Iron defiency. Help
Hey. I'm a 33 year old male. I've been feeling really unwell for the last few months and wasn't sure what was going on, definitely should've got a blood test sooner. It has got a lot worse over the last couple of weeks. I am super fatigued all day and feel very weak, like literally no energy at all, feel very sleepy like I could fall asleep at any time almost. If I'm sitting down for long enough and stand up, I get really light-headed and dizzy, my muscles in my back have been aching so bad, I have brain fog and am finding it heaps harder to think etc. I went to the doctors last week and got a blood test and went in today to get the results. I'm both iron and vitamin B12 deficient. He gave me iron supplements to take and a vitamin B12 injection. Upon all the other symptoms, i feel my mood is really down too which is isn't normal. Is all this normal for iron and vitamin B12 defiency? And does anyone know how long it might take me to start feeling better? I mean this is crazy how unwell i feel