Originally Posted by jane30

Thanks for answering!

Yes my doctor is not supportive. My ferritin was at 13, at which point she said that it was below normal and to take iron tablets, when I took them for 3 months and got retested it was up to 20 and she told me to stop the iron. Immediately I felt bad again but trusted what she had to say. 3 months later got retested and my ferritin dropped back to 15. I have heavy monthly bleeding. So I took it upon myself to take the iron again, even the 15 is supposedly in the "normal" range.

jane