Am I experiencing Bromide detox? and if so why now?

March 25, 2011

Hi all,

I'm hoping someone here might be able to help me. I've been on Lugols for about

18 months. After reading Brownsteins book, I started on a high dose(about

50mg I think)as he discusses in his book and felt great initially. Then I

started to have symptoms such as depression, lack of energy and weight gain and

assumed I was taking too much. I've gradually reduced my dose over the time and

have for some months only been taking only 2 drops per day. (I have also for

some time tho been eating homemade sauerkraut which I put a reasonable amount of

sea vegetables in - so more iodine in that form also.)

Anyway, I've recently been to a doctor who has put me on a detox type diet to

heal my digestive system that I'm supposed to be on for a few weeks. I've been

on it currently now for about 2.5 weeks.

The diet consists of predominantly cooked foods - it specifically says very

little raw (I was eating more raw before) and consists of foods such as fruits,

vegetables, lentils, rice, porridge and understandably excludes things like

sugar, processed foods and coffee.

It is basically a pretty clean, whole foods diet. It does also exclude dairy

except for plain yogurt and ricotta or cottage cheese. (I normally eat almost no

dairy).

The diet is not too far different in foods from what I would normally eat, but

I've cut out the junk (chocolate and sweets) that I had got into a bad habit of

eating again over the last 2 years. What is quite different apart from it all

being cooked is that I'm eating yogurt and ricotta cheese every day.

Since being on this, I'm experiencing hair loss (lots), frontal headaches (like

sinus - around and above my eyes), sore muscles and joints (particularly my

legs), depression off and on and the not so good thoughts. Emotions are also up

and down.

On finding the info on Bromide detox, it sounds like that is what it is and I

tried one round of the salt loading this morning which gave some instant relief.

My question tho is why now? Why after 18 months on iodine? Is it because I'm on

the detox diet?

Sorry for this being so long, but any suggestions would be great. Thanks.

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