Anyone with anemia here?

[nytemare]

I was feeling icky, thought I was dehydrated. Doc took some blood, said it might be anemia.

I was feeling breathless and my pulse was high, and I am feeling very tired.

Anybody have anemia?

[silverpatronus]

1. i have mild anemia

thalassemia beta-thal trait to be precise. your symptoms sound consistent with anemia.

[nytemare]

3. Thank you. I was beginning to wonder if I was just a lazy ass!

I didn't used to be a lazy ass..lol.

:)

[bertha katzenengel]

2. have been extremely anemic in the past

Your symptoms sound quite familiar. Take lots of liquids and rest. Good luck.

[nytemare]

4. I have been drinking water like a fish

Been thirsty as hell.

Thank you!

:hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

5. Drink orange juice too, or another pure fruit juice.

I'd recommend certain foods but until you have your diagnosis . . . :shrug:

DO rest.

Someone asked me if I was wearing white lipstick one day when I was anemic. It's kinda scary. So :hug:

[nytemare]

6. TY. I finished my OJ carton yesterday, need to get more

I love OJ. I have been eating a lot of fresh spinach lately, too. I can't seem to get enough of it!

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

7. I have mild anemia too.

I felt like crap the other morning--drained, depressed, groggy. I took a chewable multi-vitamin (you absorb more if you chew it rather than letting your stomach do all the work) and felt a TON better. Just a suggestion.

[livetohike]

8. I have to take iron supplements twice a day

Sometimes I forget :-(.

[nytemare]

9. I have to take my prescription the same time every day

or I will forget. I have been so forgetful, and now I am reading that can be a symptom.

The pieces may be starting to fit.

So, you feel tired too, eh?

[livetohike]

11. I do much better (not tired, scattered, etc)

If I can only remember to take those supplements, lol. :-)

[nytemare]

14. I will have to get some good supplements

Can't hurt.

[livetohike]

12. Definitely tired if I don't take them

I've been taking them for three years now. I probably needed to see the doctor sooner regarding my symptoms.

[xmas74]

10. Yes.

Mild since the day I was born. Whenever I feel overtired that is the first thing that I think of. I've gone back and forth for years now w/ iron supplements. I even had a very old doctor tell me to drink red wine every day(that didn't bother me too much).
Good luck-people tend to think that there is nothing wrong w/ you and that you are just lazy. You're not.

[nytemare]

13. I was thinking I was lazy...LOL

About 3 years ago, after tearing my ACL, I decided I needed to lose weight. Well, I lost 60 lbs before I had knee surgery, but since the surgery, I have started exercising here and there, but can't get the energy like I used to have. Before, it was just a habit to exercise. Now, I can't get back into the habit, and I have gained weight back.

I got to where I was thinking I am just lazy. Everyone is giving me a hard time, "what happened, you lost so much weight, blah blah."

:shrug:

[xmas74]

15. I get that from my family all the time.

They should know better.

[nytemare]

16. They should leave you be!

This would really explain a lot of things with me. I have been really forgetful, too. My mother seems to think I have Adult ADD, but other than forgetfulness, nothing else matches.

I will see when the blood tests come back.

[xmas74]

21. Anemia is alot more common.

But if you can function then people think that nothing is wrong. It was awful after I had my daughter. My anemia was really bad which is why I had to spend extra time in the hospital over it.

[LeftyMom]

17. When pregnant I had it

the rest of the time my iron is low but not too low. Thank goodness, those prescription iron pills did not agree with me at all. I do try to remember to eat a lot of iron rich foods and take a vitamin C pill (or eat a C rich food, or chug some orange juice) with them to help absorption.

My iron went up some after I quit eating dairy foods, I don't know if they were just inhibiting absorption, filling me up on iron-poor food or if I was bleeding a bit internally because of them.

[nytemare]

19. Interesting. What did the iron pills do?

glad you made it through the pregnancy alright.

[LeftyMom]

23. errr, how to put this

I thought I'd never poop again. It really isn't fair to make a hugely pregnant woman even more bloated and uncomfortable. I started taking them every other day, alternating with my prenatals (taking both made the constipation worse, since the prenatal had a lot of iron, too) and that pretty much took care of the problem.

It worked out though, other than the low iron I didn't have any problems. Anemia is pretty common in pregnancy, it wasn't a threat to either of our health or anything. I was really freakin' tired, but I don't know if that was the anemia, the soul-sucking job I had, or the extra 45 lbs I was toting around.

[nytemare]

24. LOL, oh that must have been bad!

I imagine all those things could make you tired!

:)

[yvr girl]

18. I'm chronically anemic

And I have been severely anemic in the past. I was so anemic one summer that I would get breathless if I walked across the room. I was at 50% hemoglobin. I was waitressing graveyard shift that summer. What a miserable time that was.

Take the iron. I hate the side effects, but drink lots of water and eat your veggies.

[nytemare]

20. TY for the advice

I will wait for the blood tests to come back, but everything seems to fit.

I got breathless too, especially walking and talking, I seemed to run out of breath mid-sentence.

Good to see it seems you are doing better, now.

:)

[u4ic]

22. Yes

I also make sure I take an iron supplement with copper, extra vitamin C, and sublingual B12 to cover all the bases.

If I take too much iron (like a pill a day), I'll get a sore throat and sinusitis. I have to take 1/2 doses. Does anybody else get that?