kalmia_latifolia
Dad, scientist, gardener, living in the SE USA
I've been taking relatively small doses of kava daily for about a month (≤2 tbsp medium grind), and I've found that my sensitivity to other drugs appears to be much higher. For about 15 years I've been a heavy black tea drinker (3-10 cups per day, every day), but now that makes me kinda dizzy. So I cut back to 1-2 and I feel fine. I had 3 beers the other day (no kava that day), and it got me pretty drunk and I was slightly hungover the next day. Before kava I was a regular (though light) drinker, and 3 beers wouldn't have had an overpowering effect on me.
Is this a common phenomenon? If common, do people think that the accumulation of kavalactones in your system is responsible? I'd be curious to let them purge completely from my system and see if the phenomenon persists, it could just be that my tolerance is lower to ethanol and caffeine due to decreased use.
Is this a common phenomenon? If common, do people think that the accumulation of kavalactones in your system is responsible? I'd be curious to let them purge completely from my system and see if the phenomenon persists, it could just be that my tolerance is lower to ethanol and caffeine due to decreased use.