yes practice makes perfect. Try smaller dosage or consume over longer period of time. Kinda like a glass of wine, you can either chug a few for effect or you can use your pinky and sip the same amount over 30 to 60 minutes. The hard part is that every brand has different characters (i.e. chardonnay vs red zinvandel) So you have to factor that tooOK thanks! Then I practice in patience
I'm starting to think anxiety must be on some sort of grand continuum or scale, and kava slides you along in a good direction willy nilly. I say this because I've never suffered from anxiety in my life, so I just assumed anxiety effects were irrelevant to my kava experience and I could just ignore that whole aspect.How great will you feel once you realize that by every waking moment your anxiety gets less and less and less ? This is exactly what happened to me, going from full blown panic attacks to peace & calm. People told me it would never change, that i'd be trapped forever - but they were VERY wrong!
In fact, Anxiety is a transient state if you allow it to be and you might find it easier and easier as you go along and actually practice it....not giving it any power over you. How? By a mix of accepting and ignoring your anxiety. "OK, it is there..but i do not have to look at this feeling, all the time, do i?!" No, of course you don't! And while some help is always a good idea, you don't need to go searching for the silver bullet.
It should be rather easy to accept what i'm saying because i speak from experience. Of course, you don't have to - i certainly mean well.
8 Tablespoons is a lot for being new to kava. Something just doesn't seem right here, and I think that there is a good chance the other meds you are taking are interfering with the true kava feeling that you seek. Is it possible to try kava without any other substance in your system? I know that a lot of the psych drugs need to be weened off slowly, but even then, its seems to be worth a shot considering that the meds you are currently taking don't work anyway (which is why you are seeking out a possible kava cure). You might just ask your doctor if you can take a "drug holiday" to clean your system out. This is something that is done for treatment resistant patients when it might be time to try something else. I just don't see how using 8 tablespoons for anxiolytic effects of kava is going to work for you every night. First it will be incredibly expensive, and it is still not giving you the anxiolytic effects you seek. I say to give kava a shot with a clean slate, but just a suggestion.I am really annoyed ... why does it take so long until I finally get an effect? I am afraid it is really my whole psychopharmaka ... In two weeks I have a neurological appointment and I really don't want to go there and get a new drug.. moah :/
I wouldn't be too dispirited too soon. You won't be able to just replace every drug you currently take with kava, it will take time to transition. It sounds like you are using good kavas in the right doses so I would say just persevere. It took me a year and a half to fully switch from alcohol to kava. If you continue to drink kava daily I'm sure in time you will start to see the benefits and then you will find that you can start to reduce whatever else you take slowly until you don't need them at all.I had hoped that with the help of kava I would get rid of the drugs ... unfortunately, I can not put them off, then I would be crazy before restlessness.
Next week I still get Mahakea
As @Edward stated, it's a process. stick with it. In my opinion it's worth a shot to get off medication. Just slow down. Manage your expectations. It should come in time. Keep up the crusade! And don't stop asking for help.I had hoped that with the help of kava I would get rid of the drugs ... unfortunately, I can not put them off, then I would be crazy before restlessness.
Next week I still get Mahakea