Lets debate my case :) please ... (sorry its ass long... )

Hi !


I wanna share my thoughts on Iodine after taking it for about 2 years.....

all started actually in October 2012...as i went plantbased (whole foods) ... first few months even gluten free....

After only 5-6 months i started to have cycle related boob pain. Also my TSH started to rise... but i didnt pay attention yet. since our labs ranges are from 0, something to 4,5 or something ike that. At this time my TSH was 2. something.... didnt worry....

Kept on having my TSH checked and kept on having boob pain 5-10 days before my period. At some point it was so bad that my boobs were 1 cup bigger before period. :(

End of 2013 my TSH was up to 3,6 ... before going plantbased it was about 1,3-1,8 and i never had boob pain before my period.

So i did a lot of research. And figured i could only be Iodine deficient. Since iw as avoiding salt as well (and if used...it was not iodized) and i wasnt consuming any seaweed etc.

Plantbased diets are known to make women excrete 2-3 x more estrogen (due to fiber content of the diet i believe and it absorbing the "back flow" OF ESTROGENS from the liver ??? intot he intestines...) something like that...

So i was pretty sure it cant be estrogen dominance (what usually causes pre menstrual boob pain)....

I started Iodine end of 2013... my TSH being 3,6.... i was scared of high dosages as most who havent done hours of reading informations.... so i started with 12,5 mg first... all co supplements....

my boob pain only ever went away after taking 100mg for 1-2 months...which i (if i remember right) did in april or may 2014 ... as my boob pain was as its worst actually.... then i was pain free for a few months....

and euphoric.... which made me lower my dosage to 12,5 mg in summer 2014 .... since i thought ... " boob pain gone... iodine storages filled... time to lower dosage"...

also my TSH at this time was about 1,9 !!!! yay... btw my TSH never rose after starting iodine. Instead it gradually decreased from blood check to blood check.

unfortunately my boob pain came back in September or something.... being on 12,5 mg...

so yea... i upped my dosage again... from there on i used Lugols Solution from J crows. Before that i was using Iodoral (so pricy )....

Some time this year i purchased Iodide crystals and made my own solution with that.

And then my problems started.

I dunno if it was the Iodide itself not working for me (needing the iodine ????) or the crystals itself being weird... (though being approved my trapper here)... or dunno what else...
i might ve also taken less vitamin C at this point and less b2 / b3. No idea if that was the problem.

SO.... since a few months i m having BOOB PAIN again... only ever before my period. I ve never had boob pain before my ovulation.

I didnt have my TSH checked the last 5 months. But i m sure it went up agaain as well.

Another thing is.... that since a few months my skin really cleared up. I m not sure if it has to do with taking less iodine or with the fact that i took some ket med shampoo stuff, chlorella well and an Acne cream ( epiduo ) ..

a pic of my forehead ... but my temples, nose, chin, hairline (neck) back and decollete pretty much looked the same...

https://instagram.com/p/8dj7ggMiwy/?taken-by=stephyplantbased

Might be coincidence...

THOUGH... now the thing

since 1-2 weeks i take iodoral again. But only 12,5 mg.
On top of that i take norwayan KELP powder. (since 3 weekrs or so ) Worth 4-5 mg iodine daily.

and BOOM i have a huge pimple on my chin. I swear i didnt have that since MONTHS.....

it might be just a coincidence... BUT well who knows.

Now some ppl on the support Forum said it might be that case that ijust need 100mg and not less to overpower other hallides .... and that i shouldnt worry coz excess iodine will just be peed out anyways.


For quite a while i didnt worry...

but some sources say one only needs 12,5 mg one sufficiency reached (btw i did a loading test which came out 96% excretion).

other sources say japanes ppl actually only consume 1-3 mg per day and not 12,5 mg ...

other sources say one at least needs 50 mg in this toxic world.

So yea... dunno what to do right now...

if my boobs keep hurting on 12,5 mg daily and 4-5 mg iodine from kelp i prolly have no choice but going back to 100mg Lugols daily.


Whats ur lots thoughts ?????

(doubt anyone read this far....haha)


oh i forgot something.... did so much research ....

one sources said... iodine depleted breast tissue reacts far worse on estrogen (even if estrogen levels r low) and that causes breastpain.

I wonder though how fast breast tissue can become iodine deficient again after being on 100mg for over a year.

I also did an hormonal test in 2014 and it turned out low in estradiol and on the higher side of the range for progesterone. Usually cycle related boob pain comes along with elevated estrogen levels.

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