i had so brutal stomach cramps that i was literally laying on the floor crying in a fetal position and praying! brutal headaches, imbalanced feeling, muscle cramps, light liver tremours/cramps, explosive diorhea like 15 times per day..after each toilet visit i felt a bit better....
I've been eating cleanly for a while now, but back in the day, we would never start a full-on cleanse without a pre-cleanse routine. I remember preparing for 30 days before doing Bernard Jensen's 10-day Tissue Cleansing through Bowel Management protocol. I don't remember the details, but basically it was a few herbs and fruits for breakfast and lunch. The pre-cleanse was pretty cleansing, poop-wise, so things were moving along smoothly by the time the main cleanse began. The rationale is that you want your digestive tract to be fairly clean
before you try to eliminate toxins from your other organs and tissues. You can make up your own pre-cleanse, or follow a protocol from AV, if you resonate with his advice.
If all else fails, you can always use the motto: "Better out than in!" With reasonable care and diet, your bowels probably won't ever need to feel brutalized during a cleanse again.