I'd been wondering after reading of your "oops" with the iodine. That was quite a jump all at once, I had wondered if you had continued with high dosages.
Where do you get the 5%? I found the 2% at the bloodroot place on the internet, which was what I got.

I have been on Lugols for 14 months. I worked my way up to 8 drops the first week. Newport told me that people with long term chronic mucous afflictions sometimes need 150 mgs daily for six months to clear out their lungs. I've had "asthma" since high school, have learned the cause of my asthma was hookworms, Ascaris to be specific. I say that because I shat a wad of worms nearly as big as my fist that looked exactly like the classic photos of ascaris, so that is what it had to be. I got them out with CLEAR. I've gotten more out with a lot of other things, but the mother load came out with Clear.

So anyways, it depends on what ails you and how long you've been sick. Let your body guide you. I made 150 mgs my goal. That is about 24 drops per day. It felt like I was going to lose my mind at 10 drops twice per day. The anxiety was horrible. Also got a bad headache. I took some herbs to assist with the chelation of heavy metals and toxic chemicals and made major progress. I pulsed upwards over the course of a year.

If you are young and aren't very ill, and your immune system is strong, you may only need 8 drops per day for two months and then 3 drops per week. If you have herpes, hep c, hpv, systemic candida, non specific vaginitis, asthma since high school (ascaris) and pinworms since gradeschool, like me, you may need to take 250 drops per day for six months. I will let you know if it kills me. Don't do what I do. If a blond leads, everybody falls in a ditch.