well, that is a good question.

the MSDS seems conflicting to me.

http://www.esciencelabs.com/files/chatcher/Iodine%20Potassium%20Iodide.pdf


it says the LD50 for rats is 14 grams per kilogram. then it goes on to say the lowest lethal dose (for humans or rats?) is 28mg per kilo. that would be not quite three grams for me! i have a very hard time believing that.using the Lethal Dose in 50% of the participants in a rat study, that would be about one and a quarter kilos of KI.

i put what i estimated was about 100grams in a hot bath once and i got too much Iodine and a huge forehead headache.

there was also a story i dont know where about an accidental poisoning involving a man who took a bottle from a womans fridge and it was SSKI and he drank a large amount of it. somehow the number of 60grams estimated ingested, but i couldnt swear to it.[edit: he survived, though he got extremely uncomfortable]

the most i have heard of old doctors prescribing was 10 grams.

all of life is at your own risk and so is everything we talk about.

I'm on 5 grams a day. Lower dosages just don't do it for me. I return to hypo under 5 grams.

I guess/hope that as long as you titrate up slowly and listen to your body, you could go higher. Just add a little bit every week or so?

But it could also be that the SSKI doesn't get absorbed very well. Do you take B2 500mg and B3 500mg? They help build the NIS (iodine symporters) that get the Iodine into the cells. B2 and B3 made a big difference for me in the beginning. Now it doesn't anymore, I guess that's because my NIS's are back?

Maybe your and my digestion system aren't very good yet, and a lot of the SSKI gets wasted.

I have diarrhea a lot too. Not watery, but definitely not solid. Maybe that't because of the high SSKI ? What helps is ACV (=apple cider vinegar with the mother), ACV is good for your intestinal flora as well. Also turmeric will thicken the stool, and is very healthy besides, it helps with inflammation.

Do you use enough selenium? And do you make sure you get enough protein? Your thyroid needs both to work well. You can get hyperthyroidism because of lack of tyrosine. Also because of lack of selenium.

Rapid heartbeat can be caused by hyperthyroidism and by lack of magnesium. If you're having diarrhea, it will be very hard to get enough magnesium into you. Magnesium will thin the stool. And the diarrhea will flush magnesium out of your system. Try to find the magnesium that your digestive tract tolerates best. For me, that's a chelated form: glycinate or lysinate. You could also take baths with Epsom Salt or magnesium chloride. Or use magnesium chloride dissolved in water (=magnesium oil) on your skin.

Inability to gain weight might be because of the diarrhea and hyperthyroidism.

It's a difficult puzzle.