Experiences with

Solgar Gentle Iron

I was also taking 20mg of solgar gentle iron to! So I went back on the 210mg of ferrous fumarate taking just 1 tablet every other day with vitamin C and my ferritin level has risen to 80 in 8 weeks! If my body struggles to absorb iron, then why does my ferritin rise so quickly!?

I stopped these quite a few years back as I got my ferritin up to 80 and have just been taking a 20mg standard dose of gentle iron solgar brand….

There’s a side effect of Besremi that we now found. I remember having a bit of Incontinence and my pee stunk as long as I was on Besremi. My newest US shows that I now have 2 cysts on my left kidney which I haven’t had before the Besremi. My mpn specialist had already checked me thoroughly including

Circulating iron and FBC is absolutely Goldilocks perfect; remaining problem... ferritin, although improving from 5 to 35, is still too low. Thanks to everyone as always.

She told me she was checking my bloods for my yearly diabetic review which was news to me as I thought I was there to talk about my iron levels etc. She informed me that everything was fine and my iron levels were in the normal range of 23 - 300ng. No TSAT was even done.

I did ferritin test and it was 5.5 so doctor ordered Iron IV again... I did it and went up to 60, then a 2 months later did a test my ferritin went down to 30, then another 2 months later it went down to 17!! Even though I took iron pills for the last 2 months after it went down to 30.

My B-12/folic, Vitamin D and iron are all good and normal numbers+ I take supplements for them as well and I'm consistent; so thats how I know my symptoms are not deficiency related issues. I have hashimotos but my levels for that are good as well.

My iron, D and b12 levels all got tested over the past year and were in good range. Any advice or experiences anyone can share would be so welcome ♥️

I was thinking of asking for a full blood count to check iron etc. but is there anything else i should be considering please? What could be giving these results but leaving me feeling so awful? I had antibodies tested when first diagnosed but should they be tested again?

im having blood tests in june to cover everything they can check so ill see where my iron is, it was low for the first time, so im on flintstone iron cheawables. Ripirinole is now on my allergy list.

I’m currently taking 40mg of iron byglycinate and 20mg of Floradix. I have heavy and frequent periods. My gynaecologist says it’s because of adenomyodis post c-section but I have noticed that my periods are much worse when T4 gets lower so I’m not convinced that adenomyosis is the culprit here.

My iron infusion is scheduled for Monday, May 5. I’ve tapered my mirapex down to 0.0625 once a day. Does anyone have advice about how quickly I would see results from the infusion? Do you think I should completely end the mirapex before the infusion? Does timing matter?

Nucleated blood cell count = 0 Ref range - 0 - 0.1 Iron Sat - 23% Ref range - 25% - 40% I'm concerned about the Iron Sat results? X

Tsh 0.95 (0.4-4.0) T3 5.42 (3.5-6.8) T4 19.6 (10-20) I take liquid iron supplement. Body weight 93kg height 4ft 8. Male. Athletic build but put on 10kg of fat pre diagnosis (lost 4kg body fat maintaining calorie deficit approx 400cal deficit per day since last 8 week) My skin has changed.

I have had a blood test, as I told him could it be my iron levels, looking at my results it's come back as normal. Now is this likely to settle down

Turns out my iron levels have also been depleting and so I immediately had a faecal test and urine test to check for cancer. Fortunately, both came back clear, and I am now going for a gastroscopy and colonoscopy on the same afternoon at my local hospital.

Can someone tell me if my iron levels are ok? iron: 53 (50-170) transferrine: 2.37 (2-3.6) iron saturation: 18 (15-50) ferritine: 75 (15-150)

I wonder how many are low in iron or taking trigger medications like anti depressants or sedating anti histamines? It confirms that depression and anxiety are common in RLS patients. Yet another reason to ensure doctors know how to treat RLS correctly.

Also my stoma is active almost all the time, even whilst taking iron supplement which is a bit constipation? Going on my first holiday, post apocalyptic 😅, any advice regarding swimming?

I’ve used ferrous bisglycinate which helps but I don’t want iron levels to get too high. I wanted to try lactoferrin but the two nights I took it caused more rls. Ideas???