Russell Caruso
TravelingMan
The reason I say possible is because I get this weird, upper stomach discomfort a few hours and sometimes up to the next day after using Kava. Now, i'm not entirely sure if this is stomach related, because it results in a feeling like I can't take a deep breath. I breathe fine, I don't necessarily feel "winded" in that sense, but I have this urge where I need to breathe deeply, but can't. I can occasionally, and it's like a feeling of relief, but then that feeling comes back? I'm questioning if it's related to trapped gas, or if it's something more serious and I should take a break? I do have a history of gastritis. I'm questioning if Kava aggravates my gastritis, or if something else might be going on? I really don't know, but this has been the only downside of Kava, and I notice the higher the dose of Kava the longer this effect lasts into the next day. My diet isn't particularly good, but I only notice this effect when I have Kava. So i'm pretty positive it's related.
Has anyone else experienced this...? I know Kava is known for upsetting stomach, but it's just weird because I have never experienced Nausea from Kava, I take ginger, turmeric, and other stomach-healthy herbs daily but they don't seem to offset this feeling.
Is it only psychomatic? Is it an aggravated gastrointestinal tract? For the most part it seems benign, I still workout with this feeling, but I don't get that satisfaction from a really deep breath, if that.. makes any sense lol. It's really annoying.
Feel free to move this to the in-depth Kava discussion.
Edit: Forgot to mention that my primary method of consumption is 70% extract paste. Only a bit every night, I am not a huge consumer. This also happened when I did traditional prep.
Has anyone else experienced this...? I know Kava is known for upsetting stomach, but it's just weird because I have never experienced Nausea from Kava, I take ginger, turmeric, and other stomach-healthy herbs daily but they don't seem to offset this feeling.
Is it only psychomatic? Is it an aggravated gastrointestinal tract? For the most part it seems benign, I still workout with this feeling, but I don't get that satisfaction from a really deep breath, if that.. makes any sense lol. It's really annoying.
Feel free to move this to the in-depth Kava discussion.
Edit: Forgot to mention that my primary method of consumption is 70% extract paste. Only a bit every night, I am not a huge consumer. This also happened when I did traditional prep.