What have you done about low iron levels?

My iron level was found to be at 3 just three weeks ago. It is now a 4, but I have been taking a chewable iron tablet twice a day and drinking an iron supplement twice a day. I am not feeling any better. I am still very tired and unable to focus on what I need to get done. I feel like I am in a fog all the time and I don't like it. I have heard that you can do iv treatment to improve it. Has anyone ever experienced this? What can I expect? The doctor wants me to continue the supplement type of therapy, but I just want to be better right now, and then try to maintain it with the supplement therapy. I am two small children and can't keep up anymore. I am two and a half years out from the surgery. My iron level was a 9 in May last year and just kept falling.

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