Any experiences with turmeric (curcumin)?

Hi all,

This is kind of random, but I bought turmeric/curcumin capsules recently after reading about their anti-inflammatory benefits. I took it for the first time last night and had a lot of stomach pain throughout the night + D this morning (which is pretty abnormal for me at the moment). I also had severe joint pain this morning/afternoon, which hasn't happened in awhile.

I'm trying to figure out if the turmeric was the cause--it's the only thing I consumed that was really different yesterday. I realize this could just as easily been anything else but I wanted to see if anyone else has had weird experiences with it, especially because all the literature I've read says it's well tolerated.

(Edit: I apologize for not doing a good job of checking for other posts on this.... I just saw Jen's post on the same topic.)

Post Edited (vitaka) : 12/1/2014 8:57:11 PM (GMT-7)

Curcumin and my gut do not agree with one another - gives me loose stools/diarrhea, even when I'm on 40mg of pred (which usually leaves me constipated). So yes, that can happen. I gave it three months and never acclimated (took me awhile to admit it was the curcumin - I tried again months later...same result).

Never had any joint pain or other issues with it, though.