Anxiety over symptoms

Hi Alex, you seem to be well aware that these symptoms are all common in sever aneamia, and aneamia can frequently effect your mood and increase the physical effects of anxiety. The original blood results that your Dr made the diagnosis from should mean that he does have a reason to believe your aneamia is due to an iron deficiency & thats what he is treating. Unfortunatly for a number of reasons it can take some time for your blood levels to improve, but they will over a period of some weeks. There is not really very much you can do to speed things up other than taking a good varied diet, some fresh orange juice with your iron can also improve absorbtion.. In the mean time you need to take it easy, the more you push yourself the more obvious the symptoms will be. No one likes feeling ill and weak and its not surprising it makes you feel anxious, the specific effects of aneamea add to this feeling. You need to take plenty of rest and pamper yourself till you start feeling better, your Dr should monitor how things are going and will be able to tell you how your blood levels are changing. Remember that iron can cause stomach upsets itself, thats something to be aware of. I hope that its clear why you have become so aneamic, if it isnt this is something you should discuss with your Dr. In the mean time, hang in there.