I feel more like vitamin DORK most of the time.  I sometimes feel like a dork when people ask what I'm reading if I have to answer something like "the National Institute of Health's recommendations for vitamin supplementation".  They look at me like I suddenly sprouted a 3rd eye on my forehead or something.  LOL

But it really is interesting stuff. 

Sorry I don't have time to read all the responses, so someone may have said all this already.

RNYers need 1700 - 2000 mg of calcium citrate per day (1500 mg per day for lapbanders).  This needs to be split into 500 - 600 mg doses throughout the day.  Be sure to note not only the dose on the bottle, but how many pills make up that dose.  (Do not assume one pill = one dose.  Many times two pills = one dose.)

If memory serves (and this has been a while folks),
Citracal Plus = 2 pills for a total dose of 500 mg
Citracal Petites = 2 pills for a total dose of 600 mg
Wal-Mart Calcium Citrate + D = 2 pills for a total dose of 630 mg
(But I may have those last 2 reversed.  I don't take those so I don't really remember.)

So if you are taking Citracal Petites, you need to take 2 pills 3 x per day (for a total of 1800 mg per day).  I'd also make sure you get some calcium via food throughout the day to try to get you up to that 2000 mg per day. 

Lethargy is not associated with calcium supplementation unless you are ingesting toxic levels (> 2000 mg per day for normies, but it would have to be a lot more than that for us because of our impaired absorption).  So the calcium shouldn't be your problem.  I'd say that's just a coincidence.

The more likely culprit with lethargy is vitamin deficiency - not vitamin supplementation.  (Well, unless it's iron, and actually iron supplmentation CAN make people sleepy.  But that's a different post for a different time.)

Are you taking a good B-complex?  What about enough B-12?  Deficiencies in almost ANY of the B vitamins can cause lethargy as a side effect.

Vitamin C and folic acid are also culprits sometimes with lethargy. 

You're not taking any vitamin A supplements are you?  Over-supplementing on vitamin A can cause extreme lethargy.  Now granted, that would be rare for us.  But who knows.  What would be MORE likely is a vitamin A deficiency (which can cause fatique).  (While we're on fat soluble vitamins, how is your E? K? D?)

Let me think...

You're not taking Flagyl (or some such) for gas are you?  That can cause extreme fatigue.

Another BIG culprit... how is your PROTEIN and FLUID intake?  Getting enough of both?

Hope you're feeling *****ier by now! 

Wen

Thanks for the update!!!!!  Glad to hear she's okay.

Before April I could eat  anything and almost any amt, since then, I can't tolerate bread, pasta,roast beef and salad. I went last week and got a .5 unfill. I have been able to eat a piece of toast and some salad(if lettuce is shredded) along most things in small amounts. I went from April -July  eating lots of chip-dip, ice cream  and cookies because everything else was getting stuck and i was pb'ing at least 2 times a day, not healthy for me or my band! I also have a 10cc band. 1st fill 1.5 2nd fill 1.0 , 3rd 1.0, and 4th 1.0( he only wanted to do .5) and I talked him into a full cc. big mistake! I did lose 10.5 in those 3 months, but it wasn't worth it, my doc said I should lose better being a little loser, because i'll be able to eat  most meats and salad. So, basically it took 4 cc for me to fill restriction and that was 9 months down the road. I hope to be at least 15 pds down before I go back in October. I have lost 1 1/2 this week.

Robyn,  Thanks for the response.  So you have had your band about a year.

Have you had problems with any foods?  So far, I haven't had any issues with what I have been eating.  I have tried all kinds of foods and none of them seem to bother me.

My band is a 10cc band.  I am curious about how much saline should it take to give me the restriction that I need.