Thank you for sharing your details on how you did the DMSA cycle as I am gettting ready to begin with DMSA too.Menrva said:
An update from my side. Been on the iodine protocol since Dec. 1. For the last 5+weeks, I have been on about 6 drops of Lugol (4.4%, which due to drop size amount to about 7,4mg per drop makes it a total of roughly 45mg elemental iodine/iodide). Have added all the co-factors which includes:
1 tsp of salt (divided into morning & late afternoon)
1tsp of chlorella (before breakfast)
200mcg Selenium
1 pill of B complex 100
100mg B2
500mg B3
3mg boron
1 zinc
1 D3 pill
1 milk thistle pill
1 Krill pill
1 pill of wild garlic
After breakfast I have the Lugol and SSKI and 20 Cilantro drops, followed a few hour later by 3-6gr of Vit C. In the evening before bed, about 500mg Magnesium Citrate, 250mg of Potassium Gluconate (not the best way for potassium but it is what I have at the moment) 3mg Boron, and have added for the last couple of weeks a probiotic and melatonin.
In the last 4 weeks I have added SSKI (supersaturated potassium iodide). Though the bottle says that 1 drop contains 50mg of KI based on 15 drops per ml, there is in my estimate only about half or a third in a drop as the droplets are tiny compared to the Lugol dropper, which the company have tested and found to contain 15 drops per ml. I take between 5-10 drops along with the Lugol.
Before starting the protocol I did FIR saunas 2-3 times a week since September due to back problems and I have continued to do the FIR sauna about twice a week to aid the detoxification.
The physical detox symptoms have been minor as mentioned earlier such as minor fleeting headaches, a rash that cleared up within a few days using betadine (Povidone-iodine). I have in the past also used betadine with success for fungal growth between toes, small fungal attacks, cuts etc. Very useful to have at home!
One evening a couple of weeks ago, a sore throat developed and before going to bed I gargled with a couple of drops of Lugol in water and next morning it was gone.
Emotions: There were after about 3 weeks of Lugol some confusion, a lot of irritation and emotional instability that stirred with periods of despair and gloom, which showed itself as a lot of self-destructive anger, lack of patience mainly with myself etc. Since now 5 weeks this appears to have disappeared. There is a lot more internal emotional calmness, patience and ability to take a step back when stress situations appear to arise. A number of situations have arisen that would in the past have fed the negative cycle of negative emotions, but there is no interest in going there. It is as having been lifted out of the groove of the old record player and a new record is being played or ideally created.
There has been an immense change in dream activity from day one on Lugol. Instead of just being aware that dreaming happened, I have now much more access to them and the content.
I also find myself singing more
The other day I weighted myself for the first time in half a year and I had put on 6kg, which for me is an achievement, as it has been difficult for me to put weight on. This has also been one of the reasons why I have been more on the paleodiet than keto diet, meaning that I found that some carbs seemed to be good for me and keeping my weight from dropping. Whether the putting on of weight is due to iodine, detox or what I hesitate to say, but it could well be a combination of factors.
The night before last, I had a dream where Joe in a gentle way suggested that I shared more emotional content on the forum. It was my intent anyway to post yesterday, but it was a nice reminder. As it is, I got sick an hour after having taken the usual supplements, Lugol and SSKI, vomited and had to lie down for a couple of hours (luckily I was not working yesterday). No appetite the rest of that day and a little bit off center. My right knee that had started having a bit of arthritis, which had then gone away with boron, suddenly played up again and was quite wonky going up stairs (today it is better again). Instead of going swimming, I took a FIR sauna and sweated more than usual. By 7:30pm, I was back to normal again with some appetite. Today I lowered the SSKI to just 3 drops (~75mg) but kept the Lugol at 6 drops.
There are a couple more body related things, that appears to have cleared up, but I will wait a little to observe if that is really true before posting about it.
I intend to start with DMSA in a couple of weeks time, when I have the time and will be at home as the next week is looking a bit hectic. Like Dugdeep, I also had flouride given at school as an experiment that the dentists were doing
, and additionally had 15+ amalgam fillings which I got removed 18 years ago. One last amalgam filling which the other dentists said was too hard to get to, was removed by a dentist a couple of years ago. So I do think there will be HM to chelate, even if I at the time had homeopathic drops for the mercury.
I'm taking some days off until I feel better and will return to no more than 4 drops daily 5days a week.
