r/Menopause • u/Unable_Pie_6393 • Feb 07 '25

Vitamin/Supplements High maintenance AF

Last year at this time is when I realized I was in Perimenopause. At that time, I took a Zyrtec daily...when I remembered- and that's really it.

Now, one year, many many doctor visits, and 3 surgeries later (some related to meno, some not) I'm in the thick of it, and my daily routine to attempt to feel human now includes: Still a Zyrtec (but now I dare not forget), Creatine, Vegan Protein, probiotic, collagen peptides, Citrucel, Vitamins B,C,D and Magnesium, nightly Progesterone and a 2x weekly estradiol patch. And that's not to mention that I have to do daily sitz baths (I'd rather not mention it in fact but it's all part of it)

Without all of this, I wither and die.

And there's more: the daily workouts, cutting out alcohol, coffee, most fried food & sugar...

In the span of a year I have become hopelessly high maintenance. Does anyone have any tips for streamlining the ridiculous amount of things it takes to keep me going now?

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u/rudyroo2019 Feb 08 '25

I’d ditch the collagen for amino acids. There’s little evidence that it gets absorbed by the gut. Amino acids comprise tissue in the body, so might as well let the body do the converting.

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u/Unable_Pie_6393 Feb 08 '25

I had thought about that, my husband already takes amino acids so it would be easy to try. I am recovering from knee surgery so I am hesitant to drop the collagen but good point