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I've noticed a drop in efficacy when I have a period of time where I'm anemic. I'm basically having to take iron supplements non-stop for that reason...
Nice to hear from someone else with a similar experience, and I hope that improving the anemia leads to an improvement in ADHD symptoms too!
This is just personal experience but an iron supplement on its own didn't help me much. The "blood builder" combination supplements were much better for my anemia
My personal experience is that there's a direct correlation between my physical health and effectiveness of my ADHD medication.
My hypothesis is that since it's about my brain capability to register and prioritise stimuli, the busier said brain is (with other body issues) the less likely it is too perform executive functions. This might be the general case, but since we start from the unfavorable position, it might be more debilitating for us.
(I've no idea why I'm using such a fancy language rn. Apologies)
Call your pharmacist. They're an expert in the field, and it is their job to give you advice on your medications. You've already paid for this service, even as an American.
Iron usually makes medication less effective.
That does not include ADHD meds.
From article:
Iron tablets may cause other medicines you are taking to not work as well. Some of these include tetracycline, penicillin, ciprofloxacin, and medicines used for Parkinson's disease and seizures.
It doesn't seem to say it doesn't affect ADHD meds, just gave a list of known interactions.
My takeaway: since it's known to interact with some meds, it could have an effect on others.
You're increasing available O2, which usually means an improvement in metabolism (reduction, at least, and perhaps increased cellular function), so it's hard to say how it would impact a given med without understanding how it's metabolized.
I would think any condition would improve if you increase O2 availability for someone who has anemia. Hell, increasing O2 seems to help anyone generally, part of why exercise is recommended for almost any condition.