Do you have short of breath with low ferritin?

Yes you do, I have  low ferritin, low folic acid, and my haemoglobin is very low. I have been getting slowly more tired, so slow over the last year that I didn't really pick up on it, until my GP did a blood test for anaemia. My haemaglobin is 8.3. Folic acid 1.9 and ferritin, which shows your iron stores is 9.0, I am severely anaemic and really breathless. 

Just walking from one room to the next is making me so breathless, and yes I don't feel as though there is enough air going in when I breathe.

On iron and folic acid tablets now.

Yes that is exactly what my shortness of breath feels like. Just a heavy chest and can't seem to get a good deep breath. My ferritin is still low. 6. I wish there was a way to get it higher faster but I think taking iron supplements and eating iron rich foods is all I can do. I think it just takes time unfortunately.

Yes Ellen i think a lot of us do.  They used to call iron deficiency "tired blood' in the olden days.  I now know why they call it that!  It is exhausting and almost painful.

Hopefully you will be on your road to recovery soon.

Rose

The main thing I've noticed is, when not on the pills my tongue was always painful, like burnt patches on it. On the pills that's disappeared, if I stop them it comes back. My level was down at 2

Excreting yourself? 😳

I have had endoscopy and colonoscopy for my condition and also a chest xray and an ultrasound, which thank goodness all came back clear. 

Im now taking iron sulphate tablets 3 a day and i go back to see gastroenterologist  hopefully i hope the iron tablets work but if not ive to have the pill camera.

So i wish you well with your condition.

Hi everyone. So my blood work came back and although my CBC was normal my iron level, saturation and ferritin were all low. I have started supplementing with floradix 30ml a day and eating as much high iron food as I can. I even ate chicken liver which I find gross. I think it's a combo of iron deficiency and my anxiety but none the less I am feeling extremely fatigued, brain fog, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat when doing anything other than lying down, dizziness and just pretty much feeling awful. I've read so many different forums with so many people having the same symptoms. I just want to feel better. I see people saying they started to feel better in days and others in months. I feel like I have been really up and down. I can feel better in the morning and worse at night or one day better one day not. I started my period yesterday so today I am feeling much worse. Has anyone else felt so up and down? I really am looking for some reassurance and support.