Ginagirl
"I have read and understand that increasing goiter can happen to start with - can anyone tell me how long to persevere"
-we cant give you an exact time for this; that depends on how long you had the goiter, your diet, load of toxins etc.
It took me a year to be in charge of a hypo T situation, I would at least give it that length of time with a goiter.
Read up at the forum, education to self help is what we can offer.
Make sure you have the right form of magnesium,selenium; up the amount of vit C!!, multivitamins does not cover the needs of the
Iodine protocol IMO; they frequently contain at least one nasty ingredient or wrong ratio of something.
To go up or down with iodine; an everending question at this forum. Several options; I would jumpstart with 100 mg. You can also chose to read up Grizz` info of titrating up from nothing to 50 mg, slowly.
Pulse dosing is also an option :)