I just wanted to offer some advice (feel free to take it or leave it). Here's my experience with extreme exhaustion:
To make a long story short, we all need to be our own advocates when it comes to our health. I was walking around like a zombie a few years back feeling extremely exhausted, no energy. I remember before I was diagnosed with Crohn's, I once passed out and at the emergency room the ER doctor said oh... you have low ferritin.... go on iron pills. I then asked..."Well, why IS my ferritin low?" Couldn't give me a straight answer or lead me to any direction. It has taken my own initiative (and continues to take my own initiative) trying to be detective. I'm sure you all can relate....
PLEASE check your FERRITIN levels. Almost all doctors that I've visited think because your Hemoglobin is fine that you are fine. My hemoglobin was fine but my FERRITIN was 6! Normal is 30-300 (but everyone is SO different so normal to one person may not be someone else's normal). One Gastro (not going to him again) said oh, your ferritin is just a little low... it was 6! I then went to a hematologist and she just couldn't believe that he said I was fine with 6 Ferritin.
Please get your ferritin levels checked every few months. If they're low... find out WHY they're low. Don't just take their word and go on an iron pill. Get to the root of the problem. Flares can certainly cause ferritin levels to drop (hemoglobin drops first usually then ferritin levels - your iron stores). Iron infusions also work wonders
If your Gastro isn't helping, a Hematologist is a very good route to take and they often have iron infusions at their clinics.
Hope that helps..!
To make a long story short, we all need to be our own advocates when it comes to our health. I was walking around like a zombie a few years back feeling extremely exhausted, no energy. I remember before I was diagnosed with Crohn's, I once passed out and at the emergency room the ER doctor said oh... you have low ferritin.... go on iron pills. I then asked..."Well, why IS my ferritin low?" Couldn't give me a straight answer or lead me to any direction. It has taken my own initiative (and continues to take my own initiative) trying to be detective. I'm sure you all can relate....
PLEASE check your FERRITIN levels. Almost all doctors that I've visited think because your Hemoglobin is fine that you are fine. My hemoglobin was fine but my FERRITIN was 6! Normal is 30-300 (but everyone is SO different so normal to one person may not be someone else's normal). One Gastro (not going to him again) said oh, your ferritin is just a little low... it was 6! I then went to a hematologist and she just couldn't believe that he said I was fine with 6 Ferritin.
Please get your ferritin levels checked every few months. If they're low... find out WHY they're low. Don't just take their word and go on an iron pill. Get to the root of the problem. Flares can certainly cause ferritin levels to drop (hemoglobin drops first usually then ferritin levels - your iron stores). Iron infusions also work wonders
If your Gastro isn't helping, a Hematologist is a very good route to take and they often have iron infusions at their clinics.Hope that helps..!
