I have recently had pale stools for a few days after taking kava. Didn't feel any different, just stool became pale, slightly loose then went back to normal day 3 or 4 after kava. I had some kava candies and instant kava a couple of weeks ago (was musing on the safety/wisdom of bypassing first pass metabolism while bypassing it!) and had the same effect on stools but also I was literally thirstier than ever before immediately afterward and for a couple of days. Three days after, I suddenly felt like I'd been kicked by a mule - sore joints, extreme fatigue, headache. Spent the whole day half-conscious and lying down, felt slightly better in the evening and stools went from pallid gray to yellow and gradually back to normal colour.
The feeling awful culd have been a bug and seems to have perhaps resolved too quickly to have been a sign of serious organ damage but has anyone else had the pale stools which resolve over 3-5 days? Is this a liver sign? I always have acid pain due to GERD but especially after kava and I take gaviscon for it but, though grey, it doesn't contain bismuth or aluminium salts which I gather are what causes grey stools in antacids. Any thoughts? Advice? Would rather not abandon kava and have, deeply historically, taken fresh kava with no adverse effects. I had a similar problem with K@ a while back and wonder if I just have a dodgy liver and should switch to an all mung-bean diet and take up yogurt knitting instead of kava drinking?
The feeling awful culd have been a bug and seems to have perhaps resolved too quickly to have been a sign of serious organ damage but has anyone else had the pale stools which resolve over 3-5 days? Is this a liver sign? I always have acid pain due to GERD but especially after kava and I take gaviscon for it but, though grey, it doesn't contain bismuth or aluminium salts which I gather are what causes grey stools in antacids. Any thoughts? Advice? Would rather not abandon kava and have, deeply historically, taken fresh kava with no adverse effects. I had a similar problem with K@ a while back and wonder if I just have a dodgy liver and should switch to an all mung-bean diet and take up yogurt knitting instead of kava drinking?
