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Ferritin/thyroid/doctors

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Stellardasher · 24/11/2023 17:49

Hi!

I just wondered if anyone had any personal experience of what I’ve been going through, or she’s some light whether I’m being unreasonable or not!

history - diagnosed with low b12 in 2019, under active thyroid in 2020, take levothyroxine 125mg pre pregnancy

on my second pregnancy, had awful tachycardia in the beginning and felt exhausted. Finally had blood tests uploaded from mid October and shows ferritin as 4, hb as 120.

had a 48 hour ecg and showed heart rate reached 148bpm, often 110bpm but average 85.

thyroid still at 4.2 on 125mg levothyroxine and have antibodies so assuming it’s the auto immune disease.

all of these were loaded to my patient portal, and have been trying to get a doctors appt since Monday, no one will talk to me about them just listed them as normal.

AIBU thinking all of these are probably linked, and that the low Ferritin might be what’s making me feel awful despite HB being ok?!

Any advice would be appreciated, and thinking of complaining to the surgery as keep being dismissed as all these things being ‘normal’ so overreacting, despite the fact I feel terrible!

OP posts:
Starsnspikes · 24/11/2023 21:00

It's known that low ferritin can cause symptoms even if haemoglobin is normal. Look up 'iron deficiency without anaemia'.

You definitely need a prescription strength iron supplement. For reference, I've just been prescribed iron pills with a ferritin level of 15 and normal haemoglobin (I'm pregnant so may have contributed to the decision to prescribe, but it's still considered low).

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