Hi guys! I m feeling quite tired and nervous lately and i was wondering if supplements might help me. If so, which ones do you use? Let me know!
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You’ll have lots of advice coming your way on this 
I have taken a multi vitamin and mineral supplement from day 1 sober. I’ve still felt tired and all the things you’ve mentioned, but I’m sure I would have felt a lot worse without them.
My diet was all over the place and liver test results were bad.
Just had a retest and liver has improved after 69 days sober.
Oh, and welcome to the forum 
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Yes. A good multivitamin, especially one high in B complex will help. Alcohol and drugs deplete certain nutrients from our bodies. Also look at your macros. More protein, less carbs. I take turmeric for aches and pains too, and krill oil.
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I took emergen-c and hydrated plenty. When your appetite sux and you cant eat detoxing this can be a great substitute until you can get them naturally. As for supplements for sleep, rls , etc… you may get mixed reviews as some make work for some but not others…
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Personally I can say 100% yes. But they for work alone.
Hey work as part of a recovery support plan.
5-Htp: anxiety, sleep, depression start with half a dose every other day and take it early to get as many hours sleep as you can. If you don’t feel like you need t don’t take it.
Uber Magnesium: anxiety and sleep muscle soreness from working out.
Inositol: anxiety (ocd in my case) sleep
Niacin: anxiety sleep
Melatonin: sleep (works best in a super dark room)
I had a plan for my usually drinking times and cravings which involved a lot of reading Recovery related books, doing SMART RECOVERY worksheets ( you can google it and print them for free) eventually I added exercises and had a list of foods and snacks that were good for me and kept me busy during cravings.
Cognitive behavioural therapy worksheets for anxiety also helped me develops new coating strategy that I was able to reach lace my drinking with.
Anxiety was one of the main things that kept me drinking until I came up with this plan. Hope something here is helpful to you.
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I forget what multivitamen they gave me in rehab but it definitely worked. If you go to a pharmacy the employees should know just the thing. But I definitely recommend it.
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Here’s a very comprehensive outline of supplements to help with recovery…
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Thank you everyone! I’m starting with a multivitamin with high B vitamis plus vitamins from the group a, c, h, D and lots of minerals like iron calcium fosforo zinc and more
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