What do they have in common, well plenty I must say! When I turned 21, I began my journey into alcohol. It was all fun and games for the first several years, but then turned into something dark. I was having trouble falling asleep and all that was on my mind was liquor and beer. I began binge drinking almost everyday for the next 6-7 years, mostly at night. I developed an anxiety about being able to fall asleep, so I would drink at night until I passed out. Things were very bad, alcohol consumed my thoughts. I turned 30 on November of last year. I started the Iodine protocol on O ...
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Hello! Just wanted to drop by and let you all know that we’ve had another healthy baby girl, and of course, my wife has been supplementing with iodine before, during and after pregnancy while breastfeeding. Take a look! :) http://curezone.com/upload/_I_J_Forums/13092100_1238087959535531_946325050986995226_n.jpg   [End]
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I jumped right into 5 grams 4 days ago today. I am attempting to see if I can ween off my ADHD meds and still function how I would like, plus a little experimentation and curiosity is getting to me. I’ve ramped up 4 grams in the past for a week a few days or so, but this is my first time above that. Right now I have a full body ache, slight insomnia, glands on my neck are tender, sore throat and coughing up mucous like no other. I feel like I have the flu and its no fun. I have a few painful zits popping up on my face and shoulders too. Heart rate has also increased a lot, more than I ...
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Hi all! I’ve made a bunch of SSKI (thank you Trapper!), and I have ramped up to 5 grams over the past several days. I hope to do this for about 3 months. In the recent past, when I have dipped into the 1-2 gram range, I noticed I began forgetting to take my ADHD medication and still felt good, if not better. As I was building up to the 5 grams over the past several days, again, I noticed I was not taking my medication. I feel calm, less stressed, able to focus my mind better and all in all, I don’t feel like I am running around in circles not able to get anything done (how I usu ...
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Hi ya’ll! Just thought I would post an updated picture of my little baby girl, whom was iodinated throughout the pregnancy and still during breastfeeding. She is as fat as ever and holding her head up all the time! Cheers!      [End]
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Before any iodine supplementation: ~96.8 - 97.2 F 7 months in, and as of lately: waking: 99.0 - 99.2 : before bed: 98.2-98.6 Before iodine, my heart rate was very fast, could never gain a pound, had terrible night sweats all the time and very low BP On iodine, heart rate is still considered fast, but has drop about 5-10 beats a minute on average. Still cannot gain weight, night sweats are now gone and BP has went up to a more acceptable level. How I felt also reminded me of how I was when I drank a lot of Mt. Dew. I was extremely irritable and felt like snapping at everything. ...
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I made about 32oz 5% Lugols Iodine in early December 2012. I placed it all in 4oz glass amber bottles with a dropper top. I placed magnets on the bottle that I am using for daily use. The (magetized bottle)dropper usually holds 16 drops, and it fills my empty capsule to the top. Today I notice that it took 22+ drops to fill the capsule! I filled the dropper once more, and again it held 22+ drops. The dropper isnt corroded nor looks like it is leaking. I took out another bottle without magnets, and that bottle held 16 drops as normal. What is going on here? Are the magnets affecting t ...
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Hello all! Just thought I would update everyone on my Iodine journey, where I stand and what I am experiencing thus far. I started with 2 drops on 10/25/12 and worked up to currently 64 drops (400 mg) of Lugols 5%, six days a week. I am also currently taking Selenium (600 mcg), Magnesium Citrate, Vitamin C (3 grams), Salt (1-2 tsp), Niacin (1000 mg) and B2 (300 mg). Up to the point of 48 drops, I have never experienced any detox symptoms. I found it kind of strange since I knew I was EXTREMELY saturated with Bromide. My mood became gradually better and more consistent. I was slow ...
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I’ve been a heavy, and I mean heavy drinker of Mt Dew for the past 10+ years (more like 15+, since forever). I never knew what ”brominated veggie oil” was, boy did I pay the price. I’ve developed ADHD symptoms, become anti-social, angry and a severely short temper. I’m at 2 months of iodine supplementation and the wife and I have already noticed a great improvement in the above issues. Mt. Dew is the devil in my eyes! So, I wholeheartedly feel that IODINE supplementation could have prevented this tragedy.   [End]
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Just started work at a new job where there are many 50+ individuals, whom all seem to be sick with respiratory issues of some kind. Within 3 months time, I have already helped two people kick lung issues that the Western Docs could not take care of with antibiotics. #1) 3 month long cough and 4 rounds of antibiotics without help. I gave them my homemade SSKI, 3 grams a day for 14 days. Cough gone and reported more energy with significantly less allergy issues to daily pollen in the air. #2) Whooping cough and 3 rounds of antibiotics without help, out of work for 4 weeks. I gave the ...
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My testicles were covered in cysts and gave me the worst pain I’ve ever experienced about once a month...and were always sensitive to the touch. Started Lugols and they haven’t hurt since. I can touch and handle them without issue now. Mega doses of iodine internally, paint the scrotum daily and leave those poor buggers alone.   [End]
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I am good now, but detox was rough, but I just kept on trucking. I was getting nasty painful bromide zits on my scalp (pictures are on here somewhere), so I kept climbing up in dose until they went away...and they finally did when I reached the 400-500mg a day mark. I never took days off, I was religious with it. If you can handle the detox, then keep at it everyday. But to each their own. I also dabbed into the SSKI, reached 5 grams daily for a month or so. That was a good experience also.   [End]
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Simple really. If I dip below 150mg, the cysts on my testicles cause immense pain. I rather not experience pain like that.   [End]
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Thank you for the update. I have creeped up to a gram/day SSKI and I never felt so calm, happy and energetic at the same time. Since starting iodine/iodide, I’ve become less dependent on my ADHD meds. I was not taking any of them while I was dosing SSKI at 1 gram/day. I want to work up to where your at too. I just have to contend with the massive acne that flares up on my scalp when I dose that high. If anything new arises or you change anything, please drop me a PM or post a new thread. Cheers!   [End]
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My wife just gave birth to a baby girl: 8 lb 6 oz, 20.5 inches long. Wife has been taking 25 mg Lugols for the entire pregnancy. She went all natural and took less than 10 minutes to push her out. Coincidence it went so smooth? I think not! :-D   [End]
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At almost 2 years into iodine supplementation, I’ve learned that if I dip below 300mg of 5% Lugols (which is 132mg elemental), my alcohol cravings come back with a vengeance. I’ve dabbled into the 1-5 grams SSKI daily for several months, this was the only form I was taking, and that’s when the cravings started to return. I added a dropper full of Lugols with it, but to no avail. While I felt great with good energy, the cravings really bothered me. I would cave and binge constantly. Could there really be a biological need for that much elemental iodine? That sure is a lot of brown ...
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I used the gelatin capsules to fill with Lugols. I did not let them sit in there for any length of time. I filled the capsules and swallowed.   [End]
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My numbers were creeping towards hyper before iodine. After 2.5 years of daily iodine, upwards of 6 grams a day, my TSH is at 1.3 also. :)   [End]
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I take both, more control over the amount of elemental and iodide.   [End]
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Listen to or at least consider what Ferventer and Trapper have to say, they are knowledgeable beings. My personal experience: I was vegan for 5 years and it was the worst mistake of my life. It changed my body chemistry, personality and well being for the worst. Cholesterol was a TOTAL of 75 (which is not good in my opinion). I gave that garbage eating style up, now have it raised to a happy and healthy 215. So many aspects of my health have improved since eating animal fats, I cannot stress it enough. I do honestly hope it is a faze, as your health will only deteriorate from this poin ...
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I’ve posted puctures in the past of some nasty painful breakouts on my scalp and back. The more iodine I took, the worse they became. I kept thinking that the iodine had to be doing this, but I knew of was full of nasties from all the Mt Dew and strawberries I binged on throughout my life. Not long ago, they finally went away! It took nearly 2 years of supplementing with up to 500mg Lugols and 6 grams SSKI. It finally resulted in no matter what the dose of iodine I took, no more painful red zits. I just stopped iodine for 3 weeks recently. I was eating a lot of mcdonalds, didn’t re ...
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Hi all, I just wanted to share a personal experience of mine when I recently stopped using iodine. Quick history: - huge mt dew drinker for 15+ past years of life. - taken Paxil (fluoridated) drugs for a few years - started Lugols 2 years ago: up to 500mg and mostly 300mg daily. - never had any thyroid pain or swelling before using Lugols. For some unknown reason, I’ve been craving and eating Mcdonalds, eating 2 double cheeseburgers and a large coke nearly everyday for the past 3-4 months. About three weeks ago, I stopped pretty much all supplements, including my coveted ...
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I like to take the elemental iodine crystals like lozenges, let sit right under the tongue. Does not seem toxic to me. Yup Yup.   [End]
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I’m in the stinky clan too, haha. I now only shower once a week max, and even then it’s only a few minutes. I mostly just get a wet cloth and wipe my pits and crotch and call it good. Since my diet changed, more towards Weston Price, I don’t really stink much anyways.   [End]
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I was up to 850 mg of Lugols 5% daily and that was about my limit. I finally received my Trapper SSKI and started supplementing with that also. I’ve cut the Lugols to ~50mg and included 350 mg SSKI. I like this much better. My brain is clearer, mood is better and my energy is higher than with Lugols alone. I believe the SSKI with a smaller portion of elemental iodine is key...for me at least! :-) I’ve tried a gram here and there, but haven’t noticed much a difference. Definitely nothing negative, that’s for sure.   [End]
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I lived there for 18 years and just moved out west a few years ago. On top of that, I was a chronic Mt Dew drinker. Thank you curezone and iodine! Time to repair all the damage.   [End]
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Thank you! Now that I think about it, I do recall apply 5% lugols straight to my skin, wasn’t the most pleasant, so I nixed that. :-)   [End]
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Have you tried supplementing with just selenium for a while (a month or longer) before taking the iodine?   [End]
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I get my iodine from beef liver that I’ve encapsulated. I say go most natural route.   [End]
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Relief from the pain was immediate, and less than a year later: no more cysts and born a beautiful baby girl (2 officially now)! *I took lugols internally, never applied topically.   [End]
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For me yes, this was the case. 👍   [End]
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Mercy, sure glad mine and my little girls mattresses are just straight up orgo cotton and wool, none of that bull sh*t!   [End]
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Bummer   [End]
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I’m having trouble locating the document that lists the percentage of iodine each organ uses/needs. It lists things like: skin, thyroid, ovaries, etc... Any help would be great!   [End]
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Just happen to come across this. How are things going for you as if lately?   [End]
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Same question here, how many mg of k2 did this equate too? And what form of k2?   [End]
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Same with me, nothing but positive in the gram sized doses. Good to hear!   [End]
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I have been supplementing for over 4 years already, time sure does fly! My dick is still attached, hell, it may even be bigger than 4 years ago. Lol   [End]
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I’m unsure what the experts say about long term high doses, but from my own experiences, I’ve had nothing but good things come from it thus far. I think it’s been nearly 5 years for me, ranging upwards of 5-6 grams of sski and 500mg of Lugols, can’t get doses any higher than that! I did find that going over 150mg Lugols, applying magnets made things much better. My wife supplemented with Lugols while pregnant with our 1st child, she is now 3 years old and still takes Lugols/SSKI. I am not familiar with your history, but have you tried upping the dose short term just to experiment a ...
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I am sorry to hear that. Have you tested the waters with a Hannah meter, what were the results? Is it possible that maybe your unit is defective? I have no opinion on the Berkley filter, I’m just wondering why your Silvergen unit is so sensitive/no functioning with a variety of distilled waters.   [End]
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My Silvergen works every time with distilled water from my machine or Walmart brand. Target brand, not so much.   [End]
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I used upwards of 400 mg/day 5% Lugols to rid the cysts on both of my testicles. The pain permanetly subsided after ~150mg/day, but I wanted to experiment with dosages a bit. Coincidence or not, after my cysts were gone, I finally had my first little one, a beautiful little girl. It’s definitely worth a try. Hope things get figured for you.   [End]
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Thank you! :) Strange, I put one up with both girls and it’s no longer there. Let’s try this again shall we.   [End]
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She just turned 3, still supplementing her and no issues here. I alternate between 5% Lugols and 2% SSKI.   [End]
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I hear your brother. That chart is startling! Both of my girls are unvaccinated. She had water births, and they go straight to mom for milk, not even the midwife touches them.   [End]
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I experienced the same thing I believe when I started my iodine journey. I experienced a red rash of sorts (little red dots) around my eyes as I upped the dose of Lugols to around 350mg+ a day. They eventually went away after reducing the dose. After a year of supplementing, I went back up to the mega doses, but they never did return. I would have to say it was a detox of sorts.   [End]
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3% hydrogen peroxide, if used every day, will overtime whiten your teeth. I buy the 30% peroxide(I believe it is) and dilute to 3%, this works for me in regards to staining.   [End]
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If you don’t see results in regards to the bleeding gum issue from iodine mouth rinse, I would also try colloidal silver. I had success with taking several teaspoons a day of raw dehydrated bovine heart. Seems as if the gums LOVE the CoQ10 in the heart.   [End]
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Definitely keeping my eye on this post. I took IMAM and received no effects from it, good or bad.   [End]
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Arthritis, should you not be looking into gelatin/collagen (i.e. Bone broths)?   [End]
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The party is here! :) But I usually don’t have much to say unless someone asks me a direct question.   [End]
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Didn’t taste any different from the stuff I make or Trappers.   [End]
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My experiences are positive, and I am also not concerned about the fluoride content. I feel the positives out weigh any of the ”negatives”. I love the stuff. I have gallons of it brewing at one time all the time. I personally let it brew for at least 2 weeks and sometimes up to 30 days at around 23-24 Celsius. I then do a second ferment with ginger or some kind of fruit for a few more days.   [End]
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Fermented cabbage with vinegar? I’ve only done it with sea salt and the juices released from the cabbage itself. I rip through it so fast tho, it never has time to go bad. :)   [End]
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I am just a lurker now, as all of my health issues have been corrected, many by curezone itself. *Joy*! Soooo with that said, my opinion, for whatever it’s worth, it’s to cut back on the elemental iodine and increase the potassium iodide (SSKI). Thyroid sure loves the stuff. Oh, and keep on going guided by how you feel. Don’t be afraid to experiment a little. I’ll be keeping an eye on this thread. Hope things get better for you. -Brandon   [End]
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Dang, that is a real bummer with the liver. :-/ I eat about the equivalent of 1.5 lbs of fresh liver a week, and the same goes for heart. These two give me a ton of energy and I feel like a champ. I eat much smaller amounts of the other organs. Just got me some cow brains, dehydrating as we speak. :) I have yet to try putting SSKI on my face or into a cream. I am a old school with my moisturizer, I use good ole grass-fed beef tallow. I have though mixed in some 5% Lugols into my tallow balm for cuts and scrapes, but haven’t used it on my face.   [End]
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Are you eating a good source of liver, as in pastured/grass fed and preferably A2 genetics? I cheat a bit and dehydrate the raw liver at low temp, grind it up and just scoop it into some raw milk. Maybe that method will help you out? Ya never know! I have mason jars full of every organ meat/offal possible, so I just scoop and drink. :) As for your questions, please never hesitate to ask! :) After I stopped the large intake of elemental I2, the skin issues did go away, so I did attribute it to the higher amounts of elemental. I feel 2% SSKI is definetly the way to go. Very easy o ...
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With all the sardines and beef liver I eat, I should be golden in regards to selenium. :)   [End]
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”Could I ask how many mg of iodine you are on now, and what co-supplements? ... and if it’s OK to ask, how many mg your partner takes during pregnancy? I think you are a high doser from what I have read in your messages before. I am currently on 150mg iodoral and 300mg SSKI today.” Right now I take 1 dropper full (which I believe is a gram) of SSKI 2% nearly everyday, I just have to remember to do it. :) I do not take any of the co-supplements, besides the occasional selenium pill, simply because I have so much of it around. I strive for getting my nutrients from foods, and in thi ...
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Is there an update on this?   [End]
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