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WARNING! Guys, please be careful! Not for all thyroid problems iodine is a solution, you can cause more charm. I have a Hashimoto but my blood results including TSH, T4 and T3 and the rest are ALL normal except TGAB. If you have the same type of auto immune disease iodine WILL harm your thyroid! Initially taking the supplement the person has more energy, but they then crash and feel worse… This is because iodine given to a subset of people with Hashimoto’s can flare up the attack on the thyroid gland. Iodine needs to be processed by the thyroid gland, and when the thyroid is inflamed, the processing of iodine will likely produce more inflammation. You give an angry and overwhelmed organ more work to do, and you’ll likely see it become even angrier!
A person may feel more energetic when first starting an iodine supplement, but lab tests will reveal that their “new energy” is coming from the destruction of thyroid tissue which dumps thyroid hormone into the circulation, and reports will show now abnormally elevated TSH, elevated thyroid antibodies, and in some cases, low levels of active thyroid hormones. This is why I don’t generally recommend iodine supplements to people with Hashimoto’s. I don’t believe that the short-term artificial boost in energy is worth destroying your thyroid gland! So do your research PLEASE!
February 2020 · Health and Household