Do you feel disconnected after several days in a row of kava use?

[Kavaguy]

It seems that after several days of using kava, I get a general feeling of being disconnected, and it takes about two days off it to feel normal again. I have been considering just using kava on afternoons in which I have had a stressful day, so just a few times a week to avoid this from happening. At the same time, maybe it is just my imagination, so I wanted to check what others' take is on this. Thanks.

 

[Noname]

Make sure it's noble and from a trusted vendor. Stay hydrated. Maybe your not disconnected just super relaxed ? Lol

 

[Kavaguy]

Thank you. I have been using 8 tbsp Kava Supreme with 32 oz eater. I would assume it is noble.

 

[Edward]

@Kavaguy that's a lot of a strong kava, I drink kava every day with few exceptions and never feel what I would describe as disconnected but maybe I would after that much of that bad boy!

I should say that as time goes by I am needing less and less kava to get me to where I want to be though.

 

[Zac Imiola (Herbalist)]

Yeah lower the dose... this is what we noticed with people who get depressed is that they feel a little off from kava on those days.. maybe your one of them... kava is a strong herb so isn't really meant to be daily used unless getting off stronger stuff

 

[Edward]

kava is a strong herb so isn't really meant to be daily used unless getting off stronger stuff

Oh lol

 

[Kavaguy]

Good to know. For about 4 days straight, I was drinking 16 tbsp in about 40 oz water over the course of two hours. Only thing that helps me to sleep and to forget my cares for an hour or two, but nit worth what I feel in the daytims.The past three days, I felt extremely depressed and disconnected, so I will try 4 tbsp and will look into taking sleeping pills other than the Trazodone I have been taking.Thanks.

 

[Edward]

You know I can go a few days without kava without craving anything else, it really stays in the system.

 

[Edward]

Good to know. For about 4 days straight, I was drinking 16 tbsp in about 40 oz water over the course of two hours. Only thing that helps me to sleep and to forget my cares for an hour or two, but nit worth what I feel in the daytims.The past three days, I felt extremely depressed and disconnected, so I will try 4 tbsp and will look into taking sleeping pills other than the Trazodone I have been taking.Thanks.

You know some kavas do tend to make me depressed. Not kava supreme but usually headies or fijians or heady fijians. Maybe you react in the same way to that kava? But that dose is a lot!

 

[The Kap'n]

Oh lol

lol, yeah I never got that memo either. I'm trying to get off the strong stuff known as generalized anxiety

 

[Krunkmeup]

I just started using kava and I noticed same thing i did 5 days straight and felt seriously dumb and memory loss. 2 days and i was back to normal now on the binge again as its the weekend, going to try keeping it to weekends

 

[kilakila]

I've found lately that if I happen to drink kava every day, I feel light-headed, and definitely a little disconnected and little energy. Yet its great for anxiety relief so I have to work hard not to be tempted to make myself a batch every day!

 

[Kavaguy]

I am glad to hear I am not alone. I was forgetting stuff too, and found social interaction, even small talk to be challenging when normally it would come easily.

 

[Krunkaroo]

I like to skip a day in between sessions now. The afterglow goes well into the next day. Also I don't take it for granted this way as I am really looking forward to Kava day.

 

[Edward]

One thing I would add is that I take a multivitamin every day, mostly for the b vitamins. As kava makes you wee more you can lose a fair amount of these and it will leave you feeling sluggish and could well explain how you're feeling @Kavaguy

 

[Kavaguy]

Thanks, I have been taking a multivitamin and a separate b vitamin. I will take all the suggestions anyone can offer. I wonder how those of you do it daily without problems I imagine lower amts, plenty of water, and not drinking it close to bed are huge factors.

 

[Edward]

Thanks, I have been taking a multivitamin and a separate b vitamin. I will take all the suggestions anyone can offer. I wonder how those of you do it daily without problems I imagine lower amts, plenty of water, and not drinking it close to bed are huge factors.

Not necessarily lower amounts but I find I don't need so much daily to keep myself topped up. Some days I will just have a couple of tablespoons and others I will still go a lot stronger for the recreational dose. I find I'm needing to worry less about water as I go along. I always wake up dehydrated in the morning no matter what I do so I just try and drink as much water as I can during the day. Due to my job and silly hours I drink it late at night sometimes, doesn't seem to matter so much anymore but it did used to keep me awake. I think the message is basically when your body gets used to it all of these things become less of an issue, maybe you get into a routine and so does your body?

 

[nickbroken]

Not me, I have a degenerate gene in me that allows me to take substances every day and function like normal. I just choose kava for my substance as it's the least damaging and doesn't really well make you feel waste the way other things do, I have been pretty krunked before, but at the end of the day, kava is nothing like booze, weed, shrooms, acid, etc. Take a break if you need to, honestly, I find unless you are really treating some kind of mental illness i.e. anxiety you shouldn't really take kava every day, unless you are a degenerate like me.

 

[Zac Imiola (Herbalist)]

The trazadone and kava may be mixing causing your disconnection...
Good to mention those other drugs.

@Edward this is not a theoretical kava isn't good daily... your body will tell you when enough is enough ... through ... dun dun dun ... dryness ! Haha

 

[Kavaguy]

I just drank kava for two nights without Trazodone and felt the same, but maybe its because I was drinking so much kava. Maybe the key is to go off of Trazodone and just drink 6 tbsp kava.