Depression struggles and anaemia, when does this end?

[currydmc]

Thiamine? That might be possible. I had a blood test last week and everything was in range - red blood cells up to 150 from 80 but feel same symptoms.

Dietician called today so I went and had another test (5 bottles) to determine:

Tissue transglutaminases.

Endomysial antibody.

Haematinics: B12, Folate, Ferritin and Vitamin D.

Trace Elements. (I think he said copper and selenium, but likely more)

This condition is torture, I'm just not myself and am largely useless at daily tasks. I'm open to taking more supplements (apparently my B vitamins are fine when tested) especially because my OCD comes back in times of stress. I really do want to go back to having dry weeks/fortnights to give my body a break, a lot easier to do when you don't feel like s$#& and useless all the time.

I m hoping ferritin is still low in the results so I can have another iron infusion - I feel the first one fixed the blood cells anyway.

 

 

[knitty kitty]

@currydmc,

Call and ask for an Erythrocyte Transketolase test to be done on the sample you've given.  This tests how well Thiamine is being utilized.  Thiamine is not one of those vitamins routinely checked.

Blood tests aren't really accurate measurements of vitamins inside cells where they are used.  Blood tests can reflect vitamin supplements you've taken and even how much you've absorbed from food in the past couple days.  

You can have vitamin deficiency symptoms before blood levels detect a deficiency.  The body keeps certain levels of vitamins in the bloodstream so the vitamins can go to important organs like the heart and brain, but it does this by depleting vitamins stored inside cells, resulting in deficiencies inside cells of tissues and organs.  

Thiamine will also help you absorb and utilize more iron.  

[Wheatwacked]

The blood test for homocysteine can be an indication of B12, Folate, B6 and Choline status because these are the vitamins that re-methylate homocysteine to methionine.  High homocysteine is an independant marker of cardiovascular disease and inflammation.