Maybe just do the herbal laxative tea at night and not in the morning....? When you start doing the b&p's it's more important to drink the warm water first thing in the morning - it will promote bm's but not diarrea! Maybe it's the actual tea that is irritating your colon (herbal laxatives do that) and causing the diarrea that is making you not feel so hot? ya know? Maybe it's weakening you? I'd stick to one at night only. Then warm water in the morning.
I want you to see some solid gunk! (what a thing to say - but here we are!)