Help me please : Is it my adrenals ?

Hello !


I hope someone can help me here. This whole hormone thing is just so overwhelming. So much information. So complex. I dont see through it all anymore :(

First ... some basic infos

I am 34 years old. End of 2012 i became vegan. No junk food vegan but whole plants mostly raw food vegan. No coffee. No stimulants. So.... actually quite healthy (one would think).

Whatsoever. Before that i didnt have any problems. Well nothing that i felt as a problem.

But being into this lifestyle for about 4 months i had my first bloodwork done and it showed that my TSH (thyroid) levels were rising. On my lifestyle before they used to be 1,3. Now they were 2,7. And also i suddenly had bad PMS symptomes. My boobs started to hurt 1-2 weeks before my period. Got lumpy, swollen and really sensitive. On my lifestyle before i only had that 1 , max 2 days before my period. In september last year another thing appeard. I used to have horribly itchy lower legs in the nights. It never happend throughout the day but only in the late evening and the worst when i went to bed. Or i woke up after 1 hour and had to scratch like a maniac.

In October my TSH levels were 3,6 and i started to do research. And i came to the conclusion that i mgiht be Iodine deficient. Due to the fact that i didnt consume animal products anymore, no iodized salt, no seaweed. So i ve started to take Iodoral and its co-factors in November. I actually felt good in December and my PMS was gone in that month. But i ve also felt so good that i started to run again and it was probably too much and my PMS in January were really horrible again.

Now i m not sure at all if its all du to Iodine deficiency. If this diet sucks (which i wont believe :( ) or if its my adrenals.

U have a lot of information now. (i hope...otherwise feel free to ask).

And i d really like to have ur point of view now.

I have orderd a test-kit to check my estrogen and progesterol levels after my next ovulation. But i dont know if that makes a lot of sense.

What do i have to check to find out if my adrenals arent working properly?

thx a lot!

best regards


Stephy