Comments on: How to Know if You Are Anemic

on 2/20/2008 lucyloo, i feel the same way, it's one of those things you say and people go, "oh yeah, right!"

for me, i have to be DILIGENT about my diet, if i let it slip, i slip, too, emotions and all.

you can't really drink or smoke, and everything that goes into your mouth should be a "whole food", so nothing processed. i stay away from the "white devils" - sugar, wheat, dairy.

try to plan your whole week's diet on sunday night, i usually make a GIANT batch of greens for quick lunches and have plenty of protein rich snacks at the ready, in my car and at work.

when you go out to eat, try to find a place that you know will have a good hearty salad or something, or seafood, for lunch.

this is what has worked best for me, and when i follow it very strictly, i feel great. unfortunately, i just have to always work at it, and i guess it will never be easy :( but you can feel better

on 11/6/2007 I watched a video in health & it made my face go pale.I knew I was gonna puke so I told my teacher & headed out the door.As I walked down the hall she leaned out the door 2 show me the bathroom.My vision was soon blocked by little black dots(as jagoman said)wich usually happens 2 me when I get up really fast but it goes away after a few seconds so I tried to shake it off.It got worse,to the point that I could barely see anything.At the bottom of my vision,it was ALL black dots & at the top there were only a few.I could kind of see lockers beside me & tried to grab hold of them so I could lean on something.They were too far so instead I just looked stupid reaching out to nothing.I heard my teacher yelling grab her arm!" & hitting my face against something but not feeling the pain.I came back a few seconds later with a bruise & I heard sound funny for a while.Apparently I fainted & fell.

on 11/5/2007 I have recently come to found out that I am anaemic and am taking iron tables to help. Since I have started taking these tablets, I have found this very horrible taste in my mouth once I have eaten something. I still feel very sick and faint. My head feels so heavy and I seem to be snapping at everyone around me. Sometimes my temper gets the better of me and am getting angry for no reason at all.

Is there anyone else who is feeling this way. I have tried to find out what the side effects are in taking iron tablets and can not seem to find anything that relates to this. I have had all the normal side effects.

Nikki

on 10/12/2007 omg this article is like the best like thing in the like work omg it's fabulous

on 10/12/2007 omg all these things are so right like i am so anemic that facts and tip thing was aweasome

on 8/7/2007 I knew I was slightly anemic but just blew it off, until I had trouble breathing. I thought I was having heartattacks but at 26, not possible. Today I was told I am a severe anemic but then my doc just told me(actually through his nurse) I needed iron supplements. I don't even know what is best to do about it. I do know that I don't want to get out of bed or eat. All I eat is ice! I never knew what was wrong but now I don't know what to do.

on 7/11/2007 I have felt tired and unfocussed for as long as i can remember...about 1 year ago now i went to my doctors...blood tests showed i was anemic.

I think alot of anemia's symtoms are alot like depression, which is what was suspected of my condition to begin with. I am irritated alot, snappy, tired, emotional, confused and can't seem to focus on anything. As soon as i finally get out of bed i want to get straight back in. Often when i stand i get white/black spots blurring my vision and come close to passing out. I get puffed out going on short walks also.

I am on 'ferrous sulphate' iron tablets but no longer take them as i feel no better when i do! I am completely sick of being so tired...i hate it, and people close to me are clearly beginning to get sick of hearing about it so i don't talk about it anymore.

its really started getting me down now. but people don't seem to understand

on 7/8/2007 Okay, I know I'm anemic, but I just wanted to know; Could this be why I get dark circles around my eyes? Even when I sleep well, they're still there. My boyfriend and I are suposed to go get our pictures taken, but I keep postponing it because I'm just embarassed by it.

on 10/30/2007 I've always been very tired while playing football or something with my mates, Im a pretty fit guy, well built but I cant stand more than 10 minutes of running about. My breathing intensifies, heart rate goes through the roof, and I settle for being the goal keeper lol.

But about 2 months ago I left home for work, and while walking across a dual-cariage way everything became EXTREMELY bright! I couldn't see because everything was white, with minor spots of black. I made my way to a bench and had to rest. My legs were soooo worn out (after walking for less than a minute), still white blind, and my heart was racing - not of fear, but of tiredness. I got my sight back after 5-10 minutes, even then everything was much brighter than it should have been, eyes became very sensitive.

Docter said it was a 'migrain' (spelling), got a blood test, and then a 2nd to make sure. And yep it was an

on 2/19/2007 at first i dont know if what is my sicknesses but i notice everytime i wake up till i sleep im really not feeling well.even in school i cannot consentrate. my body is really tired even i did not do something until i find out that i am anemic.

on 2/7/2007 When I was admitted for my first Grand Mal In April of 2007, my Neurologist came in and asked how long I have been anemic. I told him I never knew I was. I didn't even know I what it really was except hearing the name. After reding the above, and havind several blood tests, I should have known something was going on, but didn't. I was told to take iron but never told how much. My neurologist told me (a different Dr.) told me I wasn't yet when I went to my family doctor and looked at the tests he said I was (from the same blood test) besides absence, complex, and grand mal seizures on a daily basis, and loss of blood weekly through my bowel movements I knew something was wrong. My memory, dizzy and off balance among other things. I'm 37 and am confused on what is happening to my life. After a colonosopy, 3 polups were removed but only one small hemeoid was found but too small to create the amount of blood loss I have. Just seem like the Doctors are shrugging it off. Went to give blood last week, besides my seizures they checked my blood and determined anemia which demied my chance to give. No one has told me how much iron to take.

on 2/6/2007 Jane2ana,

Please please talk to your school nurse or counselor. You seem to be putting yourself at a very high risk for many health problems, anemia being one of them.

on 2/4/2007 I have heaps pale skin and lately its getting lighter. i thought it was from not haven much sun. Ive had a headache on and off for about the last 8 days.
Im constanly drinking green tea, so i am not constipated.lol. i am a vegetarian...because I want to be skinny. I hate being fat and I always wish to be anorexic. My friends think I am fine and there is nothing wrong with me. But I think they just don’t want to be mean. Because if one of my friends asked me if they were fat I’d deffinantly say no (even if I they were a bit).
I’ve only lost 5kgin the last few weeks. but its more then wat id lose if I was eating. Some of my friends have noticed that I don’t eat but I try and cover up. I’m always depressed and can never concentrate in skool, so i get behind in stuff like reading and maths ( i use to be top in maths). I get bruises so easy, like if somebody pinches or bites me (even if its not hard).The only times i feel dizzy is wen i wake up and wen i stand up to fast. I've always had an excuse for all this stuff and never thought there could be seriously something wrong with me.The only times ive been in hospital is wen ive done stupid things to myself (over depression). I cant talk to my mum or dad about anything because they are separated and live far away from me. I live with my Nan who doesnt understand or notice me.

I dont even no how bad Anemic is if i have it. i never heard of it until my friend said he thinks i am it. I don’t know what to do about myself anymore, because I am to afraid to talk to someone in person, or get any tests done. :’(
I am not 18, i lied to be a member. i am 14:'( but I feel so much older, I even feel like I’m going to die soon.

on 2/4/2007 I have heaps pale skin and lately its getting lighter. i thought it was from not haven much sun. Ive had a headache on and off for about the last 8 days.
Im constanly drinking green tea, so i am not constipated.lol. i am a vegetarian...because I want to be skinny. I hate being fat and I always wish to be anorexic. My friends think I am fine and there is nothing wrong with me. But I think they just don’t want to be mean. Because if one of my friends asked me if they were fat I’d deffinantly say no (even if I they were a bit).
I’ve only lost 5kgin the last few weeks. but its more then wat id lose if I was eating. Some of my friends have noticed that I don’t eat but I try and cover up. I’m always depressed and can never concentrate in skool, so i get behind in stuff like reading and maths ( i use to be top in maths). I get bruises so easy, like if somebody pinches or bites me (even if its not hard).The only times i feel dizzy is wen i wake up and wen i stand up to fast. I've always had an excuse for all this stuff and never thought there could be seriously something wrong with me.The only times ive been in hospital is wen ive done stupid things to myself (over depression). I cant talk to my mum or dad about anything because they are separated and live far away from me. I live with my Nan who doesnt understand or notice me.

I dont even no how bad Anemic is if i have it. i never heard of it until my friend said he thinks i am it. I don’t know what to do about myself anymore, because I am to afraid to talk to someone in person, or get any tests done. :’(
I am only 14 years old, but I feel so much older, I even feel like I’m going to die soon.

on 1/26/2007 I was supposed to have blood work today for dizziness and I forgot and had coffee. So I looked up anemia and landed here. As I read the symptoms it appears to me that i very well may be anemic. I started with the dizziness 1 week ago. For the last 3 days I have had headaches. yesterday I developed a sore on my tongue. I was shocked to see this as a symptom of anemia. Everyone tells me I look tired, which I am. If you don't have low iron what else can cause anemia?