Iron, to have bowels movements...????

If I dont take 25mg of iron at least every other day, I Cant Have Any bowl movements. as in I Might go 1 or 2 times in an Entire Month if I Dont take Iron. I will also Crave straight RAW meat obviously for the iron in the blood.

Ive yet to talk to anyone having an issue like mine...

I stopped taking iron for 3 or more months, and I paid for it too.  with abdominal pain, Massive sweating(my shirt was drenched), hallucinating my hands were turning yellow, and almost passing out on the potty today. as well as nausia. I spent the rest of the day in bed, tired beyond belief. My bowels were oozing while half working-now thats a very strange sensation. Like numbness almost, but as if on the inside. It went from soft to 'peeing out the rear' Not your regular 'runs' but straight liquid. This took an hour or more from start to finish. Unusually bad smell but color was pail brown. At times it been more of a yellow. Kinda like macaroni.

I dont think I will stop taking iron again... this on day 4 of using it again. Like-wise its like speed for me,(Ive never used drugs but dont know how else to convey the physical response) making me stay awake better and feel better, but also preventing me from taking naps at all. which ends up making me feel crappy.

if I take to much then like most people, I too get constipated, but it seems one needs iron in the diet to activate the bodies response to eliminate hard waste... as without the supplement-I loose that function for the most part. The urge simply isnt there. But on it, the mussels activate and I can go every other day.

kinda strange... But wondering if any doctors or other patients have experienced this relation to iron?

My father has the disorder which causes to much Iron in the body. I appear more of the anemic type thus far. As a child I had infrequent bowl movements and an insatiable craving for bloody or raw meat that worsened as I got older.

I also often experience numbness, or a feeling of itching under the skin of the anus. It drives me nuts. I also have alot of unexplained vaginal swelling,bleeding(abraded appearance) and pain in my right side from the groin to under the 3rd rib up from the bottom. most times starting from the rib area and spreading down at times making my entire leg hurt.  with a gland in that side groin/pelvic area swelling.

who knows whats actually causing any of this tho... I spent an entire month unable to eat due to savvier nausia. And craved pickles by the gallon as well as had bloating from flat to looking 28 weeks pregers. I had a staff infection they couldnt figure out...

[patient915]

Welcome to the gastroenterology community!  Have you ever seen a doctor about this?  Have you ever bad blood testing for this?  Have you tried iron rich foods instead?

[AngelMyne]

Sorry about the delay, I was feeling pretty bad yesterday and spent the day and evening in bed. took 2 days off the Iron and took it today. was just to much of a system shocker.

Ive mentioned it to the general phy. but hes an idiot. Im not sure what it is about alot of doctors but they get a degree and their brain seems to shut down. Completely.

Im currently trying to get an apt with a gastro specialist, and thats hard to do. Never have I had such hell just to get an Apt. to be seen. Im interested to see if they have a take on the strange Iron issue, or if I'll just be blown off like usual.

When symptoms are not labeled with an arrow pointing a big flashing HERE sign-for the inept, you tend to get the 'well, I cant find the problem, so theres nothing wrong with you' response. Never mind if your now in diapers, you must be faking and I sure dont want to send you to a specialist and find out your not, because that will make me look bad.

I keep holding out hope I will finally run into a man with a brain-But I dont get my hopes up to high anymore. Ive been slowly going down hill since a car accident in 05. 7yrs now....

So Im Hoping maybe here I might run into someone who can pose some theries to look into.

as for any standard blood testing, its always normal Im told. But when I went to another doctor I got the-no ur blood sugar test was high. they should have told you.

So Ive had 2 tests for the over-all sugar test come up high. I have issues at times that make me have to monitor several times a day, then it switches and I can go months without an issue.

I have seizure issues. often related to food, tho it dosent matter what I might eat, such as eating some plain broccoli, sent my sugar sky rocketing and me into a seizure in 15mins.

so Ive alot of 'weird' symptoms. who knows what little peice of info might solve the puzzel for the right person tho?.

Ive had ultrasounds done and nothing found.

and Ive much of the symptoms of a very bad gull bladder, but it was just tested and is at 50%

and I was diagnosed with beginning endometriosis. That took years b4 I could get someone to look into it seriously. They stopped being so rude to me tho, once they had some proof something wasnt right.

I have alot of issues with swollen lymph nodes, geographic tongue, and what appears to be thrush. as all this gets worse... as well as a swollen tongue. and nerve sensations, and blueing of the finger nails along with cold hands and feet. Im also getting ridges in my nails. no dips or clubbing. But my nails used to be smooth and slowly the ridges are growing more pronounced.

just maybe something here will ring for the right person... *shrugs*


Im wondering if I wouldnt have more luck seeing a natural-path then the genera yahoos Ive had such luck with so far...

[AngelMyne]

I think I forgot to say Thankyou for your welcome as well. Sorry.


oh and as for iron rich foods, I grew up with this issue. So I used to suck down spinach, and all manner of things most kids and even some adults wouldnt eat lol. as well as the need for raw meat. It had reached a point of go buy a raw cut of meat and open and eat it straight from the package uncooked. So Id say its a bit beyond simple diet changes. I rather like how taking the supplement (only 25mgs) makes it so I no longer crave raw meat. its kinda scary to play Russian rulet with ecoli or mad cow or worms or something...

Im not as pail either, tho Im still a ghost complexion. and I will burn through a tinted window in a car. I would say Im anemic by the symptoms. and my sugar always tended to run on the very very low side. the 50-60 range for a good number of years.

yet I cant get a professional to make any form of diagnosis. frustrating...  but in the last year to yr and a half its sky rocketed to a more normal level but also by the time I reach 130 Im going into a seizure. its usually that it gos up to fast. always in 15mins from eat to seizure. then it gos away for a while.

in the past year and a half my seizure condition went from almost nonexistent and unaware of them, to so frequent im bed ridden for days or weeks even. and having grand-malls.

so, I just dont know....  

I feel like the jug of milk that keeps getting pushed back in the fridge cuz no one wants to deal with it tho...