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Am I overmedicating with iron? Need help.

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Hi, I am worried I am overmedicating with my iron supplements. I had a blood test done and it came back with high levels of transferrin saturation:

Serum iron-30.6 (11-36)

Ferritin-61 (14-148)

Serum TIBC-53.3 (53-85)

Transferrin saturation -57.4 (20-40)

I am wondering if I should stop my supplementing with iron. I am also worried if I stop completely though, that my iron and ferritin will drop again. I was supplementing with 5 tablets of 20mg iron tablets daily ( which I reduced to 4 tablets 2 months ago) plus lactoferrin for faster absorption. I was wondering if maybe the lactoferrin made my transferrin saturation so high? Before I started supplementing with iron tablets, my blood results were:

Serum iron-3.2 (11-36)

Ferritin-7 (14-148)

Serum TIBC-82.8 (53-85)

Transferrin saturation -3.9 (20-40)

I have Graves disease with total thyroidectomy. Thank you for any help.

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