Re: Dr. Janet Lang on Iodine & Thyroid Health

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I see Dr. Lang's associate Dr. Doris Kuntz-Compton! :-)

Thanks for posting this.

I think I am finally understanding what's happening to me!

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> First, some history so you will understand the subject title above.

> About five years ago I found myself experiencing panic attacks, severe

> headaches, inability to sleep, depressionand feeling like I was

> absolutely going crazy! When I visited my doctor he noticed that mytemp

> was low. He checked my thyroid and said it was out of whack but that he

> wouldn'ttreat me for it. Time went by and finally I ended up in

> hospital psych ward for one week, wasplaced on a low dose of

> anti-depressants and sent home. I hated how those pills made mefeel so

> I got off of them. I researched the net on my condition. I got off of

> wheat, soy, sugar,etc. and got unto healthy, non-cooked food as much as

> possible. That included raw milk & eggs daily and plenty of greens.

> Time went by and improvements were made. But theheadaches & depression

> remained. About a year ago my N.D. took me off ALL suppsand said clear

> your body and let us get a fresh start. Then he wanted me to go on

> iodine,50 mgs daily. I told him I would but in my heart I knew I

> wouldn't since what I wanted todo was to get well " naturally. " To me

> that meant just through diet. Well, I tried...and itdidn't work. Two

> weeks ago in the morning while meditating I asked " source " (others would

> say god), " what is it I'm missing for good health? " Believe it or NOT,

> but the word " iodine " came into my consciousness. I forgot it and headed

> out to the local coffee shop.I met a friend of mine who was a retired

> doctor and psychotherapist. As we were sippingour coffee he said " out

> of the blue, " " my god, let me tell you how wonderful I have been

> feeling! " He had been on IODINE! He said his TSH had gone through the

> roof but he wasfeeling fine!!! (NOTE: in the video link I shall

> provide further down, this woman talksabout high TSH. She makes good

> points!) Anyway, I went home and began a course of iodine therapy, 50

> mgs. Two days later I had a blood draw for a thyroid panel. It came

> backout of whack but not major. In the first week I experienced some

> nasty detox symptomsbut he told me to follow Dr. Brownsteins protocol of

> salt-loading. It has worked miracles. My depression has all but walked

> out the door, my hands & feet are warmer and my morningtemp finally hit

> 97.6, the highest I've ever seen! It was always down around the low

> 96's.My doctor told me that at the top of the list of things to do was

> in this order: 1) get plenty ofrest. Sleep when tired...eat when

> hungry. I go to bed when the sun goes down...literally andget up around

> 4:30/5:00. 2) I take the Iodine, 3) When I awake during the night,

> say around 12 to 2, I drink a glass of water with 1/2 tsp of Celtic Sea

> Salt. I drink a 2nd glassduring the day, sometime in the p.m., 4) I

> make sure I eat 1 Brazil Nut daily. It contains ahigh amount of

> selenium which is needed.

> I meditate daily, listen to calming music, exercise, read uplifting

> books. I do what I must inorder to bring peace, joy and order to my

> life. No one else is going to do it for me. I am getting to know me

> and learning to speak the truth, first with myself and then with

> others.We wear lots of masks I'm afraid and they don't do us any good.

> Ah yes, " Dr. Janet Lang. " I was doing more research yesterday and came

> across this womandoctor. She was at the Weston Price Institute speaking

> and I saw a 10 minute video clip ofher. I was impressed and followed

> her links to her site and downloaded the mp3 on hertalk. Who she is

> talking to is professional people, doctors, etc. But she gives a lot of

> goodadvice. She talked about folks having high TSH's and what that

> meant. She said that whenit is high, if a person is feeling good in

> spite of it, then not to worry for in time it will comedown on its own

> accord. But, if your feeling " BAD, " then that means something else.

> Thedownload is $12 and after I listened to it I felt it was worth the

> info. So here is that link:

> Dr Janet Lang on Iodine and Thyroid Health

> <http://www.cheeseslave.com/2008/12/02/wise-traditions-videos-dr-janet-l\

> ang-on-iodine-thyroid-health/>

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> I see that I've babbled on way to much. Let me know how you might see

> what I've saiddifferently.

> Grendahl

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