It's normal for your thyroid to enlarge when you start supplementing. It makes itself bigger to drink in as much Iodine as it can. It goes back down. The whole right side of my face swelled up down into my shoulder a few weeks ago when I started on Trapper's Iodine with magnets. I looked like I had one-sided mumps! Fever, sweating, but it was just knocking out some infection leftover in there. It went away in a week.

As long as you're taking the companions, and in this case especially the selenium, all should resolve itself. An enlargement of the thyroid means that the thyroid is trying to mop up as much Iodine as it can. It means it has been very deficient and is quite desperate to get some. It only does this when it has had enough selenium and when it's save to do so. So, give the thyroid the Iodine it wants, I'd say.

It will take some time for things to settle. Think months, years. When you're really Iodine deficient, and you are seeing that your thyroid enlarges to get enough of it, it takes a lot of time to get fully saturated. Your whole body will be deficient. The thyroid will get the first iodine, since thyroid hormone is vital for survival. When the thyroid has had its fill, the other organs will get their chance.

Then, when the iodine comes in, processes need to be rebuilt. In the absence of iodine, processes will fail, one after the other. The body will start up emergency processes, that are not as efficient, but will keep you alive. For instance: you will start using other processes to create ATP, the energy packets, these emergency processes will create only little ATP, leaving you fatigued.

But this takes time. You will no be feeling better within the month, that's just too soon.

Your loose BM, other detox reactions, those will be your lot for the time to come. At some point these will lessen and your BM will become solid again, the zits will fade, etc..

Whenever the detox gets too much, stop the iodine for a day and do salt pushes to get rid of the toxins.

I wouldn't go on a low carb diet. I did once, and I lost a lot of weight on it, but it did nothing for my health.

Food wise, I would focus on what the body needs and adjust my food accordingly. I wouldn't (and do not) concentrate on what to leave out, but on what to put in. Most diets forget the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K2 (MK4). K2 also helps the liver to detox.

I think there is more going on here.
DM Girl,
Whenever I hear of loose bowels & gut issues, I immediately think of Wheat. Modern wheat has a devastating impact on the intestines, and wreaks havoc on our immune system. Poop seeps through the bowels into the blood stream & drives the immune system crazy, read the book, Wheat Belly by Dr. Davis & visit his website here:
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This means giving up all forms of wheat: cereals, bread, donuts, bagels, cookies, cakes, pancakes, breaded meats. Once the intestines have been compromised, you can never eat wheat again.

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Grizz

Anxiety, panic disorders are part of the hypo T picture. And hyper.
Could also be a touch of bi polar, have a search on lithium supplementation. To balance yourself out.

Too mixed what you have done lately; new low carb diet, "potent" probiotics, anti candida, lowered the iodine; difficult to know whats causing what.

I would start over, quit everything for 3-4 days, maybe a week. Then add the Iodine protocol only for a month. And a little lithium orotate if the picture fit.
The first year of Iodine I frequently tried to cover everything in one go. When I got symptoms I couldnt figure out what was causing them, so I started over; one protocol at the time. Neutralized myself; then I saw the picture much clearer.

Well I have a similar story, but first of all, it sounds like you should stop the pro biotics right away as it doesnt seems to be the Iodine that's causing this, but rather the probiotics.

Whenever I have probitics I get super sick, sinus infections, bronchitis/huge chest infection, and just feeling like S#*T. Some call it die off, i dont think die off could cause such a strong reaction. Just recently i started taking acv, and bang, same reaction. My tongue is white more so now than before, Im coughing, have infected mucous coming out in hoards, and my throat hurts and is slightly swollen. Basically I feel pretty crummy the past couple days.

I too had a swollen neck last month, but like kashima said, it sounds like your body/thyroid is just absorbing a lot, and it takes some getting used to. I was taking between 200-400 mgs of selenium, and that seemed to help. It went away after about a week.

Ive stopped acv for now, and will be trying very minimal doses when i restart again in a few weeks. Also I heard probiotic pearls are the best for probiotics, but for now I suggest just following your protocol without probiotics, and try borax as Ginagirl is suggesting. I will be trying borax in the new year. Just giving the Iodine some time to show me these improvements, before I add something new.

I wouldn't worry about the swollen neck. I had the same issue when starting with iodine. Don't know if its best to keep supplementing or to take a break. Personally I took two weeks break from Iodine and the swelling went away in about 7-10 days.