how long did it take for you guys to start feeling normal again? / venting
recently diagnosed super low iron + ferritin after being misdiagnosed with anxiety over and over again, i also just started weekly iron infusions i’ll be having my fourth infusion this thursday. i’m just so tired of feeling tired and super scared and lightheaded randomly for no reason all of the time and so tired of having chest pain and heart palpitations and muscle soreness and nausea and feeling my heart pound out of my chest. it’s been making me feel so depressed and upset and all i can do is cry half the time. i just want someone to tell me it’s going to be okay and i’m going to feel normal again eventually, please. it’s been so overwhelming having doctors in the er tell me everything i was feeling was in my head and acting like i was crazy and suffering for months just telling myself i was crazy before seeing a new doctor and getting diagnosed. i’m just so upset and angry and exhausted, all i want to do is cry. i recently had a baby last year who just turned one and i lament listening to the doctor i was initially seeing who told me it was stress and anxiety it just feels like a chunk of time i should’ve been spending feeling so happy and really enjoying how tiny she was and enjoying her first birthday was ripped away from me. i just felt like complete garbage physically and mentally all of the time it was so hard to be present in the moment. time i should’ve been so thrilled about and having fun overshadowed by a deficiency that could’ve been addressed months ago. i regret not advocating for myself better and letting myself be gaslit so much, it’s so infuriating and saddening especially because the initial doctor who told me i was just crazy was a woman and a mother of three at that so i just trusted her instead of listening to my body. i’m just so upset and tired.