How long does iodine generally stay in the body?

[Guest guest]

I haven't taken any iodine for nearly two months. I was suffering severe detox

symptoms (only from 4 drops of 2% Lugol's per day for about two months) and

swelling/weight gain (all in my upper body and stomach, that's it). I gained 16

pounds in two months, and in the two months following NOT taking a drop of

iodine, I have yet to lose any of it and, premenstrually, I'm suffering the

worst swelling in my breasts and stomach I've ever had.

I am a personal trainer and I workout at an advanced level for over two hours a

day, usually seven days a week. To gain this much weight in just my upper body

(breasts and stomach) and not be able to lose it, is incredibly distressing.

I've been concentrating on just healing my liver by taking magnesium, vit c,

apple cider vinegar, and chlorophyll. I've removed nearly all sugar from my diet

and have been generally eating very lightly throughout the day. Any attempts at

a stronger liver detox have given me horrendous headaches and major swelling, so

a mild and slow liver healing is all I can handle at the moment.

How long does iodine stay in the body? Is the swelling I'm experiencing now

still from the iodine that I stopped taking two months ago? Is there anything I

can do to help this?

After I feel confident in my liver healing, my plan is start back with the

lugol's (and the companion nutrients), but much more slowly. I started iodine

for scalp hair loss and fibrocystic breasts, neither of which improved at all

while on the iodine and companion nutrients (probably because my detox pathways

are so clogged and too low of a dose of iodine).

Thanks,

Lori