"No protocol can be perfect for everyone and each person must find their comfort zone."

-I agree with paraboy.

But; we have the protocol / suggestions as a starting point.
It took me 3 years before I could take 600 mg of magnesium.
For some 200 mcg of selenium is perfect, but for me, in a low selenium area I took 6-800 mcg for a year. I am now on a maintenance of 200 mcg.

It would have been so easy if we could say take this for 2 years and you will be fine, but I am afraid it doesnt work that way.

So, this post is for those a little into iodine, who want guidance one step up. All self experienced or observed in others, real life.

What I do with a new case, I advice them to start lower than the protocol, then titrate upwards. This counts for both Iodine and the companions.
If their bowels get to loose; it is usually the magnesium or vit C. If constipated; (often comes with hypo T) the magnesium dose needs to be higher.
But; if magnesium fail to work, it may be that the uptake isnt up to par. Vit B is needed for that. And boron. Now we are talking complicated.

When I started this journey I was all on my own, and yes it was complicated. But listening to your body is a skill that can be learned!! One need training in this,too, if to get good at it.

I couldnt take more than 200 mg of magnesium, at most, before diarrhea would occur. And it didnt work for cramping or nothing really. I did extended searches, but to keep this short I realized that my digestion still wasnt good, and to utilize magnesium it needs to work. I realized I needed to start taking vit B again as a supplement, as the be pollen, herbs and other superfood that I took wasnt enough.
(I didnt take vit B for a couple of years due to a severe reaction on them, palpatations ++)
The vit B soon worked on my digestion,(it increases the stomach acidity together with zinc, + is involved in almost all enzyme reactions )

-best of all; tummy pains disappeared within a week! Then one poster here, Andy, told me to titrate the magnesium very slowly up to the wanted level. I changed the brand of magnesium, one that is easily digested.
I also took digestive enzymes and betaine HCL to obtain an optimal digestion.

How did my body tell me that it got the needed magnesium?

-crampings like eye-tics, that I have had for 20 years ceased to exist, hiccups that I used to have weekly is now closer to a yearly happening ! I experienced my first ever pain free period a year ago. Now 1 out of 3 periods is pain free.
20 years of insomnia also is under control.
General body pain is gone too, but this is an iodine/hypo T thing too. Of course the whole protocol has helped, but this happened after the magnesium puzzle. There is many elements involved of course, this is kept as simple as possible.

Vitamin C; it is relatively easy to know if your need more or less. Titrate up to loose bowels, then reduce until you havent.
How did I find out I needed vit C ( ascorbic acid, or magnesium ascorbate is my preferred form) Again I realized in the middle of my Iodine detox that I needed more, as I got recurrent infections, something I didnt have 2 years or so before, when I took 1-3 grams daily. I fell for the myth that ascorbic acid isnt the real vit C, so I took amla, acerola, superfood of all kinds, in addition to 10 units of fruits, greens and berrries daily. Problem was that it wasnt enough to keep infections away. And I took loads, if anyone wonder!

I now know that as soon as I get a little sore throat or flu like feeling (this is generally a feeling of something is up, no energy, low temperature etc, body ache etc.)
- I need to up the vit C, loads! This is what vit c-producing animals do. I also up the iodine, to get the temperature up, in situations like this.
I do the same thing with my kids; vit c and b, iodine, sometimes CF usually stop any infection in its starting pit. If taken early enough.

One thing I have observed is that frequent urination (in children or adults) is a sign of magnesium and boron deficiency. As soon as my 15 year old has to get up at night to pee, I know he is short; well he knows it too, learning by doing (this used to be a big problem for him)

I have had the pleasure to cure this in a couple of friends; found out by drinking beer with them :-) From having to go to the loo all the time (every half hour or so) they got to my level which was 2 hours at least, just by supplementing magnesium, vit B and borax.

What one also need to consider when it comes to vit C and magnesium, are one`s stress level. Now when I have a hard-working / high stress level phase, I up these two to twice as much as usual. I forgot this last year and it was a big mistake. This year I seem to tolerate this stress level better.

How do I know the Iodine level (vs selenium) is ok for me?
Simply; body temperature, energy level, brain function. After I started supplementing gold leafs in May, I needed to reduce iodine, as I went from warm to hot!! my hands was burning, my body uncomfortably hot,too! Now when I am out of gold, my iodine is up to maintenance level again.
My body speaks to me all the time; everyones body do.
We are simply not told this fact, or dont understand its language :)
Like if your body wants chocholate, we are told to resist this, as chocholate is "bad" -in this way, we learn to not trust our body. Very simple explained as this post is long enough already.Yes it is:-)

Hi Grizz and Everyone,
I'd like to know if anyone has had problems taking all their vitamins (supplements, co-factors, antioxidants etc) within 1/2 hour of taking iodine? This would include the B-vitamins, selenium, etc. I don't want the oxidizing effect of Iodine to cancel out (neutralize) the antioxidants or vice-versa. Any thoughts on that? I read it's best to take Vitamin C apart from Iodine for that purpose. .... What about other antioxidants too? Thanks!