Hanky Panky or mahakea for anxiety and sedation

[Zac Imiola (Herbalist)]

I wanna be sedated today. Just worked 12 hours yesterday and 8 hours this morning my feet are killing, I'm anxious and over stimulated already... which one should I use?.

 

[Zac Imiola (Herbalist)]

Yesterday when I worked . I finished off my stone kava ( about 3 tbsp ) to 2 coffee cups of water . And drank the whole thing ... I had prolly a good couple cups of coffee, but I ended up with a rapid rapid rapid heartbeat and tenseness throughout my entire body . Very unpleasant to say the least .. I ended up doing laps around my neghborhood and drank ever relaxing herb I had around to counter it. Needless to say I feel a little scared of any kava that has a restlessness to it. I only had a cup of coffee this morning so I should be okay but I really want some feedback on which one is less likely to give me that experience.

 

[krazyforkava]

I'd use the hanky panky if I was you. That stuff is nice and sedating for me. Mahakea seems to have a little more headiness to it. But that's only my experience.

 

[Zac Imiola (Herbalist)]

Thanks . Any recommendation on the amount. I've yet to figure out if more or less is better for sedation

 

[krazyforkava]

Well typically more kava for me leads to more sedation. But it could be different for you. Maybe do a little more than usual if you want to really be relaxed. I say just keep drinking the kava 'til you feel nice.

 

[-33-]

I know that "not giving a sh*t" isn't an option for most people, with kids/jobs etc. Seriously though, if you're able to just "stop caring" about stuff it greatly lessens your overall anxiety in life. Unfortunately 'N.G.A.S.' doesn't work for sedation... so I substitute in kava

 

[Jonathan]

I came off of Phenibut using Mahakea, and it worked really well for me, but that was more for anti-anxiety than sedation, specifically... I haven't tried the "hanky panky" yet, but thinking about ordering some. Not sure though, I like the headier kavas... don't usually enjoy being couch-locked...

Your restlessness might have come from mixing kava with coffee... sometimes it does that to me, if I have too much coffee, the kava gets a little territorial about it, if that makes sense...