Re: Iron question and you ladies are so helpful!!

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I was viewing the archives for some information and read this post.

I had great success with a natural hematic supplement called

Hemaplex. I bought it at a local health food/supplement store. I

took it during pregnancy to ward off anemia. My midwife recommended

it because of a history of anemia during pregnancy. Also, it's great

for extra iron support during menstrual cycles. I never became

anemic during the pregnancy and noticed a huge difference in energy.

Sorry for the late response, but I felt I should share since it was

such a help to me!

>

> You ladies are so wise about thyroid issues.

>

> I finally saw an internist last week. She did give me a

prescription

> for Armour thyroid. She knew I was determined to stick with it, I

> told her I was self-medicating with the generic Armour. She

thought

> that was a little out there.

>

> Well anyway she ran about $300 worth of bloodwork to find out why

I'm

> still having some symptoms..mainly fatigue... Well guess what the

> cause appears to be? The exact thing Janie and some others had

told

> me to get checked! My iron was 21 with a range of 40-200 and my

> ferritin was 6.4 with a range of 15-150. The only reason she

checked

> that is my family has a history of too much iron, a thing called

> hemachromatosis. I guess I don't have to worry about that.

>

> Now I need to know if anyone has a good iron supplement to

> recommend. She didn't suggest anything. I only received a letter

> from her office telling me to start taking iron.

>

> Her letter also stated that I'm 'significantly hyperthyroid' and to

> call her office to talk about switching back to Synthroid or

Levoxyl

> with Cytomel... not a chance that I'm going back to that. Besides,

> she gave me a prescription for a year of Armour... and I know where

> to get it on my own if need be! My TSH was .06 and my FT4 was 1

with

> range of .8 to 1.8. And of course no FT3 was done.

>

> I don't send a lot of messages, but this group has been so helpful

to

> me! You are so knowledgeable and I appreciate your sharing it with

> the rest of us.

>

> Any iron suggestiions would be appreciated.

>

> Joan