20-07-2012, 06:37 AM
Another member here named bryony reported headaches when taking 3,000 mg PM daily, 1,500 in morning and 1,500 in evening. After changing the timing to taking 500 mg every 3 hours the headaches went away even though the total taken each day remained at 3,000.
The fact that you're spacing your 3,000 over the day taking 1,000 every 8 hours may let you avoid the headaches altogether.
I experienced some mild headaches when increasing from 1,500 to 2,000 daily but cannot attribute them to the PM.
For whatever it's worth, I've read lots of places that you should be taking the PM with warm milk. I think it's the calcium in the milk that is desirable, not the protein or the fat. I never drank milk, but popped a 500 mg calcium pill at the same time as the PM.
The fact that you're spacing your 3,000 over the day taking 1,000 every 8 hours may let you avoid the headaches altogether.
I experienced some mild headaches when increasing from 1,500 to 2,000 daily but cannot attribute them to the PM.
For whatever it's worth, I've read lots of places that you should be taking the PM with warm milk. I think it's the calcium in the milk that is desirable, not the protein or the fat. I never drank milk, but popped a 500 mg calcium pill at the same time as the PM.