I don’t think that was the problem because I never did take a full capsule. I’m very sensitive to stuff, so I always take less than recommended. I used those capsules for years and years that way, and then they changed an ingredient or something I think, and it reacted differently with me - either that or my body had some bad bacteria that was dying off and making me sick. It was the same with the yogurt: I literally ate it every day for three years and it didn’t bother me and then all of a sudden it makes me sick! I don’t get it. I think there are some things that you’re not supposed to open up because you don’t want them to be in your upper stomach, but I think it’s OK for probiotics. (not sure about that though - I know we have more stomach acid in our upper stomach than we do lower, so maybe that’s a factor, but I have a phobia about swallowing capsules due to something that happened to me when I was a teenager, so I try to avoid them!) actually, I have a phobia pretty much about trying anything new, which is very limiting, but sometimes I can get my courage up because I have to. Thanks for the idea though!