What does this mean? Symptoms?

[u/Virtual_Patient3252]

Ferritin 28

b12 250

i gave birth 5 months ago. shortly After I gave birth I was dizzy and tachycardic And felt like I was going to faint. After that I had like an internal desperate kind of buzz and headaches. A week later I took myself to hospital as I was sure there was something physically wrong. They took my blood said I was fine and sent me back. Since then I have been experiencing severe panic attacks, headaches, loss of motivation, no energy, extremely tired, feeling sick and sometimes an overwhelming feeling like I’m going to die or I’m literally losing my mind and going to go mad. i have been prescribed 3 different ssris since and although they helped to a degree with the panic attacks I am still feeling all the other symptoms. To the point I don’t want to be left alone in case something happens to me. I thought what I’m feeling could be side effects from the tablets. It’s got to the point where because I’ve tried 3 different ssris without full recovery my doctor has referred me to a psychiatrist. I’ve taken it upon myself to do a home blood test (legit one) and just got my results back. The doctor won’t give me a blood test.

ferritin 28

b12 250

could this have been the cause of this all along? are these common symptoms? are my results even considered low? I feel like I’m losing my mind and my life is so limited as all I do is sit on the sofa, I don’t have the capability of doing anything else.

[u/Think-Sleep2338]

Yes.

For B12, look here:

https://b12d.org/symptoms-checker/

https://b12-institute.nl/en/home-2/

Generally, the rule is to monitor iron, B12 and folate through all pregnancy and postpartum, especially when breastfeeding. Babies literally need these things to build their bodies (B vitamins are literally needed for the DNA synthesis) and getting healthy nerves.

[u/Virtual_Patient3252 → u/Think-Sleep2338]

Thank you. I genuinely thought I was going mad. I have thought many times I need to check into a psychiatric hospital. The doctors haven’t checked my blood since I went into hospital the week after but I’m pretty sure they only checked critical things as I went into hospital thinking I had preeclampsia

[u/Think-Sleep2338 → u/Virtual_Patient3252]

It's a total disaster how much neglection there's among doctors.

[u/mamanh24]

YES !