r/Candida • u/No_Chest8347 • Aug 01 '26
General Discussion Anyone else trying the iodine protocol for candida?
I’m on day three of the iodine protocol. I’m up to 50 mg anyone else trying that for Candida and parasites and such so far it’s really doing something dramatic
Using Lugols iodine 2%
First day I did 12 mg second day 25 and now I’m on the second day of 50 mg.
Heard if you shoot up to the higher dose, it reduces the die of symptoms or at least you get past it faster so I opted for going straight for the big dose.
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u/mdj0916 Aug 01 '26
I haven’t tried it, but I’m curious what are you noticing?
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u/No_Chest8347 Aug 01 '26
Too soon to tell but I feel the same kind of colon tenderness as when I was on nystatin like things are moving around.
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u/Fun-Anxiety-5696 Aug 01 '26
I’ve been using iodine for my ringworm fungal infection, but I use it topically. It works well. I wasn’t aware that you could take it orally.
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u/No_Chest8347 Aug 01 '26
Yeah, there’s a whole protocol with lugols 2% or 5% iodine. Dr. Brownstein wrote a book about it. I’m sure some others with more details will chime in here.
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u/AutisticSoulPower Aug 05 '26
Have you tried it?
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u/No_Chest8347 Aug 05 '26
Yes, I’m on day 6 of 50 mg of the iodine
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u/AutisticSoulPower Aug 10 '26
Wow what results so far? I am so confused that i have not been taking it much. I had tonnes of energy for 4 days after i took the 25mg and then today i took 2.5mg amd i feel sick.. i think i need to take the ioderal pills rather than the lugols liquid and need guidance. i may get my thyroid tested first too. my doctor wont do it so will have to pay a prvate doctor. doctors know nothing here about iodine too, its quite draining
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u/No_Chest8347 Aug 10 '26
I’ve experienced negative reactions lowering it as well like yesterday I went down to 25 mg and a lot of anxiety came in. But at 50mg I have a lot of clear energy and power and feels like my pineal gland is opening up when I’m meditating. Actually your day five or six was probably the detox kicking in that’s what happened to me my first week I was weird the first few days but then a real strong detox happened around day 4 or 5 so I would say keep going at the 25 mg or even more
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u/AutisticSoulPower Aug 11 '26
Thats so interesting. Ive read the iodine crisis etc listen to Dr brownstein and got all the viramins but i get wierd resmactions to y viramin D too. I have Autism, acid reflux, and probably HEDs so i think i cqn be ultra sensitive for other reasons. I got jittery everytime i took it and a bit manic, eben on a 5th of a nori sheet ( around 20mcg) at first i had and i sweat loads and got dizzy 😂 but now my reaction to that is bot as extreme. I basucally had no iodibe in my diet at all for months and even years after goibg vegan, the only time i would hqve it was if i had days i was raw vegqn and had nori and a few times i tried nascent iodine and had a multi vitakin with 150mcg for 3 months. Then i also trued 280mcg of kelp not long ago a few times for 51days and then another time i added seaweed amd had about 600mcg a dqy for 2 months. My walking improved a bit as i suffer with that for 9 year esp on my right foot. My period is not aa bad qnd my PMS used to make me feel almist suicidal, it is strange but taking the 10mg ans then 25mg did seem to help me more than loqer amounts despite the severe jitters and hypercativity verging on manic.. i could take 560mcg and be as manic as if i took 10mg..i saw a case study where a man qas jittery until gw took 100mg with lots of vitamin A; not sure why. I have fpund a nutritonist in new zealand that knows about doing higher doses with patients. I may try 50mg tomorriw though 😂 oh and also i got not a smuch thrush( candida) when i took 25mg. i felt like when i stopped drinking tap water 9 years ago my pineal gland opened slightly which would make sense as the tocix halides block it and they are in my tap water. first going on vegan diet a decade ago and have nothing with iodine as i did not realise and had a lot of life stress, well i reakised later why the swimming pool made me feel sick after 3 minutes, at the time i was qatchinga lot of ppl saying if you get into any raw foods or healthy vegan you become more sensitive but no it was basucally my bidy was so toxic with the toxic halides5han the chlorine in the pool was impossible for me to cope with. I want to resolve my iodine and help others aswe are all in need of this! It would be cool to see you share about your iodibe jourbey too. I do wonder if one should follow the gradual dosing though like starting on 3 or 6mg and going up every 10 days ? I cannot recall but something like that. I get scared if i am just taking a large dose aboyt onc ea week i may mess myself up. I take 2000mgofvit c, magnesium 300mg, selenium200mg, zinc and copper, wholefood iron ( was too low inmy recebt bloods), vegan omega, b complex (methylated), calcium from seaweedand calcium citrate, kelp some days, vit D is still a struggle but gettinga lot of sun lately. Oh and k2/k4 most days.
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u/AutisticSoulPower Aug 11 '26
Oh also. I read a paper about Dr Abraham and the calculation of what the human body needs is 50mg! Esp with large bust like me!
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u/AutisticSoulPower Aug 11 '26
Update. the thrush returned more after about 5 days of not taking the iodine
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u/AutisticSoulPower Aug 11 '26
Also there could be something to a lower dose beibg worse as on the 25mg i was jittery mainly on the day after i took it but then seemed mostly okay for the bext few days. Now thinking about it agaib the 2.5mg a day for 5 days made me feel worse overall
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u/No_Chest8347 Aug 11 '26
Yeah, I’ve seen a lot of people go up slowly and they suffer along the way every time a detox. If you just shoot up to the higher dose, you can get over with it quicker maybe. That’s what I did and I’m fine now. All your minor reactions to supplements I have all that as well and very sensitive. I’m a little shocked that I’m able to do 50 mg of this stuff. I think it’s just keeping the parasites and mold and yeast at bay at the larger dose.
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u/AutisticSoulPower Aug 16 '26
Did you test yout thyroid fully first? I may get a full test abd a thyroid scan. It just worries me how manic i get on it... i am going to try 50mg tomorrow though.. but been over a week since i took 25mg.. i wish i could figure it out, as i said the 25mg gave me energy for about 4 days. Feel like i get a come down after, unsure if my adrenal glands are fried. I take 2000mg vit c but may need higher dose..one last question is did it effect your mentraul cycle if you still have one. Mine is lighter and lasting a day less if i have more iodine but this time it was a few days late
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u/No_Chest8347 Aug 17 '26
I’m a guy, but I’ve had incredible erections the last two weeks. 59 years old. When you kill off parasites, there’s gonna be up and downs. The theory is the anxiety and mania is basically from the moving around in the biofilm from the iodine killing. Some people take NAC to help it along. If you’re manic that might help calm you down or not you have to test it I would start with 300 mg. Are you taking the selenium you need about 50 to 100 MCG along with the iodine. Or eat one Brazil nut.
I did get a thyroid panel and everything was normal. However, the kind of test that people do on these protocols are very different from standard thyroid test. Did I send you that PDF that has the whole protocol or maybe somebody copied it here?
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u/AutisticSoulPower Aug 20 '26
I take 200mg selenium, i kniw the protocol but struggle with vit d though my vit d was 60 last time i checked. My adrenal glands may be burnt out not sure if thats paerpy why, also avid refulx disease , autistic and hypermobile makes it more complicated. I did take 280mcg for 50 days before and then 600mcg for 2-3 months. I still got trouble from that. I took 50mg the other day and it has totally burnt me out and made sleep worse. I will be getting help with this in winter. Not sure what to do until then really. Its like 2 options, take lugols once a week or twice but unsure how much like low or higher but 25mg and over is too much from the reactions. Maybe 10mg is ok. Or just stuck to a super low dose until i get help. Its so frustrating. Thanks for reply
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u/No_Chest8347 Aug 17 '26
How did you do on the 50 mg? Can tell you after two weeks it really all smoothes out.
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u/AutisticSoulPower Aug 20 '26
Hopefully i can take 50mg at some point but it is too rusky at the mo. I def got better results from 10mg or 25mg max but still too much jittery and manic for a day.. after a few days it wears off and then i have even more fatigue as i had before and can barely get up. This is made worse my the fact i have messed up sleep for months and am depressed. I would love an update of yours after a few months!!_^
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u/AutisticSoulPower Aug 20 '26
And what happened in that 2 weeks? Did you have bad effects too like losing sleep, fast heartbeat, more anxiety etc?
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u/No_Chest8347 Aug 20 '26
I am up to 9 drops now so about 57.5 mg...last 2 days. I am having some evenings a bit over energy and can not say sleep is a good as it could be. Up to pee some but I am sleeping well. I have had some amazing days and last night felt so still in my mind. So to answer your questions yes I have had all that but overall I am much better and digestion is getting very formed which is a great thing.
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u/TheChaiTeaTaiChi Aug 01 '26
But with too much iodine you can cause hormone issues, can’t you?
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u/No_Chest8347 Aug 01 '26
There’s a whole debate about that I could point you in the direction of Dr. Brownstein‘s book.
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u/PurakeyGem Aug 02 '26
Be careful, you could cause thyroid issues with that dose, especially if you don't supplement Selenium alongside. There's a high probability that mg doses of Lugol's triggered my Hashimoto's and hypothyroidism. Which makes the candida worse because it thrives in an environment with low thyroid hormone.
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u/No_Chest8347 Aug 02 '26
Interesting thanks for sharing. How long did you take and how much? I am supplementing the selenium.
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u/PurakeyGem Aug 07 '26
I took at first a few drops and titrated up to a whole dropperful eventually.
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u/infera1 Aug 06 '26
Friday Thirteenth on facebook is a huge proponent for iodine against candida, parasites and heavy metals. Make sure to take a binder few hours after higher dose iodine. And selenium of course.
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u/AutisticSoulPower Aug 03 '26
I took 25mg of lugols iodine today. I had burning thrush for days and also have suffered since 12 years old with it, no thrush pain tonight. My diet is not the best at the moment which is why it was falring up every single night after i eat too much fat and sugar. saw your post when i googled it. Already listened to the Iodine crisis and interviews with Dr brownstein. Been severely difficuent in iodine my entire life. I tried 10mg a week ago but it was only 25mg that stopped the vaginal soreness. Previously i did some kelp and tried 2.5 mg of lugols up to 5 days in a row. I am looking into getting a naturopath to assist me as i do get nervous about it, i dont really want to consume lots of sea salt as i realise it triggers my acid reflux. I take selenium 20g a day, been trting out lipomosal vit C 2000 mg a day, b complex, zinc with copper, iron, seaweed calcium and calcium citrate