Top 11 Symptoms of Iron Deficiency and What to Do

Feeling exhausted all the time and you and your doctor can’t figure out why? Discover a common, but little known cause that can drastically help you regain your energy! Go through the 11 surprising symptoms to help you determine if low ferritin, (a sneaky way of being low in iron without it showing up on blood work) is causing your fatigue and how to get it checked!

[jesserule]

I’m a guy with iron deficiency (24 Ferritin)

My never ending Exhaustion, depression, and mental fog now make a lot more sense.

[amandavillaofficial]

11 sysptoms

1.Fatigue
2.Absent Minded
3. Headache
4. Hair loss
5.muscle and joint pain
6. Shortness of breath
7. Rapid heart rate
8. Weight gain
9. Loss of inistiative
10. Anxiety or depression
11. Cold hands and feet

[aliasgirl]

Thank you for mentioning that childbearing/pregnancy could be a possible factor. I offered up that theory to a doctor and was dismissed. I’ve had 3 sections myself. After each I got heavier and more fatigued. My oldest is 18 now and my youngest is 10. I’ve been told it’s “all in my head”, I’m “depressed” and need to lose weight to get better and have more energy. I’m in my late 40’s now and it’s a rare occurrence where my desire and initiative match my energy levels. I feel like part of my motherhood has been robbed due to ignorance.

[SolamenteNani]

I love that you have done this video because your wife suffered from iron deficiency. Thank you 🙏🏽

[everythingbeautifulalways]

Anemia is a big issues which have been overlooked.Worst doctors don't listen to us .We know ourselves, we wake up to ourselves everyday, they see us rarely.I thank you doctor and mine goes back forty years, every test is perfect.I finally told my doctor to refer me for ferritin.

[sagek]

Thanks for making this video, so many patients suffer in silence because of the ignorance of the medical system 😢

[KellyJarvis-cnfb]

This was me for the last 2 years. My iron was 29. I started taking an iron supplement called Blood Builder....by day 3, I felt so much better. I highly recommend it! A complete game changer. I also had my hormones tested and started Bio Identical hormones ( desicated thyroid, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone along with the iron supplement) as I started menopause 2 years ago. I went from having every symptom you mentioned to feeling 100% normal and fully energetic! I feel like I'm 25 again and belive me before I started these medications I had every symptom on here. Just putting it out there incase others are experiencing the same issues.

[taramodayur]

Thank you for this video! I went to my doctor because I was having all the symptoms of iron deficiency but my hemoglobin and RBC counts were always fine. Then, I got really concerned when not only was I always exhausted and freezing cold and so forgetful I felt like a dementia patient, I started having heart palpitations and my heart was running at 120-160bpm 24/7! Then we tested my ferritin and it was 3μg/L. THREE! I had been in crisis-survival mode for half a year when I should have been thriving, had I known what to look for sooner.

[maddieb]

This is true. I've had my ferritin at 6 (sometimes even at 4) for the past year. I got a blood test every 2 months. I was given liquid iron for two months. Nothing happened. I was given then tablets, not cheap ones for three months and nothing happened. The GP made me waste a whole year when I was feeling too exhausted for words. Finally I made an appointment with a hematologist and when he saw my ferritin levels and iron in blood levels he freaked out. I also had other things very low, all related to iron. He ordered an iron infusion immediately for me. I got it about a month ago and I fell better. I had Ferinject. I discovered that I had been having low ferritin for the past 10 years. Thank God I had keps blood tests since 2010 and discovered the cause of it. It was since a got a gastric sleeve procedure done (not by-pass). After that my iron leves and ferritin started to go down to 17 or so for years, also because I take anti-acids every day to protect the stomach. It wasn't until last year it went down to 6 and sometimes 4, 2. The hematologist said the levels should be 50 or 60 at least. So yes... I blame the GP doctor for not telling me to see an hematologist when he saw that after taking iron, nothing happened, I wasn't absorving it. Not only I felt exhausted, but irritable and I wasn't being myself at all. I read an article about: iron deficiency and depression and yes, I can say it is true.

[pixeljoker]

Im 25 and im tired all the time, high heart rate, anxiety, blurry vision, loss of appetite for the past 2 months i just started taking iron supplements today and my hand and feet went numb for like and hour after there i finally started to relax ill keep taking supplements everyday for a few weeks

[valeriereinhard]

I just discovered my low ferritin levels. I had never checked them before, but was curious after a hemorrhage almost a year ago. They had put me on a supplement after I ended up a bit anemic. After looking through my records, I learned that I was even more anemic after each of mg babies was born, but no one told me anything and I never did anything to correct it. I suspect I’m depleted now because I just never did get caught up. I have literally all of the symptoms. They checked my thyroid, it was normal, so told me it was anxiety. I feel like now I have something I can do!

[msoda]

I started suffering extreme exhaustion, shortness of breath, headache and chest pain. I thought it was anxiety and migraines so I ignored it for a while. It finally got so bad I went to the emergency room and it turns of my levels were extremely low they were at 6.7. I spent 2 days the weekend in the hospital getting blood transfusions.
Please if you don’t feel well please don’t ignore the symptoms.

[JW-news]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention headaches and migraines.. and especially in the mornings. 80% of people with low iron and anemia complain of headaches.

[MyLifeInTheDesert]

Thank you for making this video. I’ve had almost a year of horrible fatigue, lost probably 60% of my hair, and brain fog. I thought it was long covid but thought I would take a blood test for iron since I’m a vegetarian. My ferritin was 12. Now supplementing and hoping this gets better ❤

[bobGmitter]

I am a 58 year old guy and I had alot of these symptoms. My CBC results were fine but luckily I went for a self funded vitamin mineral test and it showed ferritin at 25. I am now up to 49 and have some more energy but still have a ways to go.

[brittanistephens]

I have very heavy menstrual periods. I have every symptom that you mentioned, but I'm losing weight instead of gaining. I have times (for years) where I feel so awful I can't get out of bed, brain fog, can't workout, work, chest pain, dizziness and nausea are huge, headache, extreme hair loss, and many more symptoms. I go into my doctor and they said you are slightly anemic but it's nothing to worry about, never even recommend a supplement and pass me off to other doctors. But they have never checked my other levels. I just got my labs back today:
ferritin is 5
% saturation is 4
TIBC 440
Iron 19
I just can't believe it. I have been feeling extremely frustrated that they can't figure out what is wrong with me. Going into the doctor feeling like I am crazy and leaving defeated again. My husband feeling frustrated because I am tired all the time....but I have had something real all these years...it's the worst when you know something is wrong because it is your body and nobody believes you. Thank you for making this video.

[natsdaley]

Diagnosed with being anaemic yesterday due to heavy cycles prescribed iron tablets watching this really helped me to understand my condition more thank you

[hannahm]

i feel this so much. i have struggled so much since i had the flu the week of thanksgiving last year, turned into pneumonia (and forcing myself to keep working through it once i was no longer contagious).

it has been a major struggle since then. yesterday the worst battle was the shortness of breath. it was so bad i almost had a panic attack. i had to go hide in our office at work for a while.

a couple days ago i had some blood work done. my ferrintin level was 7. so i guess that explains a lot. hopefully things will start to improve now that i have started taking iron, because i am sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. please excuse me. end rant

[MyNeonBubbles]

My ferritin has never been higher than 12 in the few years I’ve been getting blood work done. I feel like garbage all the time

[bayleecarter]

I’ve been battling iron deficiency since I was in 7th or 8th grade now I’m a sophomore in high school just now figuring out why I’m tired all the time💀