10mg seems like a LOT ... amongst shiftworkers from what I read, anything over 5mg and you are prone to get bad dreams. I use 2mg melatonin as prescribed by my doctor, and I find that quite suitable for me, but anyway on to the kava ...
I have deliberated on posting a review on paul's kava so far because I keep reaching for the blue lagoon. In the small samples ive tried of paul's so far, I haven't been that fond of either the taste, or the effects that it gives me. I understand that taste can be a personal preference so I see that my take on this may not compare well to what others think. Since blue lagoon was the benchmark for me as it was the first kava that I tried, my approach probably has something to do with it. I will note that paul's taste is a lot less prominent than blue lagoon, and that may be why some prefer it, or rather don't like the taste of blue lagoon. I find paul's to be similar in taste to what I imagine grass clippings that have been sitting in the sun for several days, whereas blue lagoon is more like freshly cut grass. Really the only way I can describe it.
At this point, I cannot realistically give a proper review on paul's for sleep and am only using kava currently for recreational purposes. I think the reason why is that when I take melatonin, I need something that is going to knock me out fast, but melatonin isn't something that I feel I can use in every situation. Paul's may be great for sleep like some people mention, but I find that the difficulties with sleep that I have, that kava overall hasn't provided to me what melatonin has - I am going to continue this quest before I can honestly answer this and write it off entirely.
A reviewer on the kava subreddit from Australia has been reviewing different kavas over there, and he has been recommending both the savusavu and the kadavu from
https://kingdomofkava.com.au .. I just received the savusavu 1kg bag today which came just in time as I am almost out of blue lagoon now. Today is kind of like my Friday night so I will be giving the savusavu a good going, and may be able to provide thoughts on this in the future.
One thing that kava has really helped me with is fasting, even if it hasn't given me the desired sleep effects that I feel that I wanted so far. I am interested to put together some thoughts on kava and fasting, as I think that it is really beneficial, but I don't quite know if it is knocking me out of ketosis, or whether or not it is significantly contributing toward my fasting periods. So far my "spidey senses" are telling me that it is knocking me out of ketosis, yet it still allows me to easily skip a meal, which may be due to the potassium it provides, as well as the numbing effects that remove the hunger pangs you get in your stomach when you haven't eaten for a while.
I don't really want to rush into committing my full thoughts on any products, but my experiments continue, and I would like to update everyone as soon as I feel ready to do so. Please know that I haven't completely thrown paul's out of the bus yet.
