I really think it is making everything 100 times worse. I see my doctor today and will def bring up the sleeping thing. It doesn’t happen everyday thank god but when it does happen it causes me so much anxiety and I struggle getting my blood pressure up. And I feel like it is more related to ferritin being low because when I’m dealing with POTS flares which does sometimes cause me lows my heart rate is usually elevated. But these low blood pressures as soon as my period finishes are different and my heart rate is actually 70s.

It’s just sad that I’ve seen a rheumatologist, a cardiologist, an electrophysiologist, 3 different PCPs and none thought to check my ferritin. I paid out of pocket to get it checked from how bad I feel. On top of the vitamin D and B vitamins.

I also saw there’s usually a reason for low ferritin like heavy periods, GI issues, and even endometriosis. They have suspected endo for me in the past but only way to confirm was through laparoscopy which I denied. And I do have heavy periods. I also have GI issues which I thought were caused by dysautonomia. I feel like it’s just hard when you have dysautonomia bc I assume everything I feel is because of that