Hmmm...panic, edema in both legs...

Kidney stuff?


http://www.sacredlotus.com/diagnosis/tongue/index.cfm

you have some kind of imbalance. maybe you have a bug? i dont think we are meant to be 100% all the time.

backing off may help reset. when i tried to fast with iodine, it drove me nuts. i think i started detoxing way too fast.

Is perio-menopause a possibility? I have just recently entered into the Wonderful World of Menopause, and have experienced moderate anxiety attacks, edema, fatigue, night sweats and the famous Crying at the Drop of a Hat. Thank god I don't get the Lifetime Channel...

Just went to the doctor for a hormone panel. Told her about Iodine supplementing, expecting some sort of rebuke, but got none. She was aware of breastcancerchoices.org, and the renewed interest in iodine. Cool lady.

At any rate, these symptoms come and go. I have good days and bad days, I thought they would be consistent, but they aren't. So could that be a possibility?? I am only 45, but had a hysterectomy about 10 years ago and only have one ovary, and she is very tired now.

How much potassium in form of chloride are you taking?

Is your blood pressure lower than usual? This could be from the potassium.

Do you notice changes in your beathing, like it is harder? That too can come from too much potassium.

As well as anxiety.

I took a potassium supplement once and got low blood pressure, trouble breathing and panicky. It was a powder I got online and I dont know if the company was not reputable and maybe I tok more than I thought, but it was a little scary.

If I were you, I would stop the potassium chloride and use more sodium chloride and see if that wont turn things around.

If so, maybe you could mix the two to do your salt pushes?

Plese keep up posted. I hope you feel better soon!!!

OXOX Monica

I had some of the same symptoms and I was doing a lot of painting of the house, walls, ceilings, etc..and at night I would get swollen and stiff with what seemed like edema, I couldn't tell if I was hyrdrated and not releasing urine (I pee often..so can't be that) or if I was dehydrated and needed to retain more of the fluids I was taking in. Too much salt (I get hungry for my moist grey celtic Sea Salt sometimes) or too little and should I do the salt pushes?

I think it's my kidney's on overdrive, trying hard to detox, and the exercise in painting, going up and down ladders, etc..helped to get lymph system going, and so more toxins are being released so burden is on kidney's. I think the salt protocol as recommended is what I should do in that case. I don't know why eating the celtic Sea Salt on popcorn or veggies wouldn't work..but I'm going to try the salt protocol next time this happens to me.

It didn't freak me out about taking the Iodine, since I understand detox periods, or periods of adjustments are going to ebb and flow for more than a few years with me..I didn't discover this stuff (raw foods, green juices, parasite and colon cleanses, apple cider vinegar, Iodine) until I was 50 after all.

Prism

I'll adress the emotional aspect, I'm getting quite experienced there...

You are IN TUNE with your body and your mind. You are seeing the emotional changes, recognizing that your mind-state is not rational or based in reality....when I say "reality", I'm talking about the reality that exists in interpersonal relationships, the reality that allows for other worldviews, others' experiences, others' emotions. A SHARED reality(if there is such a thing).

The reasons for your emotionality ARE, however based in a reality. They're based in the reality that is your inner life. Everything that you have reacted to, everything that you have experienced, all of the un-justness you've suffered....and not processed properly.

I hope that this doesn't sound like gobbledygook. I am no psychoanalyst...

body/mind. All one. Toxic body/toxic mind.

Detox body = zits, colored pee, aches, pains, constipation, diarrhea ad nauseum...

Detox mind = depression, paranoia, emotionality, panic, fear ad nauseum....

You know I just went through this, BIG time. It was really helpful, to me, to really examine my life and lay it all out.

It's easier for us to understand the physical aspect of dis-ease. It's REAL. it's VISIBLE.

These changes are part of the healing process. At least you are in-tune with your emotional state and recognize that these thoughts/feelings are not "right". I can't say that the same has been true of me....and I don't think I'm *done*. Next time, though, I will make myself a nest of fallen leaves, curl up and hide.


Dolls, you're one of the most generous around. We are blessed to have you here. You are beautiful in your bravery, your joy and your sadness. This is you, the wounded healer:


http://www.crystalinks.com/woundedhealer2.html


"It is the person who has gone through suffering, sometimes great, and as a result of that process has become a source of great wisdom, healing power and inspiration for others. In fact, the archetypal wounded healer undergoes a transformation as a result of their wound, their suffering and pain. They can actually transcend it, and successfully lead themselves to a path of service. It is as if the wound itself helps you drive yourself to an inner journey that becomes the transformation itself. One strips away the selfish, ego-based feeling of being all alone in our wound and expands to see others and how if one chooses a different role, one can help."

you are not alone...

You might be washing out your electrolytes with all that water you are drinking. It may be a good idea to add at least! the recomended dosage of good Sea Salt to your water that you are drinking. I believe the watercure says at least 1/4 tspn to each quart. I usually double that at least to replace the electrolytes, which is what I've found works best for me.

Not dead yet, feeling much better.....

I tried selenium around midnight - within an hour the headache was worse. Nausea, not a happy camper. Settled down a bit, could not sleep. Tried some bicarb in water.. belched and headache got worse again. I decided to just drink water... managed to doze and get up to pee over and over. Headache still bad, edema still bad. Tried aspirin at 7 a.m. and then had breakfast - cup of coffee included. Forced myself to go for a walk and actually got myself to climb some hills and sweat. Then I decided I would stop the iodine, pushes and all for a bit.. give my body a chance to finish throwing off this dragon detox... so I stopped at the health food store and got stuff to make juices for the next day or so.. and I got a craving. I bought some raw milk and a piece of carrot cake with wicked frosting. I walked home and sweated some more carrying lots of heavy apples for juice.
When I had the glass of raw milk (around noon) my headache vanished. I kid you not - gone in minutes. I ate some of the cream cheese frosting after a while, after the headache was gone - which was all I really wanted. And I felt better and better... I have been sitting here catching up on email and business and being dazzled by how great it is to NOT have a headache and feel awful. I am so grateful, I feel giddy. Something in the milk did it.. the raw enzymes, the fats - I don't know. Maybe whatever is leaving moved on closer to the exit... I don't know. I just know I am relieved and resting and going to take a breather from Iodine and all the supplements. I am going to do the juices for a few days, might even see if I feel well enough for a Liver Flush and more juices. My intuition is telling me this was a healing crisis, not an illness. Something brought on by all the good stuff I am giving my body.. not by anything bad.
I have been having salt on my food, not holding back in that area. I had a negative reaction to the salt push at first.. but within four or five days the body got used to it. With the potassium chloride I used 1/2 teaspoon once or twice a day, could stop for a day and then start again with no seeming trouble.
I suspect that the edema was my body protecting me from whatever was on the way out and as uncomfortable as it was.. it is subsiding and I am almost, not quite, cheerful. When I want to get back to work I will know I am all better.

Thank you so much for hearing me. Not scoffing, making light of or dismissing this. In the dark night it helped enormously to come here and let you in on this and hear the voices coming back at me. Enormously. And to come here now and read all of the new posts - like Wombat's feedback just to mention one example - on top of the support I felt last night. Well, it is deeply felt and much appreciated.

This healing journey is multi layered. Staying the course when the path seems to bend upon itself or get lost in the mist... man, that is tough! But, the mist clears, the path shows itself. And I find clarity to chose the next step.