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mango1
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I understand that the detox symptoms are, for many people on here, easier to deal with if you start with higher doses of iodine. I was hoping to hear from some of you about your stories with doing that. Were your detox symptoms bad but were over with faster? Or just milder in general? How long did it take before you started feeling good?
I started with 1 drop of 2% lugols, was fine, increased to 3 drops over about a month, and at 3 drops started seeing detox symptoms. Abdominal pain/bloating, some big detox cysts, and feeling kinda tired. It wasn't too bad really, but I went back down to 1 drop/day, as this was before I'd been to this site so I didn't know about the higher doses thing. Now I'm thinking about raising my dose, but I just was interested in hearing some of your stories about it first either slowly or quickly and what worked for you.
Thanks muchly :))
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- Re: What's your experience starting ... Nymue
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This is a reply to # 2,071,520
Hi Mango. I started supplementing iodine last year at way too high of a dose. I was using 5% Lugol's and started with 2 drops/day. I felt pretty good on that, and over the course of the next week I quickly increased to 8 drops a day. This did NOT agree with me! I put on a lot of bloat, was breaking out, and had really bad bromaderma from the bromine detox. I stopped taking iodine until the side effects subsided. I also started taking N-A-C to help with the bromaderma, which it did. When I started taking iodine again, it was to the tune of an eighth of a drop daily, increasing every week by .1. So I would put 1 drop into 8 ounces of water and drink an ounce a day. The following week I would increase to drinking 2 ounces, etc. It took a really long time to increase my dose this way, but I didn't have any side effects and I felt GREAT! The overwhelming depression that I'd been battling for months disappeared and I had energy and felt content. It felt like such an achievement when I made it to 1 whole drop! I worked my way up in this manner again until I made it to 2 drops, and I stayed there for awhile. But then I tried being bolder, and now I can increase by a drop a week. At this point, I'm currently taking 87.5 mgs/day. I bought a bottle of 50 mg Iodoral and am also using the drops, because it's easier at this high of a dose.
I'm still feeling good and I'm hoping to knock out some bothersome health issues. I think I have a candida overgrowth (it's so frustrating not knowing for sure!) and possibly a parasite. I just did a 4 day stool collection test for that, so I'll find out soon enough!
So that's my iodine story. Starting high didn't work for me, I had to go slow and steady, but eventually was able to increase my dose pretty rapidly. I was really toxic with bromine. I still get a few pimples every time I increase my dose, but you know what's great for treating pimples topically? Iodine! I use a really small makeup brush to apply it just to the pimple, because it dries the skin out, and you don't want to dry out the surrounding skin. But it works like a charm, even for those occasional deep cysts.
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- Re: What's your experience starting ... trapper/kcmo
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This is a reply to # 2,071,743that was way too LOW of a dose. you have given a perfect example of what doesnt have to be by taking at least 100mg of Lugols to start. that would be 16 drops of 5%, all at once, per day. THEN adjust the dose upward.
- Re: What's your experience starting ... HappyRaptor
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This is a reply to # 2,071,757Trapper, I've read a lot of your posts, and I truly don't understand why you insist that your experience should be everyone's experience. You are so abusive to those of us who can't take Iodine the way you do. It's sad, and I'm sure it scares people off of this forum.
- Re: What's your experience starting ... trapper/kcmo
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This is a reply to # 2,071,857baloney. its not my experience. i never had a problem with detox to begin with. i have trodden ooh soo carefully these last few years, paying very close attention to everything everybody says, learning much and being sure of what i have learned by doing it. i now speak boldly for a damn good reason - i am right. i have no evidence against what i say. bring some and i will gladly look at it. all anybody says to me who does what i say is thanks, you were right.
i am also not abusive. i dont coddle people because thats how i want to be treated - in a frank and open and honest manner.
people get sick all for the same reason - they did it themselves. if they dont change their thinking and their ways, well, the proverbs say it best:
Proverbs 26:11
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
now. you can like it. or you can lump it. with an attitude like yours, i dont care, except i hope you stick around and learn what we have.
- Re: What's your experience starting ... trapper/kcmo
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- Re: What's your experience starting ... HappyRaptor
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- Re: What's your experience starting ... trapper/kcmo
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- Re: What's your experience starting ... trapper/kcmo
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This is a reply to # 2,071,520people who i have given SSKI to and said take ten drops a day(300mg) havent blinked an eye. people who have preconceptions and misconceptions about Iodine and try a little bit and feel funny or get a zit freak out.
i would give anyone under any circumstance KI by the gram. even children(adjusted for weight, of course). all would benefit.- Re: What's your experience starting ... Ginagirl
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This is a reply to # 2,071,755Yes, my detox started when I took over 60 mg daily, and it did last for almost 3 months. I should have gone to 100-300 mg right away, but I didnt know this forum yet. I suspect it would have shortened the detox with at least 2 months, or lessened it conciderably.
Because; the last days of this detox period I got a bad flu; and I hit the 300 mark several days in a row(lugols)+ 10 grams of vit c.
This is the most I ever took of Lugols.
After the flu was over, 3-4 days; I woke up and was good, stayed that way ever since, more or less.
Now, when having SSKI at hand, I sometimes have a go at gram size :)- HIGH dosey-DOE - IS the way to GO High on Water
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This is a reply to # 2,071,768For detox and SSKI , anyway...
I saw this thread and called in my daughter - who is 16. I told her, "Come here, I want to feel your skin!"
You see, when I titrated up to 4grams a day of SSKI ONLY (NO Iodine at all), I got her ON
ONE gram of SSKI per day.
When I take my three doses per day, (45 drops three times per day for a total of 135 drops daily), SHE gets 12 drops three times daily for a total of 36 drops daily.
I knew what was coming. I mean, she's 16. She broke out all over. She was diagnosed gluten sensitive at the age of 6, and she had herpediformus dermatitus.
But we also went BACK to eating gluten for awhile, so I knew she would have bromide zits as well.
Boy howdy, did she ever.
But, she has suffered NO PAIN, and NO discomfort. She wasn't happy about the break-out, but she's out of school right now and I assured her she would get past the break outs.
Her skin IS starting to clear up now - after a week of horrible breakouts it's starting to clear up.
And quickly.
Now then, back to my second paragraph. When she came in, she was giving me that look..."You want to FEEL ME?????"
"YES. Come HERE!"
I felt her arms. And then her legs, and I started to bawl.
"OH MY GOD. YOUR SKIN IS SO SOFT!"
She said, "Yeah, it's always been soft."
"NO, Sweetie, not as soft as it SHOULD be for a girl your age. And when you'd scratch it, you had dry-skin marks, just like I did. It always bothered me, because it just shouldn't BE for one as young as you. But NOW, your skin IS soft."
Oops, cryin' again. Gotta go blow the old nose.
Yeah, the high doses won't be for forever. And when we go lower, we will titrate down s-l-o-w-l-y so our bodies will adjust and realize what we're doing.
But this summer? I predict will be our best one yet.- Re: HIGH dosey-DOE - IS the way to G... trapper/kcmo
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This is a reply to # 2,071,827people better get up to speed, stock up on Lugols and SSKI (or bulk KI) and be bold and know how to use it in the coming chemical and biological attacks, plagues, flu, etc.
the ones who do will make it through.
- Re: HIGH dosey-DOE - IS the way to G... trapper/kcmo
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- Re: What's your experience starting ... trapper/kcmo
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This is a reply to # 2,071,768many have had relief overnight. 50mg that the Iodine docs say is not enough to avoid detox. 100mg and above is where the action is.
- Re: What's your experience starting ... jim3630
11 y
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This is a reply to # 2,071,8941+ trapper.
Posted my experience starting with one or two drops of Lugol's working every few days upping the dose to then 2000mg magnetized SSKI . The worst detox for me was doses of 600mg or less. Then after another round of bromine zits for last week started 4000mg SSKI daily and zits are gone again.
Have not read of anyone taking gram doses then posting oops had to back down the dose. Read of a lot of people taking drop dosages then posted oops had to back down. People can have not only the fear of Iodine before starting the protocol but then the added negative experience from too low of a dose falsely confirms in their mind their original preconceived unfounded fear of iodine. I just got tired of counting damn drops and now count droppers.
The decision as I see it when confronted with detox symptoms do I increase or decrease the dosage? Staying on the same dose and start pulse dosing has been helpful to some and might be a long term strategy when taking effective dosages. The crux of the matter as I see it rest on do I believe Iodine is the solution to the problem.
Good health.
- Re: What's your experience starting ... Ginagirl
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This is a reply to # 2,072,087". I just got tired of counting damn drops and now count droppers."
- me too.
Done that, the only difference between 100 mg and a gram IMO, is that the gram size affect the brain; you are alert in a different way, energetic, yet calm.
while the 50- 100 mg keep you going :)
" The crux of the matter as I see it rest on do I believe Iodine is the solution to the problem."
-Of course. There are other forums at CZ that address different views on it.
I stick to the things that works, for me.
- Re: What's your experience starting ... trapper/kcmo
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This is a reply to # 2,072,087thanks for your input, jim.
fear is a large component to Iodine supplementation. this is on purpose, skull and crossbones and all. people think poison and lump it in with arsenic and cyanide.
you bring up a lot of interesting points. Iodine makes everything work better, so everyone will benefit. then the question is what benefit and to what extent? this is as individual as dna.
also, there are different levels and types of detox from taking Iodine initially. some dont notice. some get some zits and the occasional headache. some it drives literally batshit crazy. these are usually ones who have not done a lot of cleansing and who have had extraordinary exposure to bromine and fluorine, in particular fluoridated drugs such as anesthetics, Antibiotics and anti- Depression meds. these folks have a ticking time bomb in them. it takes effort and guts to remove it and achieve halogen imbalance. but if they dont do it now, they will do it later on when they are sicker and weaker and less able to handle it, especially without iodine. just knowing these things is usually not enough motivation. most people who come our way are looking for answers to current problems. short term thinking rules the day. thats why the future is not as bright as it used to be. - Re: What's your experience starting ... High on Water
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This is a reply to # 2,072,087You know, yours is a very interesting post. I think it's confirming something in me and I hope hubby will allow me to buy more SSKI soon - lololol.
Ummm, I'm on slightly more than 4 grams a day. I'm still doing the drops, but only because I want consistency.
Reason being is that I had the mother of all headaches yesterday...last night? - sinus congestion.
Anyway, I did miss one of my "doses" yesterday and I paid for it.
My body REALLY MISSED that dose! (This is why I want to STRESS in my posts that when one does high dosages like this, you want to titrate back DOWN to a lower dose for maintenance just like you titrate UP for detox and healing.)
Now, doctors do have patients with certain skin funguses (like sporotrichosis) take three to SIX grams of SSKI daily.
I DO have skin issues. And my skin's doing fantastic, and I reported my daughter's is doing fantastic as well.
But I still feel there's room for improvement.
Hmmm- Re: What's your experience starting ... jim3630
11 y
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This is a reply to # 2,072,163Thanks for the reminder about titrating down as well.
So, if we believe Iodine is the solution to the problem then whatever toxic poison it displaces which cause the detox symptoms such as bromine makes bromine the problem.
In a fire when water is thrown on steam is given off. Steam rises and oh can it cause problems with this or that. But the source of the problem remains the fire. Please excuse my analogy hope the idea comes across.
My guess is small doses of Iodine cause greater problems such as Bromine clogging excretory organs like the skin, the zits. Or kidneys, kidney pain, than gram doses is large doses saturate the body organs faster thus there is no place for Bromine to hide and cause symptoms. We just pass it out in the urine quicker.
Good health.- Your analogy was excellent! - nfm High on Water 11 y 5,159
- Re: What's your experience starting ... jim3630
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- Re: What's your experience starting ... Ginagirl
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- Re: What's your experience starting ... jim3630
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- HIGH dosey-DOE - IS the way to GO High on Water
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- Re: What's your experience starting ... nonia
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This is a reply to # 2,071,755No doubt SSKI is powerful and I want to take it again. However, after one drop a couple of years ago, I ended up in the ER because my heart almost stopped due to extremely low potassium. My search led to methylation errors that make conversion/ usage difficult for me and years of detoxing without awareness about my DNA polymorphisms injured me greatly. Slow and subtle works best
for me so I no longer tell people to "tough it out."
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