Hi! Omg I feel a bit awkward for starting so many threads in the last few days... this hair loss thing is basically taking over my life I recently went to a GP about my hair loss and got my blood tests done. Thyroid and iron came back within the normal range. I'm seeing that a lot of you have gotten your ferritin checked, and I'm wondering if there's any need for me to do that? And if so, how would I go about asking the doctor for the test, if I don't have symptoms of anemia and my iron is normal? I've been to see her like 3 times recently and I don't want her to think I'm crazy lol..... Thanks!
Ughh I should've asked for the test when my doctor was ordering the other ones... I feel like I'm gonna look crazy if I go like once a week to ask for a different test.. Did you get zinc and vitamin D tested?
I had vitamin d done but not zinc. My doctors think I'm crazy too but I tell myself if it helps then its worth it!
Oh I forgot to ask, did you have symptoms of anemia? I feel perfectly healthy.. AND my hemoglobin is normal.. I don't know how I could ask to test ferritin
Get it checked! My iron was above 12 but my ferritin was only 17. Still in the "normal" range but too low for growth. It has been a very slow process to raise it though. I just recently added lysine in hopes it will rise faster. I did not have symptoms of anemia. I do feel like my energy level is even better though since starting the iron. My vitamin D was normal but I didn't have zinc done. Mine was low about 2 years ago. I should have that checked again too.
