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I was severely anaemic due to genetic issues and if i don't take my 3 iron tablets a day my anaemia can return. Being a teenager at school and being typically self conscious and bullied i was told i had anxiety and for about a year I suffered with depression. This was last year and I only found out I was anaemic at the end of last year. I went to the doctors and took many different types of anti depressants but the only thing that got me feeling better was my iron tablets. It turned out that because I had been anaemic my whole life without knowing it was so sever that I didn't even have the energy to stay awake for a whole day and would have daily 3-5 hour naps and feel constantly out of breath. Since taking my iron tablets this has got so much better and I don't feel as weak and physically sick like I used to. These days I think there is a lot of mis diagnosis going on and because I didn't know I was anaemic my doctor just said I had depression and anxiety. If i had been spotted as anaemic earlier I would have saved myself years of feeling down and ill. I still have anxiety but it is a lot better than it was so to anyone who thinks they have depression or anxiety its worth getting a blood test because if your anaemic and you can take iron tablets it will up your energy and make you feel so much better.