Bromide Blues

Ugggh---


Whatever bromide is made up of, it's nassssteeeee. How do I know this? Because I'm in the throes of bromide detox, which sometimes happens when you start Iodine supplementation. Highlights include:

• Deep dark thoughts. Yesterday, I thought I wanted to give my dog back to the pound. For anyone who knows me, this is unthinkable cos I really love my dog.


• Creepy crawling feelings in my legs--like what I'd imagine restless leg syndrome might be.


• Ti-ti-ti-tiredness. Want to sleep much of the day.


• Strange, random pains like someone knifing me FROM THE INSIDE.

These are all in keeping with symptoms of bromide detox. Here's a list of them and some ideas for helping the symptoms:

http://www.breastcancerchoices.org/bromidedetoxsymptomsandstrategies.html

Note: this is a breast cancer site because iodine supplementation is indicated for breast cancer and fibrocystic disease.

Here's a great site explaining the need for iodine supplementation:

http://jeffreydach.com/2007/05/05/jeffreydachdrdachiodine.aspx

The symptoms are waning and I'm looking forward to being detoxed from bromide--as well as flouride and mercury asap.

Will keep you posted. In the meantime....

Think to your health.

Marie

PS I'd love to hear from fellow health trekkies. Email me.

Whoa Whoa Whoa: Slow down Iodoral

Howdy My Fellow Health Seekers---

Update: so it appears that I have a sizeable iodine deficiency, which is the likely culprit for a host of health-related issues including a multi-nodular goiter, wonky metabolism, and fatigue.

The Good News: I started taking Iodoral and feel very positive that iodine supplementation is going to help cure my multi-nodular goiter, increase my thyroid function and help with overall health.

So why, then, do I feel like ca-ca doo doo?

Ahh, the glories of detox. Bromide detox, to be exact. Turns out that iodine helps the body to flush out flouride, bromide and mercury, which is great news in the long run but not so great at the beginning.

You might be asking yourself: does this spell the end of her iodine supplmentation? Heck no, I'm just going to follow the guidelines below when taking Iodoral. They are from the http://www.breastcancerchoices.org/ webite, which is a wealth of information on iodine supplementation for both the thyroid and the breasts.

Bromide Detox in Iodine Users
Some people supplementing iodine have reported symptoms consistent with "bromism" or bromide detox as catalogued by the Department of Defense's Rand Corporation Report on the Gulf War as well as published dermatology , toxicology and psychiatry literature.

Where does all this detoxed bromide coming out our tissues come from? Please look at the evidence of the increasing bromide dominance condition in our environment and products.

Because iodine was not supplemented much before the last three years, few physicians have had a chance to look closely at the occasional symptoms which arise from iodine supplementation (still called "iodism") and raise questions.

Might the historical observation of iodism be due principally to massive amounts of stored bromine leaving the tissues and entering the bloodstream? Is it possible the apparent adverse effects of iodine are due almost exclusively due to bromide excretion, and not enough iodine-alone effects can be documented to qualify as an "ism" ?

Might the iodism phenomenon be more appropriately called "bromism"?**

For those using iodine therapeutically, these symptoms are NOT common, are usually TRANSIENT in nature and are easily usually remedied by a salt loading procedure, variations of which have been used for many years. One of the principal therapeutic actions of iodine is the removal of toxic bromide from the body, so bromide detox is necessary. The objective of orthoidiosupplementation is to promote detox while at the same time keeping symptoms at a tolerable level.

Many of the Breast Cancer Choices' Iodine Investigation Project registrants also found the following suggestions helpful if bromide detox symptoms were not tolerable.

Consult your doctor before implementing the strategies below:

Bromide Detox Strategies
1. Salt Loading.
2. Stopping iodine for 48 hours to rest the kidneys.
3. Reducing the iodine dose temporarily, then working back up.
4. Taking several grams vitamin C spread out throughout the day along with the Ioding Companion Nutrients (see website for these).
5. Drinking more water.
6. Pulse-dosing (stopping and restarting iodine therapy.)
7. According to Iodine users with skin symptoms, adding 25 mg zinc often helps.

Iodine-related bromide symptoms may include but are not be limited to:
eye lid twitching
foot twitching
tingling in hands or feet
dark thoughts (e.g., there is no reason to live)
depression (e.g., there is no reason to get out of bed)
anxiety
emotionality
mouth and tongue sores and cuts or "sore mouth"
"different" acne,"bromide acne," "acne-like eruptions" without "coniform." (Some iodine users found zinc helps bromide acne.)skin "cuts"
hair loss
brain fogleg

ETC. For more symptoms and references, check out the website.

Here's the downlow on Salt Loading:

William Shevin, MD, uses a specific protocol to clear bromide detox symptoms if they occur while taking iodine. Dr Shevin presented his Salt Loading Protocol at the February '07 Iodine conference:

1. 1/4 teaspoon salt in 1/2 cup warm water followed immediately with 12-16 oz water.
2. Repeat in 30-45 minutes X 2 until copious urination begins.
3. Observe subjective response (usually within several hours).

Be sure to ask your doctor before implementing this or any medical strategy.

I've tried this today: I halved my Iodoral dose and did the salt loading. I'm having good results so far and will keep you posted.

Very best and remember: think to your health.

Marie

P.S.
Here's a great post I found when I Googled "iodine heavy metals"

http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=68229.0;wap2