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Iodine related upper stomach pain/bloating?

Iodine related upper stomach pain/bloating?

Hi,Im a 24 yr.female with reoccuring upper stomach pain/bloating. Pain: center upper stomach, the size of a fist,radiates from there,no position Im in eases the discomfort,I feel like curling up into a ball,the pain seems to be a bloating feeling. The 1st occurance came 1 mo.after giving birth to my 1st daughter. The pain began in the morning about 30 min.after eating anything and,at that time,lasted all day. Had upper gi and doc prescribed Prilosec. After a month on med.the pain went away as an all day thing. Introduce seafood: I used to eat seafood all the time with no problems before pregnancy. Now, I cannnot. Anytime after eating it,I develop the same pain in my stomach followed by diarehha. Ceased eating seafood. About 1 mo.after birth of my 2nd daughter, daily stomach pain returned. Took Prilosec, went away. Sometime after,began taking a daily multi-vitamin. It felt like I just ate a pound of crab legs. Same pain in stomach and later diarehha. Vitamin contained 100% daily idodine. Found a vitamin with no idodine,feel fine. Lately,the daily pain has been coming back. Yesterday after eating mixed nuts,got pain. Realized that when I drink soda that makes me burp,the pain is slowly relieved,but still noticeble. Ive been concerned about this wierd iodine intollerance, doc says "Dont eat shrimp." Also,have underactive thyroid and goiter. I understand that thyroid and iodine intake are related. Id like to know more. Maybe my body isnt absorbing the iodine and its going straight to my stomach? Is this a thyroid or a stomach problem? Not eating iodine doesnt cut it for me.
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Try taking kelp, L-tyrosine ,and vitamin B-6 this will boost your thyroid naturally .Because your thyroid controls so many things in your body you might want to start there
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