemism for itching that is so torturous and so painful that you wind up tearing your own goddamned skin open and crying from how GODDAMNED HORRIBLE it is.
B: Dreams 3 nights out of 5: Dreams I was able to remember without effort.
C: A complete cessation of the feeling of lowgrade stress and crankiness that has plagued me for a goodly while (probably the last year): I suspect that this is a result of B (have I perhaps been simply /without/ REM state sleep?).
D: A lot less headacheyness.
E: no recurring indigestion/nausea.
Anyone here ever dealt with taking Niacin regularly in huge horse-pill doses? If so, were any of these side effects that you experienced? Did they go away ever? Did you take something with your niacin to get rid of them?
Within that week, there have been a few changes.
A: none of what is quaintly termed 'flushing' -- which is a polite euphemism for itching that is so torturous and so painful that you wind up tearing your own goddamned skin open and crying from how GODDAMNED HORRIBLE it is.
B: Dreams 3 nights out of 5: Dreams I was able to remember without effort.
C: A complete cessation of the feeling of lowgrade stress and crankiness that has plagued me for a goodly while (probably the last year): I suspect that this is a result of B (have I perhaps been simply /without/ REM state sleep?).
D: A lot less headacheyness.
E: no recurring indigestion/nausea.
Anyone here ever dealt with taking Niacin regularly in huge horse-pill doses? If so, were any of these side effects that you experienced? Did they go away ever? Did you take something with your niacin to get rid of them?
Niacin? "No way, dude!" was my response. Same for riboflavin -- in fact, it took me years just to learn how to pronounce "riboflavin". As I recall, I wasn't too big on thiamine, either.
Carbohydrates, now... those were where my attention lay.
Funny thing, too: I notice some of my favorite marshmallow cereals were Count Chocula and Lucky Charms. And now here I am, worshipping Celtic gods and dressing as a goth. Hey, maybe there is something to those theories about childhood influences!
Okay, but...
This lovely site that gives us USRDA percentages for breakfasts tells us Count Chocula has 25% of the niacin you're supposed to eat per diem, as well as 25% of the riboflavin. Same percentages available in re: Lucky Charms.
Interestingly, the same amount of both as is found in a serving of Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, though ONLY ONE/FOURTH what's found in a serving of raisin bran; further, MORE than rather a lot of cereals offer.
This concludes the breakfast portion of our flight; please return your trays to the upright and locked position, as we are approaching some turbulence.
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There are a lot of dreadful side effects (lack of appetite, nausea, lack of solid sleep, the flushing/itching/hellaciousness) that I'm wondering how someone (anyone?) else has coped with.
Niacin is, by the by, VERY VERY MUCH something you should be keeping up on your USRDA of. ESPECIALLY if you're eating a lot of carbohydrates and/or saturated fats. Niacin bonds with bad cholesterol in your bloodstream and flushes it out, preventing one from experiencing interruptions of service in the delivery of oxygenated blood.
(and I keep this ljicon around JUST FOR situations of health and / or knowledge discussion. I wonder if I'll get to the screaming skull on this thread... something says no)
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Bwaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaah
A: here's a link about what NIacin does (http://www.fpnotebook.com/CV217.htm)
B: here's a link about the #1 Side effect Of The Devil (http://www.fpnotebook.com/GYN146.htm)
To quote the top of GYN146.htm:
"Vasomotor Symptoms of Menopause
Hot Flashes
Flushing
Hot Flushes"
I'm having hot flashes.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
(and now you know why your mother was so cranky when she hit menopause if she was having these, good grief, these things are hideous)
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tee hee.
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I've been looking at a niacin-alternative that a friend who's a cardiologist recommended as a non-flushing alternative for niacin: it's 4 niacins bound to a B6, which is a lot harder for your body to digest (and therefore releases slower).
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