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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm always a 9. The pills don't really help me but I take them off and on. I think we both feel pretty awful most of the time. You are probably so used to feeling crappy you don't know what it feels like to feel normal. [/quote]

Sorry, 1455 here, and I have to comment on this.

Once you reach the point of actual anemia, it takes about 6 full months of compliant supplementation for them to "help" reverse your numbers. You will see pretty rapid improvement in the actual state of your RBCs (no longer small, have more hemoglobin), but the underlying supply of ferreting needs to be resolved before the problem will correct itself in a more long-term fashion. Until you replace the actual stores in your body (which happens long after the blood cells are improved and you FEEL better), you're just in a cycle.

This being said, not all supplements are equal. Iron has a ton of side effects, some fomulations are harder to digest and tolerate than others, etc. Personally, I've found the most success with a heme / polypeptide supplement (Proferrin is the "brand", but you can get generics). They're expensive compared to the other ones, but are known to have less side effects, be more easily tolerated, and thus are more likely to have you take them every day.

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