Greetings, everyone!
I've been taking Kava daily for over a year now, and to anyone on the outside looking in, they'd probably wonder WHY I still drink it.
There have been some days where the experience was very special - those times you just can't forget.
But those days are once or twice a month.
Lately, I've been getting just the "social lift", I call it, about 15 or so minutes after drinking.
This generally goes away all too soon (I feel like I get maybe 15 minutes of that sense-of-well-being, desire to be chatty, etc.).
I had started back taking K@, as I was back to square one (the way I was when I was LOOKING for an anti-anxiety, anti-depression supplement), and I didn't want to get on Wellbutrin or another pharmaceutical, so I started taking K@ again, but in MUCH smaller doses than previously. It was nothing to take 7 grams of that, but 3 grams is a serving for me now.
My routine has been K@ in the morning, Kava before lunch, and then the same deal before dinner.
I was one of those guys who started out really high on Kava before I ever felt anything anxiolytic or mood-lifting.
(One of my better experiences was with 40 grams of MeloMelo, knead-and-strain prep.)
My prep now is around 20 grams of Loa Waka in an Aluball, around 8 oz of water.
I'll drink that, then add another 8 oz of water for a 2nd wash.
Around 15 minutes in, I can tell it's doing something.
I've had some pleasant results with this, but lately it has been super disappointing.
It not only diminishes quickly - it leaves me feeling pretty in a lower mood than before.
So my question is... Is it possible that I'm at a place where I need VERY VERY little, to the point that taking more has negative side-effects?
I appreciate any help you guys can offer!
I've been taking Kava daily for over a year now, and to anyone on the outside looking in, they'd probably wonder WHY I still drink it.
There have been some days where the experience was very special - those times you just can't forget.
But those days are once or twice a month.
Lately, I've been getting just the "social lift", I call it, about 15 or so minutes after drinking.
This generally goes away all too soon (I feel like I get maybe 15 minutes of that sense-of-well-being, desire to be chatty, etc.).
I had started back taking K@, as I was back to square one (the way I was when I was LOOKING for an anti-anxiety, anti-depression supplement), and I didn't want to get on Wellbutrin or another pharmaceutical, so I started taking K@ again, but in MUCH smaller doses than previously. It was nothing to take 7 grams of that, but 3 grams is a serving for me now.
My routine has been K@ in the morning, Kava before lunch, and then the same deal before dinner.
I was one of those guys who started out really high on Kava before I ever felt anything anxiolytic or mood-lifting.
(One of my better experiences was with 40 grams of MeloMelo, knead-and-strain prep.)
My prep now is around 20 grams of Loa Waka in an Aluball, around 8 oz of water.
I'll drink that, then add another 8 oz of water for a 2nd wash.
Around 15 minutes in, I can tell it's doing something.
I've had some pleasant results with this, but lately it has been super disappointing.
It not only diminishes quickly - it leaves me feeling pretty in a lower mood than before.
So my question is... Is it possible that I'm at a place where I need VERY VERY little, to the point that taking more has negative side-effects?
I appreciate any help you guys can offer!
