Hello!


Interesting questions. I hope someone wise answers.


I am taking Iodine since october 2013. After about half a year of 50-100mg my problems (premenstrual) fibrocystic breasts. And my TSH levels were fine again.

So i thought i must br sufficient by now. I ve reduced down to 12,5 mg (big mistake) coz after a few months my TSH was back to 3,9 (before it was down to 1,9) and my boobs did hurt again.

Upped the dosage again to 100mg Lugols .Took me 2-3 months to be boob-painless again. And TSH is also dropping again.

This month though my boobs did hurt again 7-9 days before my period hmmmmmm


I guess this sufficiency thing has not much to do with it all somehow. Ppl get sufficient with 12,5 mg in half a year or 1 year. But obviously 12,5 mg would ve taken years for me to be without boob pain problems.


i guess it depends in how many hallides we r exposed to. How good we use Iodine etc.

But i hope someone can answer these questions more clearly.

If you lowered your intake of Iodine right after you maybe were saturated, then yes, it will drop like a stone because it means that that day you only just reach sufficiency. So cells (or maybe even just the thyroid) had enough only that particular day. Cells keep using it to catch up, so your Iodine levels will drop fast. Your cells might be detoxing things like bromide or heavy metals.

It will take some time (sometimes more than two years and in my case even longer) to get saturated (absorption problems, NIS problems, bromide overload, etc...)

Besides, you pee any excess Iodine out practically the same day you take it.