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@fionalauren
Do you have heavy menstrual cycles and are you vegetarian or vegan? This can make it hard to bring up your iron levels. I had to have a d&c to remove 3 polyps causing extremely heavy periods and I had an IUD put in. I was iron deficient like you at the same time I was dealing with Hashimoto’s and hypothyroidism. They never treated my Hashimoto’s with any medication. Now I want to go check my TPO to see if I should be treated. 😉
@fionalauren
If I was in your situation, I would want to improve thyroid function and bring down your TSH (your pituitary is working hard to make thyroid hormone). I would also want to improve your iron since oxygen is not being optimally carried throughout your body which causes widespread problems over time.