How do you supplement iodine and should you

Seems like there's lots of different iodine, nascent iodine, lugol's iodine providine iodine and iodine from seaweed and kelp potassium iodide and on and on.
You read all of these thyroid suggestions and there's always a tug of war debate iodine will exacerbate graves disease or hashimoto's and then others say it balances out those diseases with the addition of selenium etc. I feel like this is an extremely convoluted intentionally topic because I was reading the thyroid medication is the second most prescribed medication in the United States..... To me that translates into nearly impossible to get a legitimate helpful answer on Google.
What has been you all's experience? I think I tried iodine several years ago and it ramped up my immune system to the point I thought it was autoimmune and it freaked me out so I haven't touched it since. Thanks

there is a reasonable article here that is properly referenced

https://examine.com/supplements/iodine/

"The adequate intake of iodine (AI) tends to be in the low 100s to high 200s when measured in micrograms when looking at all age groups."

i noticed there that it has a mild IL-6 suppressing effect - which would be very welcome for most lyme patients as its the inflammatory cytokine most associated with disrupted sleep in lyme

however - there are plenty of MD who prescribe iodine in the form of iodine drops or potassium iodide drops - many times over this range for the long term though

eg Dr Tietlebaum ( CFS/FM specialist ) prescribed 6 drops a day ( Lugol's 5% i think but would need to check ) for all his patients - with or without Hashimoto's as far as I recall

see also my Morgellons thread for its interesting use as a systemic anti-microbial
it seems potassium iodide has been used in doses of several grams a day for a month or so in cases of systemic fungal infections and even more than that for malaria in the past.

I currently take a drop per day of something called "nascent iodine" which is around 400micrograms or 266% of the RDA without any adverse effects.

Lugols comes in different concentrations usually 5% or 15% ( sometimes others too) but both of these are way stronger than this product

I would like to try more - but am a little wary due to having Hashimoto's

Lots of thyroid advice on you tube that is WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are just repeating someone elses wrong information.

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If someone has just regular low thyroid but not Hashi - then iodine is fine. But if your tested iodine level are good, why take it?

I would not take iodine is someone has Hashimoto elevated autoimmune antibodies, TPO or TgAb.

I blood tested iodine and im fine naturally. Low iodine does NOT cause Hashimto in North America anymore. Unless you farm all your food in low iodine soil and eat nothing else.

Best thing for Hashimoto is to go 100% glutan free. At least try it for 3-4 months.

90% will not help. I totally eliminated one very high antibody, the other is still up there. And after 20 years my thy med need has finally stopped increasing a few years ago after GF. A ten year old thyroid nodule also dissolved. Glutan creates enough inflammation in some people that it can create tumors/nodules..

My blood iodine levels were a little high, so I'll be stopping the iodine for now.

High iodine can be dangerous. I heard of a lady who was advised to take iodine and ended up at hospital (or doctor). They thought someone may have tried to poison her, but it was only what her doctor had advised.

Low thyroid symptom list is huge since it affects the whole body really not a whole lot different than these these infections. Aches and pains insomnia depression anxiety no daytime energy digestive issues they all overlap which is why everybody Who thinks they have a tic type of infection or some type of fatigue syndrome etc. should get thyroid testing.