For GHK Frequents

[burnstrees]

How long does 50g of Instant Kava usually last you? I bought the sample pack and I've already gone through like 1/3 - half of the Mahakea just tonight! I could be experiencing reverse tolerance, as I ordered some extract a few weeks ago with little to no effect at all and decided to try the Instant Kava instead as I'd heard good reviews on it from this forum. I thought the extract would have at least helped a bit with the reverse tolerance but I'm not sure. Put 2 big spoonfuls in my first cup, experienced some nice effects from it but it was pretty short lived, maybe 30 minutes. Just added another 2 big spoonfuls in my second and working on it now. I don't know the exact dose, there's literally NO measurement spoons in my house (wtf!!), but I've already put a pretty big dent in the bag already. I'm trying out kava as an alternative to alcohol, so even if I keep this up I guess it's still cheaper than alcoholism, lol. Yeah, I guess I'm just asking if this is normal for this type of kava or will I experience better effects as I keep using it?

 

[sɥɐʞɐs]

If you're new, you will definitely get better effects if you stick with it. Even then, some people are natural born hard heads and require more root than others. I'm not sure what the conversion from grams to tbsp would be, but I had ghk instant once...and 4-6 tbsp gave me one of the best kava experiences I've ever had.

 

[BULABUCK]

I can go through 100 grams in a week or so depends really.

 

[burnstrees]

Update: after cup 4 I ate a small meal about 20-30 minutes later. I'm lightheaded as fuck. Feelin good, feelin great. Hoping this is just reverse tolerance and that after all that kava I just drank tonight I'll be better off tomorrow. Plus I don't think drinking all that orange juice is very good for you, lol. But that bag is almost completely kilt now. merrrrr

 

[verticity]

Ya, 50 g of instant wouln't last me very long. Micronized is more cost effective if you can tolerate it.

 

[Deleted User01]

I agree with @verticity, instant is great for Newbies but Micronized is more potent. I used to do 4 tablespoons of Instant/Micronized but now I'm down to 2 tablespoons. Once your system develops those kavalactone receptors, then it's a matter of throwing away bad ideas like, "more is better". Once I retrained my way of thinking, I found that 2 tablespoons in the afternoon will knock me out later at night. But it's a process so keep at it.

 

[ThePiper]

damn. I use about 25-35g (3.5-4.5tbs) of medium grind in my well-strained grogs. I know it's a little on the low end but there was a time when I got decent effects on a little more than half that. Currently I might go through a tablespoon give or take of GHK instant in an evening (maybe 3.5-8g)

 

[burnstrees]

@Deleted User01 @verticity Cool, I might have to try that. Do you prepare micronized the same way as the instant? I bought root a long ass time ago and prepared it the traditional way but it was kind of bunk, I might have fucked it up though lol.

 

[TheKavaSociety]

I agree with @verticity, instant is great for Newbies but Micronized is more potent.

Hm, do you really think that the new instant is less potent per gram than micro? To me, it is actually quite a bit stronger per gram. Both products are great and micro might be cheaper per session, but I wouldn't underestimate Chris' new instant. Some of my friends say that 20g of new instant Mo'i is stronger than any amount of medium grind one can drink without feeling nauseous!

 

[burnstrees]

@Henry gah, i sure hope not! i've been killing a whole bag a night. haven't tried the mo'i yet though.

 

[TheKavaSociety]

@Henry gah, i sure hope not! i've been killing a whole bag a night. haven't tried the mo'i yet though.

Have you been drinking it on an empty stomach? Have you considered using hot, herbal tea (e.g. rooibos+ginger, fennel, cumin, cloves) as a chaser/potentiator?

 

[burnstrees]

yeah i've been drinking it on an empty stomach. i think im dealing with reverse tolerance. i'm not sure how long it takes to get over it completely, but i can already tell it's slowly getting a bit better.

 

[chasemandingo]

When I plan on drinking kava - which is more than a couple days a week lol - I ingest all the food I am going to eat before 11 a.m. I then only drink fluids till around 6 when I have my first shell or tbls of micro. Two tablespoons of 11 year waka gets me going pretty good. 8 tablespoons of medium grind prepared in the traditional way gets me rocked every time(assuming it is quality root). I usually make two washes the second wash using about half water and half 1 percent milk. After getting through that many shells I don't have much motivation to do anything but eat a small portion of food and watch t.v./pass out!