u/Crazy-Concept3090

I was diagnosed with low ferritin of 21 back in March my symptoms were depression, extreme fatigue, excercise intolerance anxiety, sleep issues and all kinds of other symptoms. I went from running 5 miles a day and doing BootCamp to not being able to take a walk 2 streets down. I have taken my iron supplements EXACTLY like I’m supposed to without missing a single day and my ferritin only rose 10 points in almost 3 months. I am so so discouraged especially since I’ve developing new symptoms like high heart rate and increased excercise intolerance. I am able to function more normally now but I am still very fatigued too BUT my mental health has improved greatly and I am so thankful for that but so upset because I feel like this has taken forever and I’m no where near where I need to be. I don’t know about iron binding capacity or iron saturation to know if those are good or bad

I started supplementing iron almost 8 weeks ago for low ferritin. As soon as I started the iron my depression almost instantly lifted and stayed great the whole time no anxiety all of it was gone but I was still so so exhausted. Last week I talked to my doctor about adding lactoferrin to hopefully raise my ferritin quicker she said that was fine because it helps with the transport of iron. At first when I started it I felt great the first few day now I’m week in and I have a ton more energy then I had before starting but my mental health is not as good as it was. My mood is feeling low again and I’m having a little anxiety mind you this was all gone before starting the lactoferrin. From what I’ve read this can happen in the first few weeks but it’s a real bummer and I’m scared I’m not going to get back to where I was mentally. I would just stop the lactoferrin but I don’t want to go back to being absolutely either. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this with lactoferrin and if it go better.

Feeling so frustrated. What do you guys think of these numbers