Hello everyone.
This is my first post here, I hope I'm writing in the right place. I was introduced to Kava a few years ago and despite the awful taste, I had a good experience with it. It helped my anxiety and social phobia and didn't make me an idiot like alcohol. I thought I had found the solution to my problem.
Then something happened and from then on, whenever I drank kava, I got very axious and itchy all over and then red spots appeared on my face that didn't go away for days even after I stopped kava.
I have tried several types of kava since then. Almost everything available in Europe. All Noble. Yet it was always the same. So I gave up kava.
Unfortunately, this led to my alcohol and drug problems returning. I have been clean for a while now, but I am constantly anxious and unable to talk to people, socialise. It's sad because I don't want to live like this. I go to therapy and use an ssri but it doesn't help much.
My question is this. Is this kava allergy? If so, is it reversible?
Let's say I consume only micro doses of kava for a while which doesn't trigger symptoms yet and slowly increase the dose. Is this a solution or is this not how it works? Has anyone here overcome a similar problem?
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance for any advice and replies.
This is my first post here, I hope I'm writing in the right place. I was introduced to Kava a few years ago and despite the awful taste, I had a good experience with it. It helped my anxiety and social phobia and didn't make me an idiot like alcohol. I thought I had found the solution to my problem.
Then something happened and from then on, whenever I drank kava, I got very axious and itchy all over and then red spots appeared on my face that didn't go away for days even after I stopped kava.
I have tried several types of kava since then. Almost everything available in Europe. All Noble. Yet it was always the same. So I gave up kava.
Unfortunately, this led to my alcohol and drug problems returning. I have been clean for a while now, but I am constantly anxious and unable to talk to people, socialise. It's sad because I don't want to live like this. I go to therapy and use an ssri but it doesn't help much.
My question is this. Is this kava allergy? If so, is it reversible?
Let's say I consume only micro doses of kava for a while which doesn't trigger symptoms yet and slowly increase the dose. Is this a solution or is this not how it works? Has anyone here overcome a similar problem?
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance for any advice and replies.