Just had some bloods done for a different issue, and have come back as borderline. It's nothing new, I've had low iron on/off over 10 years now, can never seem to get on top of it, iron tablets raise it then a few months/years down the line it goes down again (i normally find out when i try to give blood and levels are too low, haven't managed to be able to give blood for over 2 years now) i do have heavy periods which i think is what they attribute it to although in the last year or so i would say i don't feel they are quite as heavy as they used to be but that may just be because I'm so used to heavy being my normal.
Anyway sorry for the background just giving a general idea of things. My issue is i am always tired lately, to the point my DP always moans about how often i say i cant do this, that or the other because I'm tired but its true. I wake up tired, i feel like im nodding off at work alot of the time and im tired by 10pm. Can i attribute this tiredness to my iron levels because if not I'm not sure i can go through the rest of my life always feeling so tired 😂
Will add the results that i think all relate to iron levels
Haemoglobin concentration: 111g/l [115-165] Below low reference limit
Haematocrit: 0.339L/L [0.37-0.47]Below low reference limit
Mean cell volume: 75.7fl [80-100] Below low reference limit
Mean cell haemoglobin level 24.8pg [27-34] Below low reference limit
Red blood cell distribution width 17.4% [10%-15%] Above high reference limit
Serum iron level 5.0umol/L [5.83-34] Below low reference limit
Serum transferrin level 2.72g/L [2.0-3.6]
Transferrin saturation index 8% [15-50] Below low reference limit
And i have been taking a daily iron tablet since January (i may have missed the odd day) do these results justify me being tired 24/7?