Hey Stac...My son was severely anemic from the time he was 6 to the time he was 13 years old (he had two blood transfusions during that time) and he said he always felt the same way I did. I think my medications along with the high stress level I was under caused the anemia. The byetta seemed to cause a lot of stomach problems and may have caused some blood loss. At that time, my periods weren't that bad, so I doubt it was that. I was taken off the byetta back at the end of August. I feel so much better now. I've switched endos about the same time that the report about byetta came out. I called my new endo and he told me to get off byetta, so I did. Since I did I am feeling a lot better. I have also been put on iron and I think my blood counts have come back up also. I am thinking that the combination of insulin and byetta somehow caused me to be anemic, but not sure about that. Anyway, I'm feeling a lot better and I am glad. I still tire easily, but I have a lot more energy than I did a few weeks ago...thank you so much for your response.
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DX 1994-told to lose weight by GYN,Suffered 12 years before seeking treatments: REDX 2006 by a family doc sent to endo July 31, 2006 and glad I went; Byetta, 2000mg Metformin, 28 units of levemir, fish oil, 1000mg calcium. Type 2 diabetic and high cholesterol dx March 05, psoriasis dx 1992.
Married 20 yrs 2 kids: girl 19 yrs old and boy 17 yrs old.
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