@thedizzycook: I thought my exhaustion was normal for a postpartum mom with two young kids. Every day I felt like I needed a nap. Before my period I would get bad anxiety, headaches, migraine symptoms and even heart palpitations. It took me almost a year to figure out why. The lab range said my ferritin was "normal" when I was around 12ng/ml. My general doctor said it was fine - just take supplements. And the amazing hematologist I finally saw? She said it was clear iron deficiency with anemia and didn't know how I was able to function. The only reason I even knew to check for ferritin was because my dietitian requested it on my labs, and my OB gave me a referral to a hematologist when I told her I thought it was hormonal. My hematologist then told me that optimal levels are above 100ng/ml (but not too high) and anything below 30ng/ml is absolute iron deficiency, even if your hemoglobin is normal (mine was also a little low because doctors hadn't addressed this for me for years and I simply didn't know to ask). Obviously I had vestibular migraine before all this so l'm not saying this is the cause, but after talking with many friends here who are also low I absolutely think low ferritin plays a part in a migraine diagnosis (and generally can make symptoms worse). It should be just as important to check as b vitamins and vit d. Click the LINK IN BIO for some helpful resources on low ferritin, iron deficiency without anemia and how I found it connected with my migraine attacks. #vestibularmigraine #migraines #headache #migrainerelief #dizzinessrelief #dizziness #rondeficiency #lowferritin #ferritin #irondeficiencyproblems

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