I don't know what I'm doing wrong in trying to get hope for my iron deficiency anemia. But my doctors will not provide me and iron infusion, and our forcing me to do partiall hospitalization therapy and get on some depression, anxiety meds.
I just finished up my second day at PHP and told the nurse about my severe IDA and she agrees that I am most likely just severely deficient rather than actually "depressed".
I'm really suffering badly through my day-to-day life. And I'm glad that I have some sort of therapy to physically go to every day. But it just sucks that I will not be getting the help that I need until I complete this program.
I have been having horrible chest pains and dizziness and I need an infusion bad but since my anemia is considered moderate I will not be getting help it seems.
What makes this even worse is that my one of my doctors also want me to talk to an Eating disorder specialist since I he believes I have "anorexia", despite me telling him I can swallow anything that's not liquid and the fact that I have gained over 200lbs in the past 10 months.
I have an appointment to see another primary care doctor to get a 4th opinion but I am so lost.
Edit:
Got off with a call from my mom, and she was able to get an infusion for having a ferritin of 20 and hemoglobin of 15 in a matter of a week. What the hell am I doing wrong?