Hmmm don't have those symptoms, but it sounds like I need to check on this. I don't eat a lot of red meat. I should probably check for anemia and start taking vitamins. AZ Carolyn would know.
Can ice chewing mean any other vitamin deficiency?
I hate taking a horse pill size swallow only daily MultiVitamin. They would make me burp all day long and they tasted nasty going down and during burps. They would make me gag.
Then I found Centrum Adult Chewable Daily MultiVitamins. They taste like a orange flavored Flintstone Kid's Daily Vitamin. No burping No Bad taste No Gagging. Try them. A bottle of 100 cost about $10 from Walmart - They will last you 3+ months.
When I was young it meant you were horny!
pica is a good sign of iron deficiency... yes on folic acid, yes on vitamin c with biflavinoids, do you still have periods and are they heavy? If so see my post on the homeopathic remedy and there is also homeopathic ferr phos.. do you take a good multiple vitamin?