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@masua Recipe!!! Don't abandon us OP!

@cr0011 I'm not a doctor, so this is not an exhaustive list, but diabetes, hyperthyroidism, and hyper/hypoglycemia can all be causes of hunger that isn't satiated by eating.

@lostandtired Have you been to the doctor to have your blood tested? Edit: the answer is yes and I missed it! Sorry!

@fanna Yeah, caffeine, milk... freaking everything tbh. I try and take my supplement right when my alarm goes off in the morning, which means I have it on an empty stomach for at least an hour. I only drink one coffee in the morning, so I'm pretty safe by lunch/dinner in terms of mealtime...

@jarhead247 Yup - especially as I'm vegetarian-ish. They put me on the supplements regardless as the levels were so low, but the ideal would be to not take them, eventually. One of the big questions is whether it is a diet issue or an absorption issue. I've seen a dietitian regardless, but the...

@rwadhwan oh my god the napping. I'm so happy I don't need to nap all the time anymore. Congrats! As mentioned above, my dietitian noted that with non-animal iron, it's important to make sure you have enough Vit C along with your vegetable-based iron sources to improve uptake Also, legit my...

@catqueen 17 (I am assuming ug/L) for ferritin is low. It should be 100-250.

@anton0003 I am, or was, or am in between being, a horseback rider, a singer, a career woman, a partier, a cyclist, a gardener, a runner, a knitter, a dog owner, a mechanic, a squash player, a Whitewater kayaker, a swing dancer, a punk rocker.... The list goes on. Some of those parts of my...

@theist555 Good luck! Happy to hear things are improving! Non-anemic iron deficiency is a thing!!

@tweety12 People totally compare period by using menstrual cups, as many come with 1/2oz and 1oz markers on the cup!

@tweety12 Vitamin C is recommended in tandem because it helps your body absorb iron, but should actually also help with the side effects. Do you eat the supplement on a full or empty stomach? My physician said to eat it on an empty stomach if I didn't have bad side effects, but if the...

@hismusic Maybe I'm getting my units wrong - I'll look for the link when I'm on my laptop.

@hismusic Checked - in British Columbia, anything below 100ug/L warrants further tests, and anything below 15 is an iron deficiency diagnostic on its own. At 14, my doctor told me if it went lower, i would probably start losing hair.

@mathighas Oh man, I'm so happy you're feeling better! It's crazy how quick it turns around once you know what going on and can address it. Glad the post was helpful.

@ladysparkle As mentioned, I've had a good experience with novo ferogluc, taken with vit C.

@dawn16 My whole social group is largely based on friends who will go out and do various active things as social time. Mountain biking, hiking the dogs, rock climbing. It is definitely a major stage-of-life thing though, as we're all in the thin of it with adulty crap like overtime and house...

@haithai01 Yup, confirmed, am old. Gloriously old.

Background: I posted about two months ago that I went to the doctor because I just generally felt like crap (fatigue, headache, etc) and they decided the best approach was to throw all the blood tests at me. The result was that I had extremely low (14ug/L) ferritin levels. In context, you...

@vlo I posted about this back in the fall! I was oh-shit-your-hair-is-going-to-fall-out low (14, I think, so still shifter than you). Getting on supplements was life changing! I felt like I was cheating on my bike rides.

@ashleynicoleyoung2016 I purposely pick social sports to account for this!