Hey - I was planning to stop my thyroid medication
I never stopped it before and I don't have Hashimoto's or any kind of autoimmune disease, I live in a third-world country so the chances to have Iodine deficiency are higher
I'm 23 years old male, I got diagnosed when I was 18 years old, and doctors never bothered themselves to know the cause, I do blood tests on my own since 2017 when I got diagnosed.
I refuse to accept such illness because it ruined me and my life completely and I tried therapy but it never helped.
Anyway, I planned to stop my thyroid medication but I wanted to make sure that I have the optimum nutrition for my thyroid to work properly before I stop my medication.
So I did Iodine Blood Test three years ago and as expected I had a deficiency.
I took Iodine Lugol's Solution for a month as the doctor told me, it made me feel good, mentally alerting, focused, and near to perfect, then I stopped supplementing with iodine but I kept taking my thyroid medication and I got busy with university, So I didn't have a chance to stop my thyroid medication or retest my iodine levels.
Anyway, I did Iodine Blood Test this month (after three years) and I found out that I still have an Iodine deficiency.
I just don't know what should i do.
I know that I need to have optimum selenium levels too but I didn't have a chance to do the test might do it anyway.
I attached my Iodine Blood Test Result
Should I consider supplementing with iodine and selenium again and stop my medication?
I just don't know what to do next, i know the protocol for stopping the thyroid medication but i don't know what should i do next, i feel confused but i know that my hypothyroidism cause is Iodine deficiency.
Thanks.