K@ to Kava

[Rick.Sanchez]

Today will officially be my first day switching to kava. Its already been over a day since my last K@ dose, and I haven't had any bad withdrawals or anything. My main concern is that K@ puts me in a foggy mental state and could be illegal soon, while kava leaves me feeling relaxed and mentally clear.

I got some great suggestions from my first thread and appreciate everyone's comments. Right now I just have some mahakea from GHK, but will likely be ordering some papa kea and hanakapi soon. It's been almost a year since I've tried using nothing for pain management during the day. The last time I tried to supplement only kava at night, I was getting a very strange, uncomfortable pressure in my chest which turned me off to the root, but I haven't noticed that at all with any GHK products.

Anyways, I thought I'd share how this works for me to add to the current knowledge base. I have some moderate muscular and joint pain that causes insomnia. Its usually manageable during the day, but the insomnia is killer. Really hoping that I can find some magic with kava this time!

 

[VictoryRider]

Best of luck with your transition!

If your muscular pain is due to tension, kava should definitely help. You'd be better off with a "heavy" kava than a "heady" kava
for optimum muscle relaxation. I have back pain daily, but it's muscular, and kava makes it vanish every single time. Hope that helps
yours as well.

 

[Zac Imiola (Herbalist)]

How's everything going Rick ?

 

[Rick.Sanchez]

Meh. It could be going better. My joint pain has been feeling much worse since I've stopped, but I'm sure my brain just needs some time to adjust to life without K@. On a positive note, the mahakea seems to help with the back pain.

Im thinking it'll take at least a couple weeks of experimenting to really figure out how it'll work for me. Might try some different vendors as well.

 

[Zac Imiola (Herbalist)]

I would get some ashwaganda root powder if you can.. it will protect your brain from oxidative stress and your adrenals from the fatigue.


I've been here 100% so if you need help let me know !
Kava was a life saver from K@ !

K@ seems to put the organism into a state below thought.. much like alcohol does.

I don't know if you have any experience with Presence or not ?

 

[Bubba Bula]

My favorite kavas are: KWK Fiji Loa, Squanch Waka, GHK Kumakua, GHK Hanakapi'ai, and Cactus Kava Eva. I'm thinking the headier varieties is what you will be interested in, and these are heady.

 

[FYS]

I'm not sure if we are allowed to mention nonkava stuff here but in addition to kava I would recommend checking out meridian botanicals' Healer's Relief formula its a blend designed for pain relief; the Moonlit Slumber is great too.

 

[Rick.Sanchez]

I'll be giving hanakapi a try soon. The headier kavas do seem to help more with my pain and almost provide a mental distraction

@Mrbinx69 I am not familiar with prescence. Is it a type of philosophy or spirituality?

Also thanks for the suggestions @FYS I looked up those products, and the website had a complete listing of the constituents of the herbal blends. I saw a lot of herbs that I had never heard of before, and I might do a little experimenting with a couple of them. I'm a little nervous about ordering the actual product since some of them are supposedly hard on the liver, so that has me a little concerned about combining it with kava. I know the kava being hard on the liver ordeal is pretty much a myth, but I just want to extra cautious.

Honestly though, I'm a little concerned that the kava is not going to work out for me due to cost. It's been working great and has been doing a great job of helping me sleep, but kava root is incredibly expensive! Before when I was only averaging a tablespoon or two a day it wasn't bad, but now I'm using 5 or more and I'm going through my GHK bags really really fast

 

[Rick.Sanchez]

So I think I've found my answer in hanakapi'ai. It feels like I'm getting all the good effects that I get from Moi and Hiwa wrapped up into one very strong strain. Really working great for me!

Thanks for the suggestions everyone