I also suffer from very low iron and generally am told to go to the ER for a transfusion after a blood test. I did it the first time and was given massive IV iron which can also be dangerous. I finally found that my body does not hold the iron from my fairly healthy diet and was prescribed monthly B-12 shots which allow the iron to slowly build up. Whenever my iron approaches normal I completely loose my attraction to ice. I laid off the B-12 for a few months and fell right back in my hole.

I am also a habitual ice eater, I literally eat this all day if I'm at home & if I wake up during the night i'll run to put a cube in my mouth before going back to bed. I notice that I prefer to eat the ice cubes from the fridge at home more so than any other. I don't know if there's something that forms on the ice cubes at home because I notice I get a satisfactory feeling when I let it stay on the back of my tongue before chewing it.I also notice that I did not get the craving at all when I became pregnant.

How to stop this habit??

I am an ice eater.I have been doing this for about 2 1/2 years now.I did a blood level test and my doctor said I had a low level of iron. I've been on vitabiotics feroglobin b-12 for more than a year ,which I don't take consistently.I can say when I take it consistently for 2 days or 3 my craving for ice tames down I really love chewing ice.I can wake up in the middle of the night to get ice,or first thing in the morning,ice is in my mouth. People say it can have an effect on your teeth that I know off. Other people say you can get seriously sick -which I don't believe I wanted to find out if chewing ice can have an effect on your heart-I don't think so because my Doc told me it's like drinking water(cold) How do I stop my craving for ice??

I used to eat a bag of ice everyday for 2 years. I think the ice was too cold on my organs, so they shut down. My heart stopped, and I had to be intubated. Eating ice is Really bad! Really bad!!!!!

am also an ice eater this z a bad habit lets try by all means 2 stop,if i dnt eat i feel s if my heart z burning .

Crystal Shands Smith. ..I've been eating ice for years, and found out that I had low iron, and now I go to the MD Anderson Cancer Center to get Iron fusions every 6 months.

Am ice eater too. I started eating ice when was 20 upto date am still doing. Even if its very I chew. How can I stop eating ice? Because am really addicted. I prefer ice to water mostly

I just eat it when I'm hot it could be a problem idk

I have been eating ice for 1 year without any problem , but now each time I eat ice I get headach , I feel like I need to vomite , but still I cnt stay away from ice I feel like there is something inside me telling me to eat ice all time When I start eating ice I feel like I dnt want to stop , it has become a habit & seriously I cnt live without ice ,