Cure Hashimotos with Iodine

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Saw this post on the Iodine forum :Re: Cure hashimotos?

Hello - I just picked up my bloodwork and my antibodies have gone down. I

started iodine (4 drops) in Nov of 08 - started naturethroid at the same

time.

I developed a racing heartbeat and quit the naturethroid to work on the

adrenals, kept up with the iodine (Lugols, with companion supps).

Worked up to 75 mg for a few months and then went down to 62 mg, I guess

maybe 6

months at 62 mg. I have been taking adrenal support, and the companion supps

also.

Labs from 6 months ago:

Chol/HDL ratio 3.7 s/b <4.5

TSH 6.87 (.45-4.5 mU/L)

T4 Free 1.1 (.8-1.7 ng/dL)

T3 Free 2.9 (2.0-4.8 pg/mL)

TPO-Ab 413 (<35 IU/mL)

Current Labs:

Chol/HDL ratio 3.2 (ranges same as above)

TSH 8.7

T4 Free 1.1

T3 Free 2.8

TPO-AB 285

T3 Reverse 22 (11-32 ng/dL) - 1st time with this test

So my antibodies went from 413 to 285 in 6 months, but my TSH went up to

8.7 (I

have not been taking any thyroid meds for about a year now). My Free's are low,

but I'm still making the hormones, just not enough right? (my free's should be

higher) - that's how I understand it.

I feel ok - just fatigued, and probably would feel better with the thyroid meds.

My next step is to get rid of gluten, but since the iodine is working on

the

antibodies, maybe I should just wait and see what happens in the next 6

months??? I've always had a little voice in my head telling me to leave the

bread alone. I think I will try it for 6 months and just see how I feel -

and

how the blood work comes out.

The ND was concerned about my low iron - 45 (35-175) and low calcium 8.6

L

(8.7-10.4). She wasn't sure what would cause both of these to be low - so now

I've added iron and calcium to my supps. Maybe the low iron is causing the

fatigue (which I have been thinking is because of the sluggish thyroid?).

So cure? no, but better, yes

Hope that helps - B.