[quote]KSman wrote:
There are a lot of unknowns sometimes that one has to work around. These issues have not been reported here before. So one needs to speculate about what may be going on. You can always stop or reduct the iodine and see what happens and the results will be informative even though they may be confusing.
Quick search for [bromides skin pimples rash] is interesting:
Iodine can cause problems, but not very often. Technically, there could be problems if the iodine solution potency was wrong and very high.
The point is that perhaps you have bromines on board and iodine is setting them loose. Don’t know how one would prove this.[/quote]
I will try lowering the dose to 2mg instead of 3.2mg. I’ll post my results in about a week.
You are stating that iodine is not increasing your body temperatures. This is not bunk, it is indicating that you may have a deeper problem. You need thyroid labs including thyroid antibodies.
Alternate explanations: [technical]
thermometer not right, verify that someone else can get 98.6 with it
[quote]KSman wrote:
You are stating that iodine is not increasing your body temperatures. This is not bunk, it is indicating that you may have a deeper problem. You need thyroid labs including thyroid antibodies.
Alternate explanations: [technical]
thermometer not right, verify that someone else can get 98.6 with it
your iodine product is not right[/quote]
My daughter is able to get to 98.6 with the same thermometers (two brand new ones)
My iodine I purchased is good as evidenced by my tsh labs I ran.
I think I might be able to get my doctor to order the labs when I go see him mid november. It would be crazy expensive to run them on my own. (my lab only runs tsh and free t4 at the moment…still validating free t3. Although they have been validating it for some time now…might not be getting it for some other reason. I work in micro most of the time and moonlight in the chemistry lab.) (:
Will these cover it? (TPOAb, TSH, T4, T3, fT3, rT3)
I’m also thinking about cutting back to 1 drop (400mcg) per day so that the iodine doesn’t skew the tests. What do you think?
Well, these are my thyroid labs. What do you think TSman. I don’t see any problem. Iodine didn’t do anything but raise my thyroid numbers…body temp didn’t move, and I got acne.
I don’t think iodine supplementation is for everyone with low body temps.
here are my thyroid labs. I don’t see any problems. I don’t think iodide supplementation is for everyone. I got acne and raised thyroid numbers and no raise in body temps.
After my experiences with iodine, TSH levels, doctors, body temperature monitoring, and antibody testing, I’ve come to realize that science dismisses pseudoscience so frequently for a reason.
[quote]C27 H40 O3 wrote:
After my experiences with iodine, TSH levels, doctors, body temperature monitoring, and antibody testing, I’ve come to realize that science dismisses pseudoscience so frequently for a reason. [/quote]
What do you mean by this?
Also, my tsh levels since the thyroid panel I did, and after full cessation of the iodine supplement…my tsh is 1.94 and free t4 is 1.00.
I mean, I don’t buy the information from “experts” like the author of Stop the Thyroid Madness etcetera ad nauseum. Taking body temperatures, and TSH levels above 2 and <4.5, and iodine deficiency, I believe aren’t typically issues to bother with.
[quote]methos0123 wrote:
here are my thyroid labs. I don’t see any problems. I don’t think iodide supplementation is for everyone. I got acne and raised thyroid numbers and no raise in body temps.
We have to suspect that rT3 and blocking fT3 and keeping body temperatures low.
So from here, rt3 leads us to comments in the thyroid basics sticky re:
stress
starvation diets
chronic inflammation/infection
adrenal fatigue
Wilson’s book
With adrenal fatigue, more T4 leads to more T4–>rT3
T4 suggests that iodine might still be lacking.
Are numbers and ranges for fT4 correct?
Did you take selenium with iodine?