Okay, so maybe updating daily isn't going to be very realistic for me to actually do. 
I've been feeling more going on in the evening/nighttime over the last few days. I don't think I've felt anything today, but I haven't drank my protein shake yet either. I've noticed that makes a huge difference. For that reason, I'm considering drinking two shakes per day instead of just one.
As for the Vitamin C, I did a Google search yesterday to see how much is too much to take each day. Apparently the daily recommended dosage for an adult woman is only 75mg. And I was taking 3000mg. Holy wow. If I take 6 of my collagen tabs per day, that nearly gives me the 75mg alone. Here's what I found:
"For adults, the recommended upper limit for vitamin C is 2,000 milligrams (mg) a day. Although too much dietary vitamin C is unlikely to be harmful, megadoses of vitamin C supplements may cause:
Diarrhea
Nausea
Vomiting
Heartburn
Abdominal cramps
Headache
Insomnia
Kidney stones"
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vitamin-c/AN01801
And this:
"However, it is possible to overdose on vitamin C. The chronic toxic dose (meaning how much you have to take over a period of time to see negative effects) is more than 2 grams a day. The acute toxic dose is not known. Deaths from vitamin C overdose are very rare, and there may be none recorded.
The possible negative effects of taking too much vitamin C are:
- diarrhea,
- nausea,
- possible dental decalcification (i.e., softening of the teeth),
- increased estrogen levels,
- renal colic (i.e., kidney stones)"
http://askville.amazon.com/vitamin-day/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=1424950
Headaches, increased estrogen levels, and kidney stones? Noooo, thank you. I definitely don't need any excess estrogen, and the occurence of kidney stones on my dad's side of the family is very predominant. I haven't had any (yet... my sister was in her mid 30s when she first developed them) and I definitely don't want any. And after the third day that I took the 3000mg of VitC I had a horrible headache all day. Fortunately that was also the day I found that information so I had stopped taking it. By the next day the headache was completely gone.
Thursday and Friday I had some slight soreness but once again, by today (Saturday) it's gone. It's so strange that I seem to be following that pattern! The pimple on my chin seems to be getting a little worse (more sore and red) each day. I'm hoping that when my period starts it will finally begin to dissolve.
AF is due tomorrow. It will be interesting to see whether or not it's on schedule.
I've been feeling more going on in the evening/nighttime over the last few days. I don't think I've felt anything today, but I haven't drank my protein shake yet either. I've noticed that makes a huge difference. For that reason, I'm considering drinking two shakes per day instead of just one.
As for the Vitamin C, I did a Google search yesterday to see how much is too much to take each day. Apparently the daily recommended dosage for an adult woman is only 75mg. And I was taking 3000mg. Holy wow. If I take 6 of my collagen tabs per day, that nearly gives me the 75mg alone. Here's what I found:
"For adults, the recommended upper limit for vitamin C is 2,000 milligrams (mg) a day. Although too much dietary vitamin C is unlikely to be harmful, megadoses of vitamin C supplements may cause:
Diarrhea
Nausea
Vomiting
Heartburn
Abdominal cramps
Headache
Insomnia
Kidney stones"
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/vitamin-c/AN01801
And this:
"However, it is possible to overdose on vitamin C. The chronic toxic dose (meaning how much you have to take over a period of time to see negative effects) is more than 2 grams a day. The acute toxic dose is not known. Deaths from vitamin C overdose are very rare, and there may be none recorded.
The possible negative effects of taking too much vitamin C are:
- diarrhea,
- nausea,
- possible dental decalcification (i.e., softening of the teeth),
- increased estrogen levels,
- renal colic (i.e., kidney stones)"
http://askville.amazon.com/vitamin-day/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=1424950
Headaches, increased estrogen levels, and kidney stones? Noooo, thank you. I definitely don't need any excess estrogen, and the occurence of kidney stones on my dad's side of the family is very predominant. I haven't had any (yet... my sister was in her mid 30s when she first developed them) and I definitely don't want any. And after the third day that I took the 3000mg of VitC I had a horrible headache all day. Fortunately that was also the day I found that information so I had stopped taking it. By the next day the headache was completely gone.
Thursday and Friday I had some slight soreness but once again, by today (Saturday) it's gone. It's so strange that I seem to be following that pattern! The pimple on my chin seems to be getting a little worse (more sore and red) each day. I'm hoping that when my period starts it will finally begin to dissolve.
AF is due tomorrow. It will be interesting to see whether or not it's on schedule.