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.