Were you taking the companion supplements, particularly selenium, when you were taking iodine?

Thinning hair can be a sign of hypothyroid, not usually associated with hyperthyroid, but your other problems sound more like a lack of magnesium.

I have been on Iodine supplementation + companion supps for about 7 months now and have not experienced any problems like yours, but everyone is different, so you may have something else going on.

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I have had hair loss but not from io therapy, I don't use it internally, and I am sure it is highly unusual from painting a minimal dose three times a week. However, hairloss is typically related to hypo as someone pointed out. Here is the thing, my hair went through phases of falling out and filling back in for many years prior to io use, regardless of my io intake, it didn't seem to matter one way or another. I always related it to an infection of some sort and when it would clear my hair would stop falling out. However, after all these years now even when infection free (sinuses, ears, bronchial etc) I continue to lose abnormal amounts of hair and am at a point it's not filling back in. I had an antithyroid test in june and it is positive, thus I think the reason for the hair falling out. So it is quite possible you have something going on but not necessarily related to the use of io. I think though with that said, you should suspend the use until you know better what it is you are dealing with, or at least paint it on rather than ingest.

The only positive thing I can say is most people don't notice my hair loss because I had quite a bit of it but I certainly notice and feel bald! It's no fun to lose hair so I wish you the best and maybe you will find after stopping it that it fills back in. Mine was not that simple, io or not I still lose my locks.

all of the excess Iodine is out the urine in 24 hours.

most people in this situation have found they need more iodine, not less. i always suggest 8-16 drops of lugols. the Iodine docs start people out with 8 drops.

3 drops a day is just enough to stir things up and produce what you describe.