Problems sleeping with heady kava

[yepimonfire]

Anyone notice this? Everytime I have drank GHKs Hawaiian before bed, I seem to have more trouble sleeping then if I hadn't had any kava at all, partly because I want to just stay awake and research things lol.

 

[infraredz]

Yeah, I've noticed this as well. In fact, too much kavain can actually give me a little bid of edginess, but that's not usual as I seem to be unusually sensitive to Kavain.

 

[kavadude]

Definitely, I always time it around 4-6 hrs before bed.

 

[bobarctor]

http://examine.com/supplements/Kava/#summary3-2http://examine.com/supplements/Kava/#summary3-2
The effect on dopamine levels of certain ratios of kavalactones might explain this experience (which I am also familiar with subjectively)

 

[infraredz]

Yeah, like bob said, it's probably due to high(er) amounts of kavain which can result in higher norepinephrine levels (it indirectly acts as a weak NE reuptake inhibitor) which will definitely have that effect. Also, and this is probably less likely, but Desmethoxyyangonin can is a weak and reversible MAOI-B inhibitor so it will increase levels of dopamine and phenylethylamine which obviously have that effect, although I would say it's most likely due to the Kavain NAT action.

 

[violet]

Absolutely, any Hawaiians I have tried will interfere with falling and staying asleep if I drink them in the afternoon. The only way I have figured around this is that enough kava will make you sleepy, drinking more can help if you are stuck in the "on" switch at night.