IDEAL FERRITIN LEVELS?

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Title. Mine is 77 but my doctor said I should aim for higher even though I think mine is basically very average, he said that people with restless leg syndrome usually calm theirs down with higher iron levels. What ferritin level should I aim for? how many mg of iron should I supplement daily?

 

[Foreverbrad]

Mine was 30 and had increased to about 70 after 4-5 months of 305mg iron fumarate.

We don’t have doctors in the UK so I was just winging it and paying for blood tests. I did not notice any changes in energy levels or anything like that.



Ferritin is an iron storage format but as long as your red blood cell count, hematocrit and elemental iron levels are ok, I believe that it just means you could very quickly have an iron deficiency if your diet changes due to having low stores. Again, we have no doctors here for things that aren’t critical illness or birth control for preteens, so just my google interpretation.