Anemic and period

My iron levels are so low, it’s gotten the point where I bruise really easily. I’m supposed to be taking iron three times a day but my stomach can’t handle that much iron because I have zero appetite.

It’s also that time of the month and I feel so dizzy and I just want to sleep it off but I can’t because I’m at school 7 hours a day five days a week.

Being anemic and having the blood loss from a period can potentially cause me to faint..right? It’s literally just 4-5 days out of the month but it gets so tiring trying to go through it. I have bruises on my legs and I never hit them. I got dizzy while driving today too.

My insurance has already denied an iron infusion so I don’t know what to do next. I’m almost contemplating going to my OBGYN to see what else I could do about this and my periods. I don’t want to take birth control because I don’t want it in my body, but if there was something else I could take, that’d be the route I’d go.

Anyone else deal with this? I ate a small meal for breakfast but it’s hot in our classroom and I feel like I’m gonna pass out. I’m not going home because I don’t want to mess up my perfect attendance either.