02/26/2026
Your iron is "normal"...so why are you still exhausted?
Your labs came back normal. Your iron was fine.
So why do you still feel this way?
There are two ways to measure iron, and most standard bloodwork only checks one.
Serum iron tells you what's circulating right now. Ferritin tells you what's in storage.
And you can have completely normal serum iron with dangerously low ferritin.
The symptoms? Fatigue. Brain fog. Hair shedding. Waking up depleted no matter how much you sleep.
"In range" doesn't always mean optimal for you.
If something still feels off, you're not imagining it. 💙
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