I tend towards anemic also.... I don't know which iron pills you're taking, but it's been shown that for the most part, we barely absorb most vitamin/mineral pills.

There are some that are done with various amino acids that are supposed to help - my midwife also found that the liquid health food store iron seemed to get better results for some of her patients, that's what I used while pregnant.

Are your blood sugar levels holding steady? That's the other thing that will really hit people hard.
*hugs*