Sudden increased anxiety after six weeks
After feeling increasingly bad for a few weeks (dizzy, near-fainting spells, increased anxiety, etc etc the usual), I got my levels checked suspecting I was iron deficient and sure enough had a ferritin of 12. Been supplementing (65mg iron, 1000mg vit c, lactoferrin) and slowly, minutely feeling better, no longer feel like I'm going to pass out when I try to walk my dog for example. But the last three days I have been hit with a massive increase in anxiety; I'm breaking down crying for hours at a time, I can't sleep because I keep being woken up by nocturnal panic attacks, between bouts of terror, I can't do anything because I feel like a wrung out old towel. It's not due to my period or PMS hormones, my period came last week (and was actually lighter than usual, which I've seen people here post about as their levels rise, so that's nice).
I have a history of health anxiety, particularly cardiophobia, yippee, so a lot of how I'm feeling is not unfamiliar to me, but I just want to know if anyone has gone through similar six week-ish flare up of panic. I'm hoping there's a light in this tunnel coming soon :( I have my follow-up doc appointment next week to recheck my levels.