"I have heard that iodine supplementation is generally not recommended for hashimotos thyroiditis patients (which is usually diagnosed with a thyroid antibody test).

Linda, have you asked your doctor about trying Armour thyroid? No thyroid medications contain iodine, but Armour thyroid (and the other "natural" thyroid medications) do contain a lot of thyroid hormones and other thyroid products that synthetic meds like levoxyl and cytomel don't.

If your doctor won't prescribe Armour, you might want to try a natural thyroid supplement like Thyromine, or a similar thyroid "glandular" from a health food store. That may provide your system with enough extra thyroid support to start helping your remaining symptoms!"

I have been on Armour for two years (I refused to take the synthetic forms) with 3-6 month blood tests. I have not experienced an improvement in my energy, weight, puffy face, etc. Last test showed my T3 to be too high and I was experiencing rapid heart symptoms. My Armour dose was reduced to half. I'm still not where I want to be.

The iodine skin test shows me that I have a serious deficiency. It's gone in less than four hours - no trace!
I recently bought some Lugol's and started the 2 drops 3x's daily routine two days ago.

I'm willing to give this a try since all the money spent on lab work, doctor's visits, and prescription medication have me in the same condition before I was diagnosed with Hashimoto.

Is it possible this diagnoses frightens the patient into submitting to the thyroid replacement therapy recommended exclusively by the pharmaceutical corporations? Hashimoto sounds so much more serious than iodine deficiency.