Hello,
I know there have been threads about this topic but I wanted to make sure my situation is understood.
I began Kava in February 2021. Like a lot of people, I felt nothing at first, even after straining a cup of root into a bowl and then chugging it.
After a week or two, I did the same thing but with a little less powder but still a lot, maybe 8 tablespoons (don't do this) in a cup of water.
I was sitting on the toilet and boom it hit me and I felt great, euphoric, relaxed, and went for a hike. This effect lasted for about an hour and it was one of my best experiences and has happened a lot of times since then.
Long story short. I've eventually gone from 8 tablespoons to 6 to 4 to 2 per shell in 12oz of water.
75% of the time, I feel relaxed if I space out my shells by at least 20 minutes or so; I sometimes do a second wash so I get about 3 shells with another two tablespoons for a morning kick.
However, for whatever reason, I feel like I am getting intense anxiety if I use EITHER HEADY OR HEAVY KAVA.
I don't know what's going on when I am only using two tablespoons in a shell and spacing them out by 20 or so minutes. Other times the experience is great and I simply lay down in the forest after a hike.
I will try a concentration with a Heavy Kava as the main component, which I am currently doing with Solomons. I can't imagine going down to one tablespoon per 12 oz of water since it seems like nothing. Should I eat something before? I do drink caffeine but it is usually 6 hours before my session. I also drink Kava on an empty stomach.
I'm not going to say anything misleading or wrong about kava. it's done some great things for me in the past, but there's nothing more terrifying than being in the middle of the woods and feeling like you're going to have a heart attack or die because you had a shell too early or because you had two tablespoons rather than one. Also, it was around April 0f 2021 when I drank like 21 tablespoons of Kava in a day, and I still did not feel any side effects (the combination was the black bag of Wakacon and KWK Borongoru). This of course was a morning and evening session but it still shows that something is going on the longer I drink it, or I have to change the way I consume kava.
The only medications I take right now are gabapentin and valium which I am tapering from, but this was already resolved in a different thread and these medications are supposed to relax more than anything before or after kava.
On the bright side: I made a Tongan and Solomons mix this morning - 4 tablespoons - double wash - about 4 shells total and felt fine.
I know there have been threads about this topic but I wanted to make sure my situation is understood.
I began Kava in February 2021. Like a lot of people, I felt nothing at first, even after straining a cup of root into a bowl and then chugging it.
After a week or two, I did the same thing but with a little less powder but still a lot, maybe 8 tablespoons (don't do this) in a cup of water.
I was sitting on the toilet and boom it hit me and I felt great, euphoric, relaxed, and went for a hike. This effect lasted for about an hour and it was one of my best experiences and has happened a lot of times since then.
Long story short. I've eventually gone from 8 tablespoons to 6 to 4 to 2 per shell in 12oz of water.
75% of the time, I feel relaxed if I space out my shells by at least 20 minutes or so; I sometimes do a second wash so I get about 3 shells with another two tablespoons for a morning kick.
However, for whatever reason, I feel like I am getting intense anxiety if I use EITHER HEADY OR HEAVY KAVA.
I don't know what's going on when I am only using two tablespoons in a shell and spacing them out by 20 or so minutes. Other times the experience is great and I simply lay down in the forest after a hike.
I will try a concentration with a Heavy Kava as the main component, which I am currently doing with Solomons. I can't imagine going down to one tablespoon per 12 oz of water since it seems like nothing. Should I eat something before? I do drink caffeine but it is usually 6 hours before my session. I also drink Kava on an empty stomach.
I'm not going to say anything misleading or wrong about kava. it's done some great things for me in the past, but there's nothing more terrifying than being in the middle of the woods and feeling like you're going to have a heart attack or die because you had a shell too early or because you had two tablespoons rather than one. Also, it was around April 0f 2021 when I drank like 21 tablespoons of Kava in a day, and I still did not feel any side effects (the combination was the black bag of Wakacon and KWK Borongoru). This of course was a morning and evening session but it still shows that something is going on the longer I drink it, or I have to change the way I consume kava.
The only medications I take right now are gabapentin and valium which I am tapering from, but this was already resolved in a different thread and these medications are supposed to relax more than anything before or after kava.
On the bright side: I made a Tongan and Solomons mix this morning - 4 tablespoons - double wash - about 4 shells total and felt fine.