Re: Re: O/T? Does Andy ever recommend Iodine for anything?

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In frequent-dose-chelation mmc2315 wrote:

Hi , sorry, I don't know about Andy or 's recommendation for iodine.

It's my feeling that iodine is very important. I don't think the dosing has

been figured out,

and too many people are experimenting with high doses and unable to sort it

all out when

things go wrong.

Iodine will push progesterone levels up.

----------I don't remember hearing this before. Do you mind telling me where

you heard or read this? I'm not disputing it, I just don't think I've heard

this before.----Jackie

My understanding is that most MDs miss this

because they are not monitoring progesterone levels, or are monitoring them

with serum

tests, not saliva tests. So, someone with low progesterone may do very well on

iodine,

------------This is very interesting , because I was *severely

deficient* on my first saliva test for progesterone, and I have had no problem

with taking 6 or 12mg of iodine a day. I have not tried higher doses, because I

have never done the loading test, and didn't recommend it. She actually

didn't *recommend* the Iodoral, I was already taking it on my own, but she

didn't tell me to stop either. But maybe my tolerance of it has to do with my

low progesterone levels. Interesting.-----Jackie

and someone who is already in the sweet spot for progesterone may end up with

levels which are too high.

Iodine can help thyroid, but it is also volatile. Too much, too soon, can

throw a person

hypothyroid, or even hyperthyroid. Someone taking thyroid meds may have to

adjust

accordingly, but it is often difficult to sort out.

------------I am not taking any thyroid meds, and I'm not sure what has done

what, but my thyroid antibodies have gone down during this process of amalgam

removal, chelation, and supplementation.-----------Jackie

Useful info can be found Derry's book " Breast Cancer and Iodine " .

If you are considering supplementing with iodine, I'd suggest proper baseline

saliva

testing, then starting with a very low dose. Way less than even 1/2 an

Iodoral.

My MD sent me home with instructions to experiment with 1-4 tablets of Iodoral

per day,

to help with hypothyroid symptoms (it's very trendy right now). I felt great

for a very short time, and then crashed, badly.

-----------Can you elaborate more on this ? What doses did you

actually take, and for how long, before you crashed? Did it feel like a thyroid

crash or adrenal crash, or what?----------Jackie

I'm currently taking ~ 2 mg of iodine per day, having titrated up slowly from

about 225 mcg. I'm planning on doing a female hormone panel from Diagnos-Techs

to see where

my progesterone levels are at.

----------Keep us posted, now you got me curious about this progesterone

thing!----Jackie

JMO.