Can my period make me feel exhausted? ?

Question

Every month a starting a day or two before and then during my period I feel almost flu like symptoms, I feel so tired and ouf of it. Is it do to the loss of blood and iron?

Answer 1

yes definitely.

One of the main symptoms of periods is fatigue.  You should

consider taking an iron supplement or like eating steak or something

you may be loosing too much iron.

Answer 2

you should take iron tablets during your period... being exhausted is normal its called fatigue. you might want to get checked for indometriosis.. (sp?)