Re: Should I stop Iron Supps?/ranges

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What range does your lab use? It must be different from mine; my lab uses a

" normal " range of 10 - 291. Your ferritin is 90...and you are concerned about

it being too high...but by my lab's range 90 is just fine.

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> My ferritin was 90 about 6 months ago, so dropped from 200 mg iron to 100,

retested in 3 months, still ~90, so dropped to 100. Another 2 months and still

91, so I dropped to 50, then just quit a few days ago as I didn't want it to go

too high. Bear in mind that they drew about 14 tubes of blood from me each time

due to all the labs I had done, and my ferritin still didn't drop -- or went

quickly back up due to supplementing.

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> Would it be safe to drop it for now and then retest in a couple months? I am

87.5 mcg t3 as of today. I just don't want to get into low ferritin again. At

one point a few years ago it was 20 and it took forever to get up, but I never

was a decent dose of t3, either.

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> Thanks,

> Kathleen

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ALL my specialists say ferritin should be above 100, so i guarantee you 90 is not a problem. Wish i had that level!!Sendt fra min iPhoneDen 18. mars 2010 kl. 14.31 skrev "Margery__W" :

What range does your lab use? It must be different from mine; my lab uses a "normal" range of 10 - 291. Your ferritin is 90...and you are concerned about it being too high...but by my lab's range 90 is just fine.

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> My ferritin was 90 about 6 months ago, so dropped from 200 mg iron to 100, retested in 3 months, still ~90, so dropped to 100. Another 2 months and still 91, so I dropped to 50, then just quit a few days ago as I didn't want it to go too high. Bear in mind that they drew about 14 tubes of blood from me each time due to all the labs I had done, and my ferritin still didn't drop -- or went quickly back up due to supplementing.

>

> Would it be safe to drop it for now and then retest in a couple months? I am 87.5 mcg t3 as of today. I just don't want to get into low ferritin again. At one point a few years ago it was 20 and it took forever to get up, but I never was a decent dose of t3, either.

>

> Thanks,

> Kathleen

>

[Guest guest]

Hello,

The range is the same. No, I am not concerned about it being too high. I just

wondered if I need to keep taking iron to maintain a ferritin of 90 or if I can

stop supplementing now.

Thank you,

Kathleen

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> > My ferritin was 90 about 6 months ago, so dropped from 200 mg iron to 100,

retested in 3 months, still ~90, so dropped to 100. Another 2 months and still

91, so I dropped to 50, then just quit a few days ago as I didn't want it to go

too high. Bear in mind that they drew about 14 tubes of blood from me each time

due to all the labs I had done, and my ferritin still didn't drop -- or went

quickly back up due to supplementing.

> >

> > Would it be safe to drop it for now and then retest in a couple months? I am

87.5 mcg t3 as of today. I just don't want to get into low ferritin again. At

one point a few years ago it was 20 and it took forever to get up, but I never

was a decent dose of t3, either.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Kathleen

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hello,

The range is the same. No, I am not concerned about it being too high. I just

wondered if I need to keep taking iron to maintain a ferritin of 90 or if I can

stop supplementing now.

Thank you,

Kathleen

> >

> > My ferritin was 90 about 6 months ago, so dropped from 200 mg iron to 100,

retested in 3 months, still ~90, so dropped to 100. Another 2 months and still

91, so I dropped to 50, then just quit a few days ago as I didn't want it to go

too high. Bear in mind that they drew about 14 tubes of blood from me each time

due to all the labs I had done, and my ferritin still didn't drop -- or went

quickly back up due to supplementing.

> >

> > Would it be safe to drop it for now and then retest in a couple months? I am

87.5 mcg t3 as of today. I just don't want to get into low ferritin again. At

one point a few years ago it was 20 and it took forever to get up, but I never

was a decent dose of t3, either.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Kathleen

> >

>

[Guest guest]

My own experience is that it takes a lot more iron to RAISE ferritin than it

does to MAINTAIN a good level. If you discontinue supps I would suggest testing

ferritin frequently, you want to catch dropping ferritin early, because you

already know that low-ferritin hole is a tough one to climb out of.

I suspect that anyone who has ever had a low-ferritin problem will always need

iron supplements, although likely a lower " maintenance " dosage.

What a successful iron maintenance dose is depends a lot on how much iron you

are LOSING. I have read that getting up to the proper dose of T3 helps one

" hold on " to ferritin better, conversely, hypoT people often lose iron like

crazy. Menstruating women lose iron every month. My own gastrointestinal

issues cause me to continuously lose iron.

Hope this helps.

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> > > My ferritin was 90 about 6 months ago, so dropped from 200 mg iron to 100,

retested in 3 months, still ~90, so dropped to 100. Another 2 months and still

91, so I dropped to 50, then just quit a few days ago as I didn't want it to go

too high. Bear in mind that they drew about 14 tubes of blood from me each time

due to all the labs I had done, and my ferritin still didn't drop -- or went

quickly back up due to supplementing.

> > >

> > > Would it be safe to drop it for now and then retest in a couple months? I

am 87.5 mcg t3 as of today. I just don't want to get into low ferritin again. At

one point a few years ago it was 20 and it took forever to get up, but I never

was a decent dose of t3, either.

> > >

> > > Thanks,

> > > Kathleen

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