Re: prism, help please

I was put on synthroid for goiter and hypothyroidism just after I gave birth to my first son at age 22. I've found out since then it could have been induced by the pregnancy and may have gone away on its own, and it would certainly have been healed with iodine. I believe now that I never needed the thyroid meds.

The goiter was swollen, not too large (look at some gruesome pictures of ones, and you'll see they can get really large)and was mulit-nodule with none really very large or cancerous.

I was eventually put on 4 grains of synthroid, and when I tried going off of them after about 6 months, I gained 25 lbs. and lost some hair very quickly..which would of course scare the heck out of a 22 year old girl. So I went back on them and never went off of them again, for 31 years..although I asked about how to get off of them. I never cared for taking them, mostly because it didn't feel right, and I never got cured of the goiter or the hypothyroidism. But whenever I moved and had a new Dr. they would all start prescribing their own amounts..and I'd gain weight here, and there, and get hyper here and there..and it would be just a mess most of them time.

I finally learned to let them know I'd come in once a year for blood work (no more every 3 months) if they would prescribe a year for me at 3 month amount intervals. So, that worked the best..until I found this site, and this forum.

The Iodine just worked fast for me..I can't say why..but by then like I said, I'd been doing other healthy things and my body was just at a good place to accept the Iodine without much detoxing.

If I had it to do over, I'd go off the thyroid meds, let the initial weight gain happen and hair loss while I went on the Lugol's iodine. But I didn't have that info. although I got close once about 28 years ago, when I bought some books my Adele David that speaks about iodine, and painting it on to help with hypothyroidism..but it didn't really register with me but lots of her other info. was put to use.

Oh, I take Lugol's everyday, mixed with water. I take between 6-10 drops a day..mostly I feel like 8 drops. I also take V-C, multi-mineral, and super V-B complex. I don't do the salt loading except once, but might add it if I feel I need it. My hypothyroidism symptoms are pretty much gone, and the goiter is down in size and hardly noticable.

Hope this helps a little bit.

Prism