A little overwhelmed
I started feeling really unwell and I realized looking back is happened slowly and I didn’t pay much attention to it.
I always felt tired and just compensated by drinking more coffee. I couldn’t ignore it anymore when I was exhausted just walking up the stairs at work. I figured it must be my iron because I’ve had anemia in the past , so I ordered my own blood work from one of those places that test 178+ biomarkers to make sure everything else was fine.
My results showed my Vitamin B12 was 318 and my Folate/Serum 20.4. It also had a disclaimer saying if you are between 200-400 you still may experience symptoms of a deficiency even though the test shows normal.
My ferritin is low at 21, even though they say it’s normal I know it’s not. And my Vitamin D is low at 29. My results also show a few levels are off with my liver.
I started supplementing right away with Vitamin D, iron and B12 and a b complex but I’m reading so many different things it overwhelming. it’s only been around 4 days and I already have more energy so I’m not really sure what is improving and which supplement. Alot of my symptoms I was having seem to be the same for a few of the deficiencies.
I have a message in to my doctor but I don’t really trust her advice on everything, especially when most of them tell you you’re fine with low levels because you're in the right range. I'm just not sure on the B vitamins and doses I should be taking. I’m kinda winging it.