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Anyways, even though my TSH was high, my doctor refused to put me on thyroid meds, so I started taking nascent iodine to help keep it under control...and by some miracle it seems to have worked. So, since I seem pretty healthy now I have resumed NBE after 3 months off.

I started off taking estradiol, but that made one of my toes slightly numb after about a week....so I'm back to the PM extract for now.

I took some pics, but not going to post any of them unless they grow past the point they were at last time lol

Very interesting toe comment. I have a fair bit of trouble with my 3 middle toes and into the balls of my feet. I have gout but haven't had a flareup in several years. But I regularly get numbness to the point of pain in the ends of my middle toes. It can wake me from a sound sleep it gets so bad. I use custom orthotics for mechanical issues in my feet but they don't have much effect on this aspect of it. My doctor is mystified. The only thing that seems to help (not sure because it can be hard to isolate a single possible cause) is taking extra multivitamins and a ton of vitamin C (my idea to try that). I wonder if there is any connection to the PM. My doctor is one who thinks herbs are mumbo-jumbo so there is no help from that angle. I have been on PM for more than 3 years now, off and on. Anybody else with pain or numbness in their toes and taking PM or synthetic estradiol?