Iron Poor Blood and Headaches
I have iron poor blood. I also have migraines, major depression, psoriasis, stutter, have monocular vision and am going deaf. It’s fun to be me. But I also have iron poor blood. Usually, iron poor blood just makes you feel exhausted all of the time. Now, I’m wondering if it could contribute to some headaches.
Remember, headaches are different from migraines in that the pain covers both sides of your head while migraines tend to be felt on just one side of the head.
Waiting For Free Iron
I was diagnosed with iron poor blood early last year and so have had to take iron supplemental pills. Although the directions say they work best on an empty stomach, if I take them on an empty stomach, I throw up, so I take them with lunch or dinner.
I certainly picked up in energy and was able to concetrate for longer periods at a stretch. And I didn’t feel as if I needed an afternoon nap. And then I ran out of iron pills.
No problem. I received a gift card to a certain department store for Christmas — I could get free iron tabs then. Since my Mom wanted to come along to this store (and since I can’t drive due to my crappy eyesight) I thought I’d wait until we could schedule a shopping trip together.
Now it’s late January and I’m too wiped out to shop. Mom’s gone off on her own to get the pills. Waiting for free iron tablets was no bargain in this case.
Why the Headaches?
For the last couple of weeks, I’ve had a constant low-grade headache (enough to make you miserable but not enough to send you to bed). That’s probably due to being so tired all of the time. When you’re really tired and stressed, many people get headaches in such a situation.
Hopefully, my post will be more coherent tomorrow, but if this happens to me, it may happen to someone else. Please check with your doctor before popping iron tablets.
May 31st, 2009 at 5:08 pm
When I was taking iron sulfate pills, I got constant cluster headaches - excruciating! It took a while to figure it out. I switched to glycinate form and the only problem is burping, but that’s way better than a cluster brain bash!