Mep
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I'm not sure if there is anyone on this forum who deals with low iron or anaemia?.... but if anyone does.... do you sometimes think you may be having a hypo, when it is just your low iron giving you dizzy spells?
I had an incident today when I was driving. I had made a detour to do some business, then managed to get myself lost in a suburb trying to follow my nose to a road I knew. Well in the process I was driving through this big estate where all the houses were mostly grey in colour. I wound up feeling extremely dizzy after driving around thinking they all look the same. I should've stopped and checked for directions.... but nope I figured I'd just follow my nose and won't be too far from what I wanted. But anyhow I was in a panic mode when I felt dizzy thinking I was starting to hypo... maybe I was hyperventilating without realising as well for being lost. I thought well I'm not far... got to my destination and tested at 6.8. So it wasn't a hypo at all... just my low iron level making me dizzy I think, and possibly the sudden panic. I'm due to get an iron infusion and waiting for an appointment for that. The ferritin range on the lab test is 30-300 and I'm sitting on 17 as of 19th October. They will top me up as close to 300 and then I just continue to drop again until the next infusion is needed. So I'm currently too low and really feeling even worse than my usual.. I was at 297 and now at 17 in just over 2 years... not bad really. It's just harder because I'm trying to manage my conditions that cause fatigue also.
But yes, it gave me a fright today and seriously talk about panic and the first thing that comes to mind is HYPO. I'll be sure not to get lost in an estate with the same colour houses again. lol.
What's your experience?
I had an incident today when I was driving. I had made a detour to do some business, then managed to get myself lost in a suburb trying to follow my nose to a road I knew. Well in the process I was driving through this big estate where all the houses were mostly grey in colour. I wound up feeling extremely dizzy after driving around thinking they all look the same. I should've stopped and checked for directions.... but nope I figured I'd just follow my nose and won't be too far from what I wanted. But anyhow I was in a panic mode when I felt dizzy thinking I was starting to hypo... maybe I was hyperventilating without realising as well for being lost. I thought well I'm not far... got to my destination and tested at 6.8. So it wasn't a hypo at all... just my low iron level making me dizzy I think, and possibly the sudden panic. I'm due to get an iron infusion and waiting for an appointment for that. The ferritin range on the lab test is 30-300 and I'm sitting on 17 as of 19th October. They will top me up as close to 300 and then I just continue to drop again until the next infusion is needed. So I'm currently too low and really feeling even worse than my usual.. I was at 297 and now at 17 in just over 2 years... not bad really. It's just harder because I'm trying to manage my conditions that cause fatigue also.
But yes, it gave me a fright today and seriously talk about panic and the first thing that comes to mind is HYPO. I'll be sure not to get lost in an estate with the same colour houses again. lol.
What's your experience?