Re: iodine and the thyroid gland

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This is from " Breast Cancer & Iodine" by David Derry, MD:

"...It is not surprising that the clinicians of that day did not enquire if the patients had severe childhood difficulties to the point of being terrorized or frightened for long periods during their growing up years before the age of 12. Almost without exception, I have found patients who have a childhood history of abuse or prolonged fright of some sort react sluggishly or poorly to thyroid hormone. Many also give histories of puzzling reactions to other drugs....
...These people seem to be pharmacologically different from normal people...
....it is possible that the receptor system for thyroid hormone & other drugs may be malleable under the age of 12, and adjustments to its sensitivity to thyroid hormone and likely other hormones enable them to better survive under frightening conditions. The receptor changes are permanent, as I have found people in this category over 50. Sexually and physically abused people have had many counseling sessions which do not remove flash backs, fear and anxiety of their past, whereas thyroid medication over time seems to slowly adjust these well worn brain pathways of flashbacks, images and anxieties.
Thyroid seems to soften these images with time and the patient becomes more able to handle their past... "
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