Hi everyone,
I've run into a dilemma with peri-menopause and the iodine protocol. I thought I would post it here on the peri-menopause thread due to the girly issue nature of it. If y'all think it would be good to include in the iodine thread, too.
My periods have been fairly normal for some time. I've been keeping a calendar of them and they are early or late, but normal. When I started the Iodine protocol in November, I was 2 weeks late. Within 3 days of starting the iodine, I started my period. It hasn't stopped since. There were a few days here and there when I was pulse dosing with the iodine that it would abate for a couple of days, but it always came back. It wasn't too bad, the flow was normal with a brief flooding event and I just figured it was the nature of peri-menopause. The flow progressively increased and I thought that the iodine was affecting my estrogen causing estrogen dominance, so I stopped the iodine all together on 1/3/16. My periods have gotten progressive worse since I stopped the iodine. A lot of flooding, clots. I've tried ibuprofen, naproxen sodium, chlorophyll, chasteberry, DIM and lots of primrose oil to slow it down to no avail. The primrose and DIM did work, it seemed, off and on.
I was taking selenium, boron, niacinamide, sunflower lecithin, milk thistle, ALA, NAC, minerals (no copper or iron), plus vitamin C, primrose, 1200IU vitamin E in divided doses, bromelain, magnesium and probiotics (at night). I've stopped taking everything, but vitamin C, NAC and minerals. (I've caught the head cold going around). I've also added a B vitamin multi in the past couple of weeks. I eat a lot of meat, so I haven't been worried about supplementing with iron. I have done two rounds of DMSA in the past 30 days for 2 nights of 200mg with a 5 day re-mineralizing break in between.
I am planning on making an appointment to go to the doctor. I am not sure what they can do. It could be a cyst on my ovaries. I don't think its anything else like fibroids or other physical things that might cause it. I think an MD should check, though, just to be sure. There might be an emotional component, too. In the past few days, I've gotten upset and the flooding seems to coincide with that, but it's only been in the past few days that I've noticed.
I thought to start the iodine again since menstruation was occurring, but it was much better than it is now. That thought crossed my mind when I was doing full EE last night. I've thought to dose myself with a high amount of progesterone cream as recommended in a couple of my menopause books, but everything I've done since to make things worse, not better. Other than seeing a doctor, not sure what else I can do. Any suggestions?
I've run into a dilemma with peri-menopause and the iodine protocol. I thought I would post it here on the peri-menopause thread due to the girly issue nature of it. If y'all think it would be good to include in the iodine thread, too.
My periods have been fairly normal for some time. I've been keeping a calendar of them and they are early or late, but normal. When I started the Iodine protocol in November, I was 2 weeks late. Within 3 days of starting the iodine, I started my period. It hasn't stopped since. There were a few days here and there when I was pulse dosing with the iodine that it would abate for a couple of days, but it always came back. It wasn't too bad, the flow was normal with a brief flooding event and I just figured it was the nature of peri-menopause. The flow progressively increased and I thought that the iodine was affecting my estrogen causing estrogen dominance, so I stopped the iodine all together on 1/3/16. My periods have gotten progressive worse since I stopped the iodine. A lot of flooding, clots. I've tried ibuprofen, naproxen sodium, chlorophyll, chasteberry, DIM and lots of primrose oil to slow it down to no avail. The primrose and DIM did work, it seemed, off and on.
I was taking selenium, boron, niacinamide, sunflower lecithin, milk thistle, ALA, NAC, minerals (no copper or iron), plus vitamin C, primrose, 1200IU vitamin E in divided doses, bromelain, magnesium and probiotics (at night). I've stopped taking everything, but vitamin C, NAC and minerals. (I've caught the head cold going around). I've also added a B vitamin multi in the past couple of weeks. I eat a lot of meat, so I haven't been worried about supplementing with iron. I have done two rounds of DMSA in the past 30 days for 2 nights of 200mg with a 5 day re-mineralizing break in between.
I am planning on making an appointment to go to the doctor. I am not sure what they can do. It could be a cyst on my ovaries. I don't think its anything else like fibroids or other physical things that might cause it. I think an MD should check, though, just to be sure. There might be an emotional component, too. In the past few days, I've gotten upset and the flooding seems to coincide with that, but it's only been in the past few days that I've noticed.
I thought to start the iodine again since menstruation was occurring, but it was much better than it is now. That thought crossed my mind when I was doing full EE last night. I've thought to dose myself with a high amount of progesterone cream as recommended in a couple of my menopause books, but everything I've done since to make things worse, not better. Other than seeing a doctor, not sure what else I can do. Any suggestions?
