@jessicageidado: I’m a doctor and I didn’t know that my ferritin of 22 was a problem until it upended my life, which is why this is a hill I’ll die on. The new American Society of Hematology Guidelines say that for people without symptoms ferritin should be AT LEAST 30. For high risk people, including those with symptoms, ferritin should be AT LEAST 50. And for those with active inflammation ferritin should be AT LEAST 100! I dive into all of this and so much more in my Iron Deficiency Playbook [link in bio] including how to interpret your labs & advocate to your healthcare provider. Also, I wanna point out that the *AT LEAST* ranges are the bare minimum and optimal >> minimum. Curious, if you’ve been iron deficient, what’s your lowest and what symptom pushed you to get treated? Mine was 5 and I started sniffing cleaning wipes for a dopamine hit [bc ferritin affects dopamine levels …] #ferritin #lowiron #irondeficiencyanemia #womenshealth #youroldselfiscomingback
22? really? I'm at a 7 and they won't help me. hospital said I'm fine. I couldn't even walk. I was blacking out. they said take iron pills. buddy I do and it does nothing.
2026-10-24 00:01:40
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Bri :
22???? I'm at 5
2026-09-22 06:11:30
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Crona :
my doctor told me ferritin 12 is fine, does she hate me?
2026-09-23 11:53:36
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thatstevensfamily3 :
im at an 8. 37 weeks pregnant. 2 weeks out from a c section and my obgyns office canceled one of my Prenatal appts because I was a pain in the ass calling and asking if I needed an iron transfusion before surgery 🙃 so now I havent been seen in 3 weeks and my c section is the 5th
2026-10-27 19:50:08
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Bre :
You guys are in double digits? I’m in single!
2026-09-22 07:16:12
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WeePeaaaaa :
Wait I’m a 4
2026-10-26 16:51:01
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Jennifer!!!!! :
makes my ferritin of 6 seem really bad.
2026-09-22 04:48:44
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cambridge117 :
I went from 4 to 300+ after an iron infusion and the morning after I looked like I’d just got back from a month in Barbados
2026-09-24 19:34:45
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Stacey Bee Music :
wait mine is 10 😭🤣
2026-10-27 21:57:07
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Tiny Yarn House :
I'm currently at 3 over here, felt like I was dying. They suggested a hysterectomy, I was like wow, that sounds dramatic 😆 So iron tablets and nausea it is for the rest of my menstrual life 🫠
2026-10-27 18:56:15
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Sara M. :
Mine was at 13 and went to a doctor hoping I would get an infusion. I got a referral to a psychiatrist instead.
2026-10-27 17:58:16
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Nicole :
Currently sitting at the hematologist for my consult to start iron infusions. I’m a nurse and it boggles my mind how many doctors dismiss a ferritin of 12. Can’t wait for my hair to stop falling out and for the brain fog to lift.
2026-09-22 16:13:43
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user14905318 :
oh, so my 14 is bad?
2026-10-26 03:17:43
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Caro :
15 cannot keep my eyes open. My hair is falling out and my adhd is terrible
2026-09-22 09:09:19
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kundera :
i don't understand why docs act like iron infusions are made with gold like give it awayyy its not coming out of ur paycheck whats wrong with u
2026-09-25 18:06:48
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user463748920 :
Can we do a protest or something? There's too many of us. Because not all doctors take this seriously...
2026-09-22 13:41:04
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hoola107 :
You’re lucky. 18 and here in the UK I got given tablets no IV.
2026-10-07 11:57:34
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Violetposy :
Me thinking 22 would be amazing 😂
2026-09-22 20:11:04
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𝓐𝓷𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓪 🌙 :
Mine was 55. The dermatologist said it was low. I was happy to be taken seriously, not just another number .
2026-10-21 21:08:20
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Amber :
Uh I was at a solid 1. I must’ve looked dead or somethin..
2026-10-22 22:58:02
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Amber Cherrice :
Mine is a 7 and yall talking about 20s
2026-10-08 01:17:23
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Ashlee :
Dr told me I’m “slightly” low. I feel half dead all the time
2026-09-23 19:13:00
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Hayden :
Been battling low iron and ferritin and folate as well as vitamin D for almost a decade.. even being on iron pills it’s all still low. Spent $400 for a hematologist to talk to me for 5 minutes and tell me they can’t help me until I have my “female issues” taken care of 🙄 like you couldn’t have told me that over the phone before I dropped $400
2026-09-23 15:21:42
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Krista | Licensed Nail Tech :
Dang they gave infusions at 22? Why’d they wait until I was a 7😭
2026-10-23 14:26:05
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