newbie here/want to learn

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I am a 47 year old female. I suffer from a number of symptoms

including chronic fatigue, very weak, autoimmune thyroiditis, many

hypothyroid symptoms, fibroid tumors, very high estrogen levels,

ovarian cysts and a multinodular goiter. I am also very overweight

despite a very low food intake. This weight increase creeped up on

me in the last three years. I have read Dr. Brownstein's book and

identified with much of what he talks about re: iodine deficiency. I

have ordered Iodoral and waiting to receive it. I ordered 12.5 mgs.

tablets. I cannot get an iodine loading test, but tonight I did the

iodine skin test and put a 2 inch patch of liquid iodine on my inner

arm. I am waiting to see how long it takes to disappear and

hopefully diagnose myself that way. I am wondering the best dose to

start at, how to increase and how often.

I must say that in looking back, I suspect my iodine deficiency began

when I stopped eating all seafood 4 years ago, and switched to only

sea salt that says " this salt does not contain iodine " . I don't eat

any sea vegetables. I would never have imagined an iodine deficiency

as being a root cause of my troubles, or at least a big contributing

factor, until I read the book and looked back at my history. I am

looking for all the support I can get, have read the files and links.

Thanks very much

in Boston