Posted by jujube on September 30, 2004, at 7:45:33
In reply to ferritin » jujube, posted by tealady on September 30, 2004, at 7:24:48
> > With respect to the iron deficiency, my serum ferritin levels are now at 47 (or 49I never realized how detrimental low serum ferritin levels can be to a person's system. I thought a person only expeienced physical and emotional symptons when anemia set in. Anyways, I had had to take time off work (a number of months) because of the iron deficiency (it just sucked the life right out of me - probably because it was left untreated for so long and, during this time, I kept pushing myself and worked 11 - 12 hour days. Then, when detected and treated, I did not respond to treatment).
> >I was finally feeling a bit more energetic and clear-headed after a ten-week course of iron injections and then I got the Depo shot. I have been sick ever since (but I've lost about 8 pounds instead of gaining). Thank God I had an enormous amount of leave. If I need more time, I can take it. I will be so happy when the shot wears off and I start to feel like a human being again.
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> Hi again ,
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> Do you mind me asking you if the iron shots left black bruise like marks on your skin. I had 2 or maybe 3 iron shots 3 yrs ago now and I think the marks have finally disappeared! They were inches across.
> I was wondering if this was "normal" or not.
> I'm wondering if it happens to everyone or only to those with a almost dead metabolism..like the iron just sits there and gets slooowly absorbed.
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> My first iron shot sure lifted the depression and make me feel alive!
> http://forums.about.com/ab-thyroid/messages?msg=28257.5
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> I didn't feel the first couple of shots..but I think I felt needles after that..my doc told me that with the low ferritin levels I wouldn't feel the shots..It's true , couldn't even tell whether she'd given it to me.
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> I was just reading where my hair volume doubled and it was after startig thyrod meds and iron injections...so i'm thinking of trying some more injections.
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> I cut back on supps in the past couple of weeks as I needed to get some tests run(kept my calc.mag at night going and took other only intermittently)....done that now and last night I took an iron with MultiB-c capsule together with some selenium and my usual calc/mag tablet and slept soundly and even dreamt..could be the iron..or I guess it could be the new estrogen I'm trying too. Think I'll try that combo again anyway.
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> JanHi Jan,
I, too, have "bruises" on both butt cheeks from the iron injections. I believe it is called "staining". A friend of mine also had to have injections about 1.5 years ago, and she told me that her stains have not yet disappeared. With respect to the shots hurting, when I had my prescription filled, I had been told by the pharmacist that it would hurt and I should take tylenol before and after the shot. However, the shots did not hurt me at all. I felt a little sting, but certainly no pain. I, too, felt more positive with each shot. I could really notice a difference in my mood and my outlook. I don't think I got all the way there in terms of mood because I was on Effexor XR at the time and it left me flat - apathetic and unmotivated. I just didn't understand it. It really hit home just how ineffective Effexor was for me when I got the Depo shot and I sunk really low and starting experiencing extreme anxiety (there was always underlying anxiety while on the Effexor, but not to this extreme). It has been a struggle ever since my iron levels went down, and I am starting to get fed up with feeling like crap. But, the Depo shot will wear off in the next few weeks, and, hopefully, I will start to feel like my old self again. Sorry to complain.
Talk to you soon. Take care.
Tamara
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