[MonikaT]

I still don't feel too well but the kidney pain from this morning is getting better. Equal to it is muscle aches from yesterday and a sore throat foretelling a cold I think. I thought about it all afternoon and decided to stop taking PM for a couple days. (remember, I've only taken it for 3 days so far) I'll probably start again on Saturday morning with ONE 500mg per day for a week and see how it goes. Then go to (2) 500mg doses daily on the following Saturday and beyond. ...I guess that's the recommended procedure anyway isn't it? I think I was thinking I'd eventually need to get north of 2000mg daily so instead of starting at 500mg daily and ramping up 500mg each week, I decided to start at 1000 and work up. Now I'm regretting that decision. However on the bright side, it feels like my kidney went up a cup size or two

I'm going to work on drinking more water - something I know I don't get enough of regardless of any herbs I take and I'll give more thought to a late afternoon dosing instead of before bed.

I know the Ainterol bottle says for menopausal women to take one in the morning and one at bedtime. Some people can tolerate a bedtime dose and some cannot. I take one capsule in the morning and one before supper. I'm still ramping up. I seem to be having problems with bowel intolerance at this higher dose. So far, no kidney issues, which is good. Based on another thread where I asked Bryony about bedtimes, it would seem a general rule is to not take PM any later than 3-4 hours before bed.