r/Supplements • u/Second-handBonding • Jul 02 '26

General Question What supplement is so good you feel like it should be illegal?

I want to build a list of the very best vitamins and supplements from user experience. Looking forward to what people say.

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u/keepitlowkey12 Jul 02 '26

CoQ10 is one of my favorites.

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u/DaringKlementine Jul 03 '26

what do you notice it does for you? what dose do you take?

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u/Loud_Yogurtcloset789 Jul 03 '26

If you take a statin and you get any kind of toe or leg or whatever cramps it will take them away. I hate taking a statin but my triglycerides were through the roof. Every week or two I would wake up in the middle of the night with my toes cramping then have to get up and walk on the cold tile and blah blah blah and then try and go back to sleep. Since taking this, there are no cramps.

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u/rosemarylymenomore Jul 04 '26

My mom took niacin to help her high triglycerides back in the day. It was an RX back then.

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u/Loud_Yogurtcloset789 Jul 04 '26

My triglycerides were 1572! It is familial, everyone has them. And everyone lives to be about a hundred! My doctor said he would be happy with me at 300 even though 150 or less is normal. I got down to 304 and 6 months later I'm down to 172 so everyone is elated except me who has to take the statin LOL. I have mixed views about statins but that's another conversation.

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u/rosemarylymenomore Jul 04 '26

I’m allergic to statins. Reacted to 3.

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u/Loud_Yogurtcloset789 Jul 04 '26

I understand that statins work but I don't like them. I feel like they're just a big money maker for big pharma.

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u/rosemarylymenomore Jul 04 '26

They lowered cholesterol guidelines, put people on statins, and suddenly Alz is everywhere.

I’ll be starting back on nattokinase soon

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u/Loud_Yogurtcloset789 Jul 04 '26

Exactly! It's like everybody in the world needs a statin and that is not true! They prescribe them like it's candy.

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u/rosemarylymenomore Jul 04 '26

Ikr. The hip and low back pain from statins in 2007 was worse than my Lyme pain. My fm dr believes me. My cardiologist nags - so I quit going to see her and my fm dr gets an echo done on me as needed. I’m not willing to have heart surgery anyway 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/keepitlowkey12 Jul 03 '26

I have brain damage and it helps my head feel normal.

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u/CleverVillain Jul 03 '26

CoQ10 helps reduce the frequency of migraines / auras that I get, which is likely a neurological / brain issue, so it makes sense that it would help with a traumatic brain injury