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xKAVAx I may take you up on those starts once we get into our "forever home" later this summer. What conditions do they grow best in?

I do take L-theanine and have done with much success for a few years now. It helps for sure with general letting go of stressors throughout the day. I have also tried phenibut but, interestingly, it also doesn't really do anything worth going back to for me (unless I take enough to fall asleep...

To Chillbert: Yep, yep, yep. Check, check, check. I've also tried taking two beano before drinking any, but still get hellacious stomach pains and acidic gas from any of the "natural preps", plus anxiety, insomnia, in addition to not feeling anything resembling what the rest of you describe as...

Sad facts: Kava just doesn't work for me, and having the stuff around makes me tempted to give it "just one more try just in case," and then I end up miserable all night long. So, I'm giving it away. I'll pay postage to mail it to whoever (in the US) speaks up first. Here's what I've got, all...

I'm getting so jealous hearing you all talk about your experiences because I'm coming to acceptance on just not being a reactor. What a bummer. :(

It's been three months of trying it 3-4 times a week. For the first month, I tried 5 or so nights a week until I just couldn't tolerate the taste or smell anymore. I'd think I'd be through that by now. Now I'm trying my way through most of the non-traditional preps... I just barfed up a dose of...

I was told Hiwa was heady. I've tried a bunch of non-traditional froms: Kava Tincture Plus, Kava Lovetones Capsules, Broad Spectrum Kavalactone paste, Kava Candy and Kalm with Kava concentrate. And Boroguru and Vula Waka micronized. And, in traditional grind/prep: Waka Grade Vanuatu (Real Kava)...

I doubled up my dose with boroguru micro last night from KWK. Miserable, irritable (even my husband commented), couldn't get to sleep, itchy-twitchy in my skin, etc. Interestingly, I doubled up the dose on the KWK concentrate the night before and felt nothing at all discernable. I'm not...

Question: How much did you take? I did a smaller (level) two teaspoons on day 1 and felt nothing (empty stomach, after a workout, etc.) and a heaping spoonfull, probably 3 teaspoons, 3.5 teaspoons last night, same conditions, and my mood hit the crapper, miserable, itchy-twitchy in my skin...

Would this be the same strain as what goes into the micronized? Keep in mind that I am still tryng to find out if I am a kava "reactor" or if my only reaction is nothing and then hit a dose where I get miserable, but I took a heavy dose of this last night after a lighter dose did nothing and...

Thanks for the responses, everyone. I ordered the kava concentrate for KWK and didn't feel anything on the recommended 1 oz. I will see what happens if I double up. it was delicious, though! Also go the micronized instant in that kit and drank on an empty stomach after a workout. Nada at the...

Hi Gang (hope this is the right forum, I felt it was time to move out of the newbie forum in the hopes of getting some more wisdom.) I am trying to suss out whether I just might not be reactive to kava. It's been 3 months now, and I've tried all the highly-recommended products on this forum. I...

I take both of these and haven't noticed any issues, though I am trying to suss out if I might just be a "kava non-reactor", so I can't tell you whether it impacted the kava results in any way.

I may give it one more shot, with one more brand (Loa Waka). A lot of it is that I am a mom with a 4-year-old and a one-year-old so, yeah, I'm always around others and in a somewhat frenetic environment when I take it (which is what I'm hoping to take some of the edge off of.) I'm at the point...

Also, let me know if this would be better posted over in the main forum, since maybe it's more a question for oldbies than newbies. Thanks!

I dunno, gang. I'm thinking maybe kava just doesn't work for me. I've tried it in many forms and have only felt "ah... oh, I can feel tension releasing" once (that was with Kavalovetone Capsules on an empty stomach in the morning.) I have tried several different strains of medium grind prepared...

SOLD! That sounds like just what I'm looking for. Latest in my experiments: Did 3 TBS of Awa Hanakapi'ai from GHK in about 2 cups of water, blender method with a splash of milk, strained last afternoon/evening over the course of about 5 hours. I had a long day (dad in ICU and we decided to move...

What's the technical definition of "heady" vs "heavy"? The stuff I had (Hiwa) provoked some anxiety, so I guess that's what people are calling "heady." I'm looking to chill mostly (anti-anxiety), some of the kavas I've had have had that kind of "euphoric" wash, like "everything's cool." What...

Bumping up this thread from forever ago, because this is something I've been dealing with lately. I was taking a non-recommended strain, and actually was feeling pretty darned optimistic in the morning after drinking some. I bought a recommended strain and just had a rough experience with it...

Perhaps a total newbie question, but I'm curious why recipes call for sometimes adding a tablespoon of vegetable oil. Why not coconut oil?-- I understand the emulsifying and pulling out of the kavalactones action of the oil itself, but since you're drinking the stuff out of a coconut shell and...