Anyone else get TIRED during their periods?

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I also get really really tired. I try to get extra sleep but lately I've been thinking is is because it's causing anemia. I have heavy periods that last for a week or more. Also, when I was pregnant I got anemic and it's beginning to feel just like I felt then, when I was put on iron it was like the difference between night and day. A month or so ago I took some iron during my period and it made a big difference. But I read it is easy to overdose on iron so it is dangerous to take iron supplements without a doctor testing for anemia and determining how much you need. I think I really need to do this... but I don't have a primary doctor and so I haven't gotten to it...

It takes at least 12 months after you've been anaemic for iron levels to get back to normal.

Lots of foods have good sources of iron, as well as fortified breakfast cereals.

Also you need to consume a source of Vitamin C with the iron source to help your body absorb it.


What happened to me is my doctor said my iron wasn't low, but it was, the ferritin level which is the iron stores were low. My hair was falling out, tired, irregular periods, blah blah blah.

I get suicidal before, and during my period. It weakens me, all around.

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Yup. I get tired, sick, malcoordinated, and pretty much everything vile

I get a bit tired during my period. I don't eat red meat or organ meats, which makes it hard to get enough iron.

I also often get this weird thing about mid-cycle, a pain in this little zone beneath my ribcage near my spine, in either side, most times it's dull but last one felt like someone had heated up some needles and stuck them into me. And it makes me feel like you do when you're hypoglycemic, all weak and shaky and a bit sick.