Vitamin C and Dystonia

Vitamin C is an antioxidant.  I had been taking half a gram with meals, way more than the RDA, but I can use an antioxidant.  Then I had a cold, a rotten cold.  So I tried taking more Vitamin C - 1.8 grams with every meal and then 1.8 grams before bed.

Vitamin C is quickly excreted, so you need to take it throughout the day.  Not in a big lump.

Well, it did nothing for my cold, but there was an unexpected but pleasant surprise:  the dystonia in my right foot that wakes me around 3 AM disappeared.  I tried this for a full week - no dystonia!  The one problem with the Vitamin C (technically ascorbic acid), is that when I take a higher dose, I get rather loose, ahem, stools.

So I've been dialing back and experimenting.  The usual half gram dose with meals but 1.8 grams at bedtime?  We'll see.  So far, so good.

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