Are your healthy vitamins and supplements making you feel worse?

If you’ve ever stood in front of your supplement cabinet thinking,
“Well… it can’t hurt, right?” — this is for you.

Because yes… it can.

As a holistic health practitioner who specializes in mystery symptoms, I see this constantly. Someone comes in taking a prostate formula, a hormone-balancing blend, a thyroid “support” capsule, a greens powder, a sleep tea, and a calming tincture — and they have no idea that the very things they’re taking to feel better may be quietly pushing their body further out of balance.

And most of the time? Their labs are “normal.”

This is often when people start searching for a naturopath or holistic health practitioner because they’re tired of being told everything “looks fine” while they still feel completely off.

The Myth: “If My Body Doesn’t Need It, I’ll Just Pee It Out”

There’s a very comforting belief out there:

“Supplements are safe. If your body doesn’t need it, it will just get rid of it.”

That’s not how a real human body works.

When you put anything into your system on a regular basis — vitamins, herbs, powders, tinctures, prostate formulas, hormone blends, thyroid “support,” even medicinal herbal teas — your body has to:

• recognize it

• process it

• decide where it goes

• and then either use it or fight it / store it / adapt to it

If your body truly needs that support, it may be helpful for a period of time.

But if your body doesn’t need that particular thing, it becomes interference. Over time, that interference becomes part of the stress load on your system — especially when you stack it on top of chemicals, heavy metals, pesticides, water quality issues, and everyday stress.

This is exactly the kind of hidden interference that a lot of naturopathic and holistic practitioners are trying to identify and remove.

How “Helpful” Supplements Turn Into Imbalance

Here’s what almost nobody says out loud:

Any supplement your body doesn’t need, that you take consistently, will eventually create imbalance.

It usually doesn’t show up as some big dramatic crash. It’s more like a slow sideways slide that’s easy to blame on age, hormones, or stress.

You might notice:

• subtle mood changes

• digestion feeling “off”

• new skin issues

• weird sleep patterns

• more fatigue or brain fog

You go to your doctor, your labs look good, and you’re told everything is “fine.” So you go right back to your supplement cabinet and add another “supportive” formula on top of the stack.

All the while, your body is trying to work around things it never actually asked for.

How This Looks in Everyday Life

Here’s how I see this play out in real people:

• Someone starts taking a supplement “for prostate health” and a few months later their energy, mood, or sleep feels off OR they get diagnosed with a thyroid condition not realizing it's due to this supplement that they have been taking for YEARS

• Someone adds a “hormone balance” formula and over time their cycle, mood, or cramps actually get more unpredictable even though it "helped" for a while.

• Someone reaches for a thyroid or adrenal “support” blend and ends up feeling tired and wired at the same time.

• Someone uses a sleep tea or calming blend every night and eventually notices they can’t fall asleep without it or they are having gut symptoms that they don't even realize are being caused by their sleepytime tea.

Most people never think, “This might be my supplement causing this.”
They think their body is failing them — and they go searching for more help, often typing things like “naturopath near me” or “holistic support for hormones” into Google.

Yes, This Includes Herbs and “Just Tea”

This part surprises a lot of people looking for natural or holistic answers:

Herbal teas and herbal blends are medicinal. They are supplements.

If you’re drinking the same herbal tea every night for sleep, or using the same blend daily for hormones, digestion, or stress, that’s not neutral. That’s a steady, repetitive message to your body to respond in a certain way.

But what if your sleep issue, for example, is actually coming from:

• blood sugar swings

• parasites (they’re nocturnal and can disturb sleep and create nightmares)

• hormone shifts

• EMFs or environmental stress in your bedroom

• liver congestion

Now you’re calming or sedating the symptom while doing nothing to address what started it. And you’re also adding one more thing your body has to process and adapt to every single day.

Over time, that can confuse your natural rhythms. Some people eventually realize they can’t sleep without their “natural” sleep tea or drops anymore. That’s a sign your body isn’t regulating itself — it’s being managed from the outside.

This is exactly the kind of pattern holistic and naturopathic-style practices are looking for when someone says, “I’m doing all the natural things, but I still feel off.”

Synthetic Vitamins: When “Healthy” Starts Feeding Depletion

Then there’s the big wall of supplements at the store or online.

Most over-the-counter vitamins are:

• synthetic

• isolated (not in the same form your body recognizes from real food)

• filled with extra additives and fillers

When you take an isolated synthetic vitamin, your body still needs all the co-factors that normally come with that nutrient in food form to actually use it properly.

If those co-factors aren’t present in your diet, the synthetic vitamin will “borrow” them from your own tissues to complete the reaction. You might feel a little boost at first — and then later you feel more depleted, more tired, or more off… and you don’t connect it back to that “healthy” supplement.

So you add… more supplements.

Many people come to me after trying supplement plans from the internet, big-box stores, or even well-meaning professionals who only looked at a couple of symptoms instead of the whole system. They’re overloaded, confused, and still searching for a more comprehensive holistic or naturopathic-style approach.

“But My Labs Are Normal…”

This is the story I hear over and over from people looking for holistic support:

• confusing symptoms

• “normal” labs

• more and more supplements added

• still no real answers

Most standard lab ranges are designed to catch more obvious problems — numbers far enough outside the range to justify a diagnosis.

But long before that, your body is already under stress from layers like:

• toxicity (chemicals, metals, synthetic supplements, pesticides, bad water)

• digestion not working the way it should

• an inflamed, overreactive immune system

• overgrowth of fungus, bacteria, viruses or parasites

Most people with mystery symptoms are living in those layers. That’s where you can feel off and still be told everything “looks great” on paper.

And in that gray zone, random supplementation can make things even more confusing.

This is often when people say, “Okay, I need a holistic health practitioner or naturopath who actually looks at the whole picture.”

Signs Your Supplements Might Be Adding to the Problem

Ask yourself:

• Have you collected a growing pile of bottles, powders, tinctures, and teas and you’re not sure what’s actually helping?

• Do you notice you feel worse or “off” when you don’t take your usual lineup?

• Did any new symptom show up within a few weeks or months of adding something new, and you brushed it off as coincidence?

• Do you have that up-and-down pattern — some days okay, some days not — with no clear reason?

• Has your doctor told you everything looks normal, even though you absolutely do not feel normal?

None of this automatically means every supplement you’re taking is wrong. But it’s a clear sign that guessing is not working — and that you may need the kind of targeted, whole-body approach people often look for in a naturopath or holistic practitioner.

1. Stop “Shopping by Symptoms”

No more grabbing something just because:

• a friend swears by it

• an influencer said “everyone over 40 needs this”

• the label says “hormone balance,” “thyroid support,” or “stress relief” and that sounds like you

Your body is not a marketing category. You need to know what your specific body is actually dealing with.

2. Do a Simple Supplement Audit

Take 10–15 minutes and list everything you take regularly:

• vitamins

• minerals

• herbs

• powders and shake mixes

• tinctures

• “functional” teas you drink daily or nightly

For each one, write:

• Why did I start this?

• Who or what told me to take it?

• What changed (better or worse) in the first month?

• Do I feel a difference if I skip it for a few days?

Just seeing this clearly can be powerful. It’s the same kind of clarity a good holistic or naturopathic practitioner will ask for at your first visit.

3. Support the Basics Before Stacking More Pills

Before you reach for a new supplement, focus on the things your body always needs:

• Real food: Enough quality protein, healthy fats, and clean produce so your body has the raw materials to repair.

• Clean water: Filtered water that actually removes chemicals and metals, not just makes it taste better.

• Lower toxin exposure: Safer household products, cookware, and personal care items; cleaning up your bedroom environment; being mindful of EMFs and other constant stressors.

When you start taking those burdens off the system, your need for “support” usually drops on its own.

4. Get Specific, Targeted Holistic Guidance

This is where working with someone who looks at the whole picture makes a huge difference.

You want a practitioner who can:

• identify what your body is actually struggling with (toxins, digestion, organ stress, pathogens, nervous system switching, etc.)

• check which supplements truly help your body function better

• just as importantly, identify which supplements interfere, overstimulate, or block your healing

That’s exactly why we use Functional Interference Testing™ and my 3-Phase Whole Body Reset. Instead of throwing random “natural support” at symptoms, we:

• uncover the hidden sources of your symptoms

• use targeted, non-synthetic, properly matched supplements

• support the body for a defined period while it repairs

• then reduce things down so you’re not living on a huge stack forever

The goal is not to become someone who needs tons of different supplements just to get through the day.
The goal is a body that can do its job again with only minimal outside support.

The Bottom Line: Supplements Are Not Neutral

Here’s the takeaway if you’re searching for a naturopath or holistic support and wondering what to do with your supplement routine:

• When your body truly needs a specific supplement, it can be a helpful tool — for a time.

• When your body doesn’t need it, and you take it anyway day after day, it becomes part of the imbalance that keeps you feeling off, even with “perfect” labs.

This includes:

• prostate and hormone formulas

• thyroid and adrenal blends

• sleep aids

• calming remedies

• herbal teas used daily or nightly

• cheap synthetic multivitamins and high-dose single nutrients

If you’re dealing with chronic, confusing symptoms and taking a bunch of things because they “seemed like a good idea,” there’s a real possibility some of them are quietly adding to the problem.

You don’t have to keep guessing.
You don’t have to keep stacking more bottles hoping something finally works.

With the right holistic support, you can find out what your body actually needs — and what it’s tired of fighting — and finally start addressing the real source instead of layering more “support” on top of symptoms.

If you are local to the Phoenix, AZ area, go to this link to find out more about holistic solutions to help reset and remove interference from your body so it can do its job properly. Pills just cover up symptoms—they don’t fix WHY this is happening. Isn’t it time to finally resolve it instead of managing it? 

If you are not local to the Phoenix, AZ area, then click here to check out all of your options! You’ll get the exact steps you need to take, plus support from me to guide you every step of the way! 

xo Monica 🦋 Treat the Source: where we reveal all of the hidden causes of your mystery symptoms!