Iodine

My naturopath prescribed a supplement with iodine in it for my thyroid. However after I took it I saw it has 8000 % DV in it! I only took half a dose and did not react well, did not sleep, had typical poor detox symptoms the next day which happens when I intake something (food or otherwise) that doesn't agree with me.

Does anyone else have problems detoxing iodine? She said most people tolerate it and it's specially recommended for treatment resistant hypothyroidism but darn, 8000% of recommended dose is insane. Pretty mad she set me back a day in treatment to be honest, since I feel like all I do is go one step forward one step backward and she seemed like she knew what she was doing. This supplement wasn't cheap either.

You can test iodine need by painting a patch of lugos brown iodine on you-can goggle it.

jb1994 said...
All I know is iodine and me do not seem to mix.

Since there's a lot of variance between 0% and 8,000%, how about trying something at a smaller dose that you can they slowly titrate up?

This one has 100% of the Daily Value, per capsule:

https://www.naturalhealthyconcepts.com/kelp-selenium-iodine-ef90.html

Or, if you're able, maybe try eating seaweed like Kelp, Wakame, or Nori. There's also Dulse Flakes that can be sprinkled on various foods.

But, otherwise, there are certainly many available supplements that have reasonable levels of iodine. Just consider that supplements usually follow a bell-shaped curve -- you can have too little and too much.

I tried kelp liquid iodine a few years ago. I felt nothing - might have been a good thing.

It was only 150mcg per serving of 4 drops.

I stopped, did nothing good or bad to me at these low amounts.