AnxietyRidden
Newbie
Hey KavaForums. I'm a new user to Kava and I wanted to ask you guys a question.
I'm on a few different medications for severe, debilitating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and I've been struggling with crippling anxiety all of my life. So much that I can't even leave my house. I asked my psychiatrist if the medications I were on would interact with Kava, and he said that his system that he checked only said that it interacted badly with Alcohol. However I wanted to be more careful and do more research before taking Kava for anxiety.
My current medications are:
- Buspirone (BusPar) 30mg a day
- Risperidone (Risperdal) 2mg a day
- Fluvoxamine (Luvox) 300mg a day
I did some research and found this forum that Kava interacted with the enzymes or something that process Buspirone (BusPar), but I didn't see anything else. I also read on a Kava vendors site that you're not supposed to take Kava with anti-psychotics, but I couldn't find anything to support that claim. Maybe I'm just not looking hard enough.
I've tried almost every benzodiazepine under the sun, and none have worked. The medicines I'm on are all downers, making me extremely sleepy. I'm eye-ing up a type of kava that can provide mental alertness and not that sluggishness so I can maybe get some work done and feel good.
I'm really struggling guys and I'm hoping Kava can be my hope. However if not, I'll just keep trucking along.
Thanks,
AnxietyRidden
I'm on a few different medications for severe, debilitating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and I've been struggling with crippling anxiety all of my life. So much that I can't even leave my house. I asked my psychiatrist if the medications I were on would interact with Kava, and he said that his system that he checked only said that it interacted badly with Alcohol. However I wanted to be more careful and do more research before taking Kava for anxiety.
My current medications are:
- Buspirone (BusPar) 30mg a day
- Risperidone (Risperdal) 2mg a day
- Fluvoxamine (Luvox) 300mg a day
I did some research and found this forum that Kava interacted with the enzymes or something that process Buspirone (BusPar), but I didn't see anything else. I also read on a Kava vendors site that you're not supposed to take Kava with anti-psychotics, but I couldn't find anything to support that claim. Maybe I'm just not looking hard enough.
I've tried almost every benzodiazepine under the sun, and none have worked. The medicines I'm on are all downers, making me extremely sleepy. I'm eye-ing up a type of kava that can provide mental alertness and not that sluggishness so I can maybe get some work done and feel good.
I'm really struggling guys and I'm hoping Kava can be my hope. However if not, I'll just keep trucking along.
Thanks,
AnxietyRidden