vitamins depression

I understand how you feel. I have read that not taking the whole family of B vitamins, can indeed cause depression, etc. Also, I've noticed that taking calcium carbonate can cause depression with me. I think our bodies are not getting the nutrients the way nature intended, when we take vitamins. Probably we are getting either too much or too little of certain vitamins from a pill, and the best way may be to just not take any vitamins. I think you are smart not to take them anymore.

Yes, weight of the world!! Thank you HollyHunter for posting that, that is exactly how a "stress formula" B complex plus C pill has been making me feel!! Praise the LORD for this post, I am so happy to find the reason I've been feeling this way. The supplements are going in the trash!! I'll choke down all the veggies I can handle if I never have to feel like this again!

THANK YOU TOO! I have been taking "Hair, Skin & Nails Gummies" for about 5 months. About 3 months ago I recognized that I have been seriously depressed and having some MAJOR mood swings. I've even been experiencing this overwhelming sensation to cry for no reason (like I can feel the emotions welling up in my eyeballs). It's terrible! It has gotten so bad that I told my husband I need to see a psychiatrist for the first time in life. I figured I may have Major Depression or Bipolar Disorder and may need Zoloft (or whatever the depression meds are). Today, I realized that I have had these feelings before. When I was in college, I had a few stints with diet pills. They ALWAYS made me extremely sad and depressed. I used to say "Do I want to go on these pills for a few months and lose 20 lbs?" or "Do I want to be sane?". Whenever I'd stop taking them, I'd feel fine. I even googled and found other diet pill users having the same depression, suicidal thoughts and mood changes. Eventually I had to give diet pills up because I just couldn't handle those side effects anymore. So after thinking about any medicine I'd been taking, I realized the gummy multivitamin is the only thing I've been taking. "Aha, it must be those doggone vitamins." I'm going off them for a month to see what happens. I seriously hope I haven't lost my mind and that it is the vitamins. I'll report back in December 2016.

ALSO, I discovered a clean eating lifestyle 5 years ago and realized that there is no shortcut to "healthy" or "weight loss". Diet pills just aren't good for you....just thought I'd point that out before I get backlash about diet pills. Ha ha!

I have found that certain b vitamins seem to make me depressed especially b12

I appreciate finding this thread even though it began quite some time ago. I have been taking B12 and D3 on the recommendation of my doctor because of deficiencies found through routine blood work. I was taking calcium as well. I had no problems taking these supplements. Recently, I switched to a powdered supplement that contains everything including the "kitchen sink" (vitamins, minerals, probiotics, etc.) in order to be "healthier". On the first day, instead of feeling more energetic, I noticed an overwhelming feeling of depression and anxiety. At first I didn't link my change in mood to the supplement, but after a few days, I began to notice that it would wear off at the end of the day and ramp up again after I took the supplement in the morning. This caused a Google search that led me to this thread. Everything listed in your post is in the new supplement. I would have to say that for me the culprit is NOT B12, D3, or Calcium based on my previous experience taking these supplements. It could be one ingredient, a combination of ingredients or too much of an ingredient. I guess I'll never know. I am relieved to know that my "depression" isn't chronic. Thank you for making me aware that things you think are good for you might actually cause you harm.

I am so glad to have found this thread! Listen folks, you are certainly not a lone. For the past year, I thought I was trying to be responsible and take good care of my health for my family since after the age of 45 now. I kept telling my wife (while under the influence of one daily men's) that I just didn't feel quite right. I felt as though I couldn't see like I used to. I felt in a dark haze all of the time. I lost memory, I couldn't focus....I got so irritable, I snapped at everything. My wife and I have a lot of children together....I lost all patience for any of their noises. I started acting so mean towards my wife....It was like there was a monster inside of me....and I have never been this outta control in my entire life!!! As time went on....my legs started to swell....I gained weight, I couldn't sleep....my blood pressure rose to dangerous levels....my legs cramped all the time....my feet hurt so bad I could hardly stand on them. And my "tail bone"??? To this day I can't figure the tail bone pain out....But the depression was the worst....especially on cloudy days. My thought pattern changed every day on what I wanted to do. I (the rational guy) became so indecisive I thought there was something seriously wrong. As time went on....I never dreamed that the (good vitamins) could be to blame. But, as I can't tolerate any chemicals.......I started thinking.....what am I ingesting daily that may be contributing to this....or am I just an old geeser now and this is my new life until death? I stopped taking those one daily men's vitamins....within a day I started to have the "good aura of light" sensation around my head again. After the second day, I behaved almost like an excited child at Christmas....I ran to my wife with elation....OMG....".I think I finally have discovered what my depression and anger issue have been!" And then, I bowed my head and held her in my arms and just rained. I begged this poor woman to please forgive my non-tender words this whole past year. What a sad , yet re-birthing time. So follow your good senses.....STOP TAKING MULTIVITAMINS IMMEDIATELY IF YOU SUFFER FROM ADVERSE DEPRESSIVE REACTIONS!! Find the best way to obtain whole foods that you can out there! Supplement what you absolutely need per your dr. but be vigilant! Good luck~ Thanks for letting me share my experience! Chin up....regain your old self~ Ken

I started to notice a coorelation with depression and anxiety when I am on a multivitamin (Men's One a Day by Bayer). At first I thought this sounded absurd because vitamins are associated with good health. I was relieved when I did a google search and found that others are experiencing the same effect. I wish there was a warning on the multivitamin that says that some may experience depression.

Would not have believed it if I did not experience it on Rite Start Women supplement pack (6 pills a day covering all vitamins, minerals etc.). Did not experience this on Cod Liver Oil capsules and B complex. Wasted a lot of funds purchasing them. I was so depressed last evening that I cried myself to sleep in a fit of depression.

Some, if not all Centrum multivitamins contain artificial colors!
These can cause terrible depression! I can't overstate this!!
It may not be the vitamins at all but the artificial colors. I recommend you try your local health food store for a higher quality, more natural vitamin supplement and see if that helps.
Not saying it couldn't be the vitamins, but my own son suffers extreme depression when he ingests artificial colors, especially the yellow dyes!

I am a vegetarian and started taking Vit B12 to help with fatigue and anxiety after reading an article which stated that vegetarians are prone to lacking this vitamin - but almost immediately it has definitely caused me to feel irritable and depressed so I have had to stop taking it. Any suggestions re other vitamins that would help?

I have auto-immune liver hepatitis (thankfully now under control) - I find that Legalon (Milk Thistle) helps - note that in South Africa one needs a prescription for Legalon.

I discovered the hard way the side effects of centrum and one a day women. Vitamins supplements is not for everyone. I grew up taking generic vitamins without any problems. In my early 40's i changed to centrum. I started feeling down, sad, worrisome, these feelings were new to me, I had no reason to feel sad. I just could not put my hand on it... i thought maybe i needed to get more active, eat more health but no matter what i did that sad feeling was there. I started eliminating everything one by one in my diet, nothing worked. The last thing I eliminated is the centrum. After about two days of stopping centrum, i felt as though a cloud that was covering me lifting slowly from me, i started feeling joyful once again. It took be a month after stopping the centrum before I got back to my old self. I stayed away from it but knowing all the good benefits of vitamins I thought to myself maybe its just a coincidence, so I restarted on the centrum again, after the 2nd day the sad feeling and gloominess crept up again, I immediately stopped and it took me about 4 days to get back to my normal self. About 6 months later I decided to try "one a day women" the very same thing happened!!!
EVERYONE!! Please if you are on a miltivitamin and you have a constant feeling of sadness, gloominess for for no apparent reason please get of it for a few months to determine if this is causing it. This has just got to be the weirdest situation ever but something I never thought can affect me so badly.

I have been a regular user of vitamin supplements most of my life, I'm now 56. Several weeks ago I noticed that after a week of missing my multi-vitamins I was feeling better and that experience prompted this search. I plan to see if not taking the vitamins enhances my emotional well being. So far there seems to be a correlation. If this turns out to be true, I hope to find a physician that can help me find out what this all means for me. The obvious point is each person is different and we all have different body chemistries. At the same time, all humans have certain common universal needs. I know this one simple fact, I don't like feeling bad. This thought is contrary to everything I have believed. If it is true, that certain vitamins are causing me to be depressed, that will be a huge paradigm shift.

Thank you wow this is so refreshing to hear I have increased my b vitamins and also increased major amount of omega 3 due to not be able being able to take statins after four strokes my doctor,friends my family just tell me it's in my head and has to do with the strokes this depression has been so much different ,this is so refreshing to hear that it may be from my intake or shall I say my major increase intake of such vitamins and supplements . Thank you I shall be decreasing dramatically the supplements and hope for the best ! I see that most that has been said has been over a year do you or anyone else have any updates that may help me decrease the depression while still able to support my desire to increase my HDL and lower my CDL knowing that it is hereditary and lifestyle differences did not change my outcome meaning foods and exercise