My body loves producing deficiencies, and this time the anemia came out to be plain iron deficiency.

Thing is I have some symptoms I can't really find in the literature.

Yes, I'm exercise intolerant, if I try to use my body one bit, my heart rate quickly goes up to at least 160 and I feel totally out of breath. That is normal for low iron.

I also have some RLS and leg cramps, and I never know this was connected but it is. Because I don't always have it. But what more is I got something that almost feels like RLS but isn't, a very strong and squirmy mental state as I try to fall asleep. It is part mental, part physical. Never had it on normal iron levels.

I'm not just tired, I'm SLEEPY all the time. I can easily sleep 13 hours and some days I sleep all day long. I haven't find this being a symptom.

Cold hands and feet, yes, but I also have this cold, shivering feeling all over my body, like you can feel when you're starting to develop a fever (although i don't have a fever).

When I lie in bed it happens my heard don't slow down but I also get chest pains.

Sedatives hit me much harder. My memory is worse. Can I blame this on anemia?

I don't feel dizzy unless I look up in the sky, then I lose my balance. Woa! LOL.

Also I want to EAT! Even if I have eaten my meals, before bed I get cravings to eat, usually things like aged cheese and stuff. I'm normally NOT a snacker.

I've also got a lot more dysphoric. I can still smile and laugh, but it isn't as real as it has been.

My finger nails are very ridged.

Also, I tend not to get sick in other ways (although it is said to lower your immune system), but when I have gotten treated, THEN I get "everything"...

Am I nuts and imagine strange symptoms?

Anyone here with recurring iron anemia that has any input?