Hello everybody, firstly a Great Thank you for this priceless thread!
Time to add my testimony, sorry for the delay, procastination again and again, and fear of being noisy as always...
Having followed this thread from the beginning, then skipped to the "autoimmune disease/antibiotic protocol" which had scared me, my old anti-doctor and anti-medicine program, fear of people in white coats since boyhood, etc.
Mid November we, my wife and I, finally decided to jump on the bandwagon of iodine, for many reasons among which our age (52), the fact that being on a very low-carb diet, paleo and mostly keto since March 2011, we've enjoyed many great improvements (kids and close friends too) obviously not enough.
Ordered the Dr Brownstein's book online, carefully read it and the whole thread twice too, acquired the necessary co-factors since our critical financial situation has been cleared, at last.
Waiting for the Lugol, we began with the tincture, I had some for the pets, poultry and cattle. Just some drops in a glass of water just after the bacon and eggs breakfast routine, and then, surprise, I discovered that I loved that taste, and actually crave for it, it became my morning pleasure, my wife just likes it while I could drink it all day long, put some in the tea, cook with it, use it as a seasoning everywhere, of course not possible nor recomended!
Then I found the Lugol 5% in an old pharmacy, the old women was so pleased to prepare it to me, it's been years that nobody asked for, it's a remedy of another time she said sadly, she asked no question while I've been in several other stores where they looked at me strangely or required a prescription or simply refused raising eyebrows or demanded 30€ for 10cl at 1% waiting several weeks, a real assault course! So I've got it for 6€ 30cl at 5%! She even wrote me the recipe, if I've ordered a liter sure she would have prepared it to me with pleasure, at last still some gentle people. Well a good sign for a good start!
We began on November 21th, having several droppers and noting that the drops can be so different, we choosed the little one, so I cannot rely on the 6.35mg/drop and didn't find any solution to that problem in the thread.
Anyway decided to try 14 drops, my wife 7, in one take, because we don't have lunch, only a light dinner. The first week we've split into two doses, making the first nights almost "white"!
Now today, as advised here, teaspoon of salt in warm water as soon as get up, one hour later Lugol after breakfast, with the co-factors (Selenium, Niacin, Niacinamide, B complex, ALA, NAC, L-Tyrosine etc) 5 days a week, stop 2 days.
Minerals before bed, Glycine with tea 3 times and VitC in the afternoon, salt again in the evening.
Salt is like a torture I must say, the mere thought of it makes me feel nauseous, so I don't mix with water anymore, just the teaspoon of dry salt straight in the mouth then 2 glasses of warm water.. ugh..
Now the symptoms :
-First weeks,
even first days with tincture, a huge increase of energy, just me, my wife felt very fine physically anyway, like back in our thirties, so we found the will, time and energy to finally clear our piece of forest which still was cluttered by dead and uprooted trees following heavy snow fall of the last winter, we accomplished that task in 5 days, 10 hours a day. Mental clarity at his best, reciting poems by memory and/or improvising discourse in alexandrine, really new for me, we had a lot of fun, well these optimal state of mind and body, the enthusiasm didn't last more than 10 days...unfortunately.
-Weeks 2 to 5
On the 11th day, I woke up with a hellish headache in the occipital zone which knocked me out, I couldn't remain upright more than one minute, hardly had to cancel some appointments by telephone. It's very uncommon for me to suffer from headaches except when too much cigarettes, moreover we smoke a bit less now. It stopped suddendly in the middle of the afternoon, I didn't even think of drinking salt or vitC to find some relief, my brain being so much foggy, I did it afterwards. So we began to stop 2 days a week. My wife had at the same time slight headaches but almost every morning. But we endure this easely, so glad to detox at last.
Then during the same period I had an acne flare-up on my cheeks under the eyes, it lasts today, important itches and rashes on my back as soon as I lie to sleep.
No flu symptoms at all, no mucus, no cough, we usually catch flu once every 2 years. Before low carb diet I had hay fever 3/4 times a year with my nose as a fountain during 4/5 days very exhausting, not anymore.
Diarreha in the middle of the morning almost every day which I feel it's a good sign of detox, not painful at all, even quite pleasant.
- Weeks 6 till today
In sum Depression, Depression, Depression, truly, madly, deeply...
Around Christmas time, old programs and old patterns, many of you have described thoroughly this state, no need to dwell on this...It's always there but less frequent, maybe two periods a week, but it remains too much, this is in fact the most terrible part of the detox, well "he who learns must suffer..."
Another huge headache for me again 2 weeks ago, slight headache 2 hours a day in always different zones, good signs, smelly urine twice a week for both, my wife had flickering eyes, not me, epsom salt in bath has improved things, some painful joints for both of us (new)
We decided to lower the doses, 7 for me, 5 for my wife. We also did the muscle testing for the doses of Lugol and each co-factors, double blind but didn't rely on the results.
Dreams : from the very beginning, not every night, crazy vivid dreams with a very good and clear memory of them, yes as many have said, same timelines with odd people, and different timelines or spaces with family and friends, so strange and so real, a lot to ponder about, fortunately for some of them it somewhat relieves the worst depression episodes.
I began today the DMSA because I still have a dozen of amalgams, maybe more, since several years after tens of telephone calls never found a dentist who wants to remove them, I've just found two who practice in Tunisia three times cheaper than in France, I could afford it now but time is the problem, it could be achieved in 10 days, no choice.
We would like to thank again, Laura, the research crew and of course all of those who shared here their experiment, without you we certainly didn't dare to follow this Path
