Can too much kava make you feel sick?

[kl.capsaicin]

2 shells of kava is usually enough to give me a satisfying buzz, but I had a stressful day at work so I decided to prepare 3 shells instead. After drinking, the effects came on after 15 minutes and continued to build for another hour and a half after that. I listened to music the whole time and was feeling very euphoric and just slightly nauseous (from the taste I assume, because it usually makes me gag). But somewhere along the line the sedation became overwhelming like I had took some Nyquil. I was also feeling very cold for some reason. I was too tired to listen to music so I put on a thick coat and layed down and took a short nap. The extreme sedation and chills was a complete buzzkill (I was wishing I had stopped at 2 shells). So, I only slept for about 15 minutes because I hate napping when it's not even completely dark yet, and when I woke up I was still cold so I took my temperature and it was 100.5 degrees. It was about 2.5 hours since I drank the kava and the mental effects were starting to wear off, but the fever would remain for another 3 hours before dropping by about 2 degrees back to normal. It was kinda weird because I've drank 4 shells at once before and never had this happen. Could this have just been a coincidence?

 

[kl.kavanah]

How strong do you make your kava? what type do you use?



I think the chills and fever were probably not due to the kava and that the degree of sedation may have been enhanced because your body was fighting something off.

 

[kl.rcoz]

I don't know, what was the name of the kava and your root to water ratio? Kava always makes me feel chilly, great for hot summer nights, not so good for the winter. Did you take any cold meds within a 24hr period, could be a drug interaction or just a coincidence that you are coming down with something.

 

[kl.Sub.chemtrails]

I think interactions may be at fault. Most of us have probably tried it together with coffee and experienced the hightened sense of awareness and clearness of mind (and insomnia) it brings about. I sometimes smoke the odd cigarette. If I do so while I am on kava I cough violently in bursts long time after finnishing the cigarette. As if my body is more annoyed by the tobacco than usual and wants to clean up. I eat a diet very low in carbohydrates so sugar on its own have a clear effect when I eat it. I crash and burn energy wise. With kava I do so at double the speed.. I have no evidence I would take to court but I have a suspicion that something in kava willingly interacts with just about everything. So the nyquill may well be the culprit.

The few times I have gotten sick from kava alone I had drunk it in amounts that are stupid to begin with, and it was Chiefs Jungle which I have come to find downright intimidating. I dont touch the stuff anymore.

 

[Vekta]

I can have an occasional soda, or black tea close to having kava. That never really bothers me. What got me was having I guess would be equal to about 6 shells one night. I didn't want any kava for about a week after that.