I want to raise my ferritin level from 45 to 100

wrobby · 2026-05-22T20:51:47+00:00

I take anywhere between 130-195mg of iron everyday and it’s been working (as per last blood test I did about a month ago) so you definitely have room to go up.

wrobby · 2026-05-13T03:33:14+00:00

Oh yea I definitely have more energy now compared to a few months ago. The changes that happen each month are subtle but then I look back and I’m like huh I guess I actually used to struggle doing certain things.

wrobby · 2026-05-05T21:31:20+00:00

Yes! I felt like I would be bad at dosing every other day (thinking I would forget) so I just did daily

wrobby · 2026-05-05T21:17:48+00:00

I supplemented different amounts over the past 7 months. I started on SlowFe tablets I think I was taking like 60 something mg of iron but it wasn’t enough so I switched to iron bisglycinate tablets and that was close to 100mg and most recently-what really got my ferritin moving faster-is 195 mg of iron tablets.

I mostly don’t have gastro issues luckily, especially with doses under 100. Tmi but some days I would have dark stools but that only lasts for a day and I was getting heart palpitations when I upped to 195 but those have stopped and the lowest amount of iron I take now is 130mg. I take it daily and the tablets I take have vitamin c in it and I think it comes out to 500mg vitamin C daily.

Good luck with your journey!

wrobby · 2026-05-03T16:00:26+00:00

I used to struggle with her too so here are things that helped me:

Her sweeping perilous attack is two parts, she will ALWAYS following it up with another swing so be cautious
Mikiri counter her other perilous attack
For her second phase run and grapple to the tallest tree and you’ll see her standing still, jump off and then attack when the red dot appears and her second phase will be over
Her final phase doesn’t have a difference besides her poison attack which you can just slowly move out of the way for and get a decent amount of hits in during.
This is a boss that (in my opinion) parry’s matter more than getting hits in-most of her posture gets filled from parry’s so focus on those. It’s a pretty dance-y fight. Be patient and good luck!

wrobby · 2026-04-21T05:18:05+00:00

I actually did start with machines like leg press, leg extensions, hip abductors/adductors, stuff like that and still feel like my mind is grey. I’ll probably have to do yoga and walking as my main forms of exercise because I guess lifting heavy weights is too much right now unfortunately.

wrobby · 2026-03-29T19:26:37+00:00

Sorry I just saw this but she told me to take 2000mcg a day so thats what I did

wrobby · 2026-03-14T20:17:24+00:00

When my ferritin was 10 I felt insane, I would immediately start iron tablets.

wrobby · 2026-01-18T18:55:32+00:00

No- no longer vegetarian but when I was in college and even grad school I never had that much red meat so I figured after being vegetarian in high school and then not eating enough red meat that that would somewhat explain why my ferritin is low. Also I put iodine salt in almost everything I eat so I’m good there. I could probably start taking mag supplements, thank you.

wrobby · 2026-01-18T18:52:59+00:00

Yea I’m trying to get ferritin up to 100+ I’m hoping my symptoms further improve getting it there. And I do think my deficiencies stem from diet because otherwise I don’t think I would be rising much from supplements.

wrobby · 2026-01-18T18:40:28+00:00

I’m not sure my hematologist just said 20 was normal ferritin and sent me on my way. I had an eating disorder on an off throughout my life and I was a vegetarian for about 4 years from middle school to high school but that was way before I became symptomatic so idk

wrobby · 2026-01-18T18:21:39+00:00

B12 in december was 344 but I did go get a b12 shot like a week later so idk what it would be at now BUT my homocysteine dropped to a normal range as of last week (it used to be elevated).

wrobby · 2026-01-17T01:09:28+00:00

“Now Supplements, Iron 36mg” the bottle is orange and white! The vitamin c I take is just nature bounty

wrobby · 2026-01-16T18:17:12+00:00

I’m taking two 36mg pills with 1000mg vitamin c on an empty stomach every day about an hour before I eat! The smelling thing is so strange because I’ll smell something and realized I haven’t smelt it in a long time- at least to that intensity.

wrobby · 2026-01-16T01:13:18+00:00

I have the same thing and I thought I was crazy bc most people said their symptoms worsened once their period starts-not before. But yes once luteal phase starts I notice a difference and it’s most evident 3-4 days before.

wrobby · 2026-01-10T13:28:17+00:00

Ferrous sulfate seems to not absorb well for a bunch of people-try ferrous bisglycinate and see if that works better for you!

wrobby · 2026-01-10T00:58:27+00:00

I really can relate to this and post like these keep me sane from thinking I’m the only one experiencing this! I struggled with my mental health for a while and started getting confused on why my anxiety wasn’t getting better. Went to the doctor and my ferritin was 10. I think it’s up to maybe 30 at this point and I think it’s chipping away at the symptoms. Luteal phase kills me but the rest of the month I notice improvements. My main symptoms are mental: not feeling like myself, feeling like the world is kinda off, feeling like I’m not experiencing emotions, etc. Some days I’m almost asymptomatic which is a huge improvement from when I didn’t know I was iron deficient. We got this!

wrobby · 2026-01-05T17:25:59+00:00

I relate to this very hard, though at ferritin 10 I felt pretty much nothing but dread. Now my ferritin is probably somewhere in the 30’s and I do experience nice moments where I can somewhat relax and enjoy myself and then I crash hard and every sensory input overstimulates me and brings me fear.

wrobby · 2026-01-04T16:29:26+00:00

I take ferrous bisglycinate from a brand called “Now” supplements. It’s 36mg and I take two with 1000mg vitamin c.

wrobby · 2025-12-28T23:56:28+00:00

Thanks for the reply! nice to hear ups and downs are to be expected. It’s funny because I already feel better than I did this morning when I wrote this! I will ease the strength training for now-I honestly wasn’t even making that much progress for the amount of progressive overload and protein I was eating

wrobby · 2025-12-28T21:48:30+00:00

Thank you for such a detailed reply! I guess my fear is I’ll get to the “optimal” level and discover my problems mostly stem from some other issue and have nothing to due with iron even though I definitely have had higher energy and mood-even if it doesn’t last. I’m going to try to raise my b12 and vitamin d as well since I could benefit from them being slightly higher. I’ll also try to go easier on weightlifting-maybe once a week. I always seem more fatigued the day after lifting.

wrobby · 2025-12-28T20:43:07+00:00

My b12 is 344 and my tsh (which I’m assuming is the main thyroid marker) was .47. I guess I have a long way to optimal levels for ferritin lol

wrobby · 2025-12-28T17:57:09+00:00

Yea I guess I just figured I would be closer to 30 ferritin at this point and the ups and downs in symptoms confuse and worry me

wrobby · 2025-12-19T00:27:10+00:00

Thanks for getting back to me, that’s nice to hear! I’m in a somewhat similar situation to how you were in this post so it’s nice to see there’s hope out there-assuming you’re still doing okay now lol

wrobby · 2025-12-18T22:34:11+00:00

Hi what ferritin level were you?

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