Hi! Yes, I've been taking kelp since last September. I don't have an official thyroid condition, but I do have both a nodule and cyst on my thyroid. According to my nuclear test, part of my thyroid is dying but the side that works is working twice as hard to carry the entire gland, so all of my test results come out perfectly normal. I have a strong family history of thyroid disease (Mom and brother have it). And my doctor thinks that eventually my thyroid will die out too. In the mean time, I'm taking kelp which has been helping with the swelling that my thyroid goes through (makes me feel like choking! but the kelp seems to stop the swelling for me). The thing is, I've been on kelp for a while now and the change in periods is fairly recent. I still didn't retest for pregnancy. I'm not sure how long to wait for a retest. Some say 3 days, some say 1 week and others say wait and see if I'm late for my next period. I am leaning towards 3 days because I am on Lisinopril which could be deadly to a fetus, so if I am pregnant, I would want to know as soon as possible so I can switch meds for my blood pressure (I am a high risk pregnancy with a history of toxemia so I will need to control my blood pressure during pregnancy).
I still have swollen boobs and sore nipples. I'm very headachey and dizzy and I have to pee alot (alot for me is anything more than 3 times a day---- I have a terrific bladder!). I'm also super sleepy and cranky. I noticed that 2 periods ago, I was a week early and had a light period. The last one was exactly 30 days from the previous, but was also uncommonly light.
Could I be going through a sort of early menopause or something---- I do get hot flashes!?!? I'm 30, but with PCOS, I have no clue what is going on with me anymore! |