iodine supplementation and fibrocystic breasts?

[moneca]

Anyone see improvement in their breast fibrocysts after beginning iodine supplementation?

I took 50 mg for about 4 months a couple years ago and never saw any difference in low basal am temps, cold extrems, hypotension, or breast fibrocysts. This fall I read in an Adelle Davis book that without adequate vit E the thyroid will hemorrage and scar making it incapable of absorbing iodine, regardless of the amount ingested. I began a natural E and immed. my basal am temp increased two degrees to normal range. I also had 3 days of headaches, lethargy, and peeling soles of the feet (for about a month) which I took to indicate halide detox.
I still haven't any improvement in the size of my cysts after 3 months of this. I do take food source C 2 hours away from the iodine since C can alter the iodine portion to iodide. I also take my mag several hours away so as not to compete for absorbtion. I've decreased my raw dairy intake since ca competes with iodine for absorbtion.

[425lisamarie]

This is timely. My mom has always had fibroid cysts in her breasts and sometimes they get huge. Her doc always told her caffeine makes them worse, but she never saw a difference with no caffeine. I wish someone had an answer for you so I could have my mom look in to it too!

[krankedyann]

It took me about 3-4 months after detox symptoms stopped to see improvement. I'm going on memory- it might have been longer.

[moneca]

Kerry Ann,
I know everyone is different because we all carry different toxin loads. Did you take the 50mg and how long did you stay at this dose before you saw the detox symptoms vanish? How long did you take the increased dose of iodine all together? Did your breast cysts completely vanish and did you see other improvements at the same time they cysts began to diminish in size.

Thanks - that is very helpful to know that the cysts did not improve until the detox symptoms went away. Makes me wonder if a good portion of the halides have to be removed before the iodine can be absorbed and benefit the breast cells. Brownstein just reports cases in his book where even severe cysts improved after a couple months on 50mg iodine. I wish he would have added cases that took much longer to show symptom improvement.

[tanyalynn]

Moneca, I've read about a salt flush to reduce halogen levels. Maybe that would speed things up? And as an aside, thank you for bringing up iodine, it's time for me to start supplementing but I doubt I would've thought of it if it weren't for a few posts of yours. :

[krankedyann]

Originally Posted by moneca

Kerry Ann,
I know everyone is different because we all carry different toxin loads. Did you take the 50mg and how long did you stay at this dose before you saw the detox symptoms vanish? How long did you take the increased dose of iodine all together? Did your breast cysts completely vanish and did you see other improvements at the same time they cysts began to diminish in size.

I took 2 drops a day, divided dose. I was on that dose.... I want to say two months before I can say that I was over the detox, but it's kinda hard to judge because I was doing multiple things during that time, and you can't always tell where it's coming from, you know? Also, I am very mercury toxic, and it was playing with that as well. I went through a lot of benefits and worsenings at the same time (stirring up the mercury not realizing it from another supplement), but I was also on a LOT of supplements and dealing with other issues, so I can't really say what improvements were just from the iodine.

They are completely gone. I take a maintenance dose- 2-3 drops a week. I haven't tried to go off of it yet to see what happens and if they come back. At this point I've improved so much that I'm not willing to risk a relapse just yet.

[moneca]

Tanya,
Did the salt flush for a while, but it didn't make a big difference. I only had three days of headaches and lethargy. Peeling feet only lasted about a month.
The only way I know I'm still detoxing is that the skin on my forehead is more wrinkled than usual (has a visable improvement after each of my food source C doses during the day), palms are sweaty again, and a couple other minor detox symptoms that had been gone before I started iodine/E. All these symptoms have been gradually diminishing during the past couple weeks.
You and I seem to be on the same paths.

[moneca]

Kerry Ann,
So you were only taking two drops per day which is the equiv. of 12.5mg? It took roughly 6 months at this dosage to start seeing a decrease in your cysts? Hmmm, I really wonder what is going on with my body now since I've been taking 50mg for 3 months and 12.5 per day for over a year before that. Maybe just way more halides to detox than you had on board.
You're CF aren't you? So calcium competing for absorption with iodine wouldn't probably be an issue for you. Hmmm

[tanyalynn]

Originally Posted by moneca

You and I seem to be on the same paths.

And I've been stalking, following you around for more and more good ideas! And I've never been disappointed.

[krankedyann]

It's possible. I wasn't consuming many things with chlorine/bromide in the two years before I did it, so I'm assuming my burden was fairly low when I started. In my case, I think it was an absence of iodine, not an out-competing by the stronger halides, if that makes sense.

[moneca]

Originally Posted by krankedyann

It's possible. I wasn't consuming many things with chlorine/bromide in the two years before I did it, so I'm assuming my burden was fairly low when I started. In my case, I think it was an absence of iodine, not an out-competing by the stronger halides, if that makes sense.

Thanks - you've given me some things to consider. I haven't been consuming any bromide/chlorine/flouride for over 3 years now, but I seem to be very good at storing all kinds of toxins.

[pampered_mom]

There's a video from Dr. Brownstein where he talks about fibrocystic breasts and iodine. It's only about 12 minutes which is an extra bonus!

[moneca]

Originally Posted by pampered_mom

There's a video from Dr. Brownstein where he talks about fibrocystic breasts and iodine. It's only about 12 minutes which is an extra bonus!

Thanks - I watched all his videos a couple years ago, but it was good to refresh. Again, his example was of a woman with such severe FBD that she was contemplating a mastectomy. At 50mg I per day her breast anatomy was normal within two months. My FBD has always been extremely mild. Something else is going on with me if I'm not seeing improvement by this point. I just have to figure it out.

[moneca]

Originally Posted by TanyaLopez

And I've been stalking, following you around for more and more good ideas! And I've never been disappointed.

Me and all my experimentation!

[pampered_mom]

Originally Posted by moneca

Thanks - I watched all his videos a couple years ago, but it was good to refresh. Again, his example was of a woman with such severe FBD that she was contemplating a mastectomy. At 50mg I per day her breast anatomy was normal within two months. My FBD has always been extremely mild. Something else is going on with me if I'm not seeing improvement by this point. I just have to figure it out.

Have you checked to see if someone like Dr. Brownstein would do a phone consultation? Maybe he's seen others who've had the same experience? How about the Breast Cancer Choices website? It's been awhile since I've been there, but maybe they might be able to point you in another direction (since that's where that video is posted)?

[moneca]

Originally Posted by pampered_mom

Have you checked to see if someone like Dr. Brownstein would do a phone consultation? Maybe he's seen others who've had the same experience? How about the Breast Cancer Choices website? It's been awhile since I've been there, but maybe they might be able to point you in another direction (since that's where that video is posted)?

Dr. Brownstein and Dr. Abraham don't do consultations. Dr. Flechas actually gives a free consultation after you have an iodine loading test and spot test. My parent have done both of these with the consults. I've been thinking about it, but can't spend the money right now. I used to work in an orthopedic OR and I usually didn't wear a thyroid protector. I was thinking about this today and realized this could be part of my issue becuase you use x-ray a lot in the ortho rooms. I need to research the effect of radiation on the thyroid.

[pampered_mom]

One last possible resource that came to me while I was in the shower this morning (lol)...did you try posting your issue to the Iodine Yahoo group? I don't know as it will help, but figured it might be worth a try.

[moneca]

Thanks. I did post on the iodine group at cure zone to see if anyone came with and idea, but didn't get much. I'll just keep trying to figure out why I'm responding so slowly to the iodine.