I was wondering if anyone had had problems with MH issues being heightened by anaemia? I was recently diagnosed with iron deficiency anaemia. This only happened because I'd had a major relapse in my anxiety disorder, which seemed to come out of nowhere. For months, I've been feeling weak, nauseous, had palpitations and extremes of body temperature. This all kicked off when I was on holiday, after having been feeling my best in years for about 7 months (a record for me). I had lowered the dose of my ADs and even quit smoking and had got to the point where I was no longer identifying myself as an anxiety sufferer.
The last few months have been awful, with no real trigger, and I wonder if anaemia causing the physical symptoms has been the root of my relapse. Has anyone experienced similar worsening of MH problems with anaemia and, if so, did treating the anaemia make you feel any better? I know iron tablets aren't going to cure a psychological problem but I hope that it might ease the physical stuff which is such a big part of my anxiety.