u/Intotheabyss94

the past two to three weeks I’ve had a constant off balance/swaying sensation, also at random times when mostly standing I have a sudden lightheaded dizzy spell and have to quickly grab onto something or sit down.

I also have neck pain, lower back pain, and pain down my left leg.
it also feels bruised under my left kneecap but there’s no visible bruising, it just hurts to press it.

Sometimes the random lightheaded dizzy spell is triggered by looking or leaning left. but not everytime.
sometimes it comes on randomly.

I have an e-consult with the GP next week to see what’s going on.

I just can’t work out whether this is coming from my eyes, inner ear, neck/posture, nerves, blood pressure, or something else.

has anyone experienced this?

I’ve had low iron for longer than I can remember, sometimes it will be borderline but mostly below, I tried oral iron tablets/liquid for a long time but they gave me very bad diarreah and cramps and I don’t think my body was absorbing any of it so my GP finally referred me to gastro who agreed to the infusion.

My ferritin is 12, hemoglobin 105.
I also have slightly low vit D which I take a daily vit D oral spray of 1000 which I’m hoping has helped.
I also have b12 injections every 3 months.

I had a heavy period back at the end of march that lasted for a whole month with very large clots, so I think that may have depleted my iron stores and I went from just having low ferritin to actually being anemic.

I just really want to feel better, I’m female, 31, and I can’t even climb stairs without feeling out of breath, or random spells of lightheadedness out of nowhere that are worse in supermarkets and busy places. also the exhaustion and constant fatigue? thinning hair? it’s endless.

anyway, my health anxiety is making me get really worked up about my infusion. 🥺