Staying Hydrated while drinking Kava

[chris3203]

Hi fellow relaxers,

Where I live it's wintry and cold, and the weather alone is great for dry skin. But then add some micronized kava from GHK (or BKH depending on the day) and I can almost feel my skin drying up, despite drinking what I think is plenty of water.

So, I figured I'd ask some long-time kava drinkers here, what do you do to stay hydrated? Any tips, routines, etc.?

Cheers!

 

[wanderingwoodsmith]

Personally, I drink liquids constantly. Usually tea when I am at home, but only water when I am at work during the day. I always have a bottle of water sipping on it, or a glass of tea next to me. I drink 100-160 oz of liquids a day plus the kava. The hardest part for me is hydrating properly before bed, without having to wake up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom.

 

[chris3203]

Yeah I try to drink a ton of water daily as well. Maybe I need some vitamins or something.

 

[kavadude]

My rule of thumb is just drink one part water for every part kava you drink. That seems to be about right to prevent symptoms of dehydration.

 

[Mr. Kava]

Ive been noticing that I have bladder pains the day after drinking kava. This only happens after a good kava session and its happened multiple times now.

I recently discovered that tons of hydration was the cure for this post kava pain.

My personal routine now is to drink 2x as much water as kava within 6 hrs(max) of my session.

 

[nabanga]

I don't drink anything else whilst drinking kava, but have as much water as I can comfortably take before sleep, and drink probably 2litres of water during the day, as well as coconut water or sometimes ORS in water
I still get all dried up like a mummy every so often, and find that then the only solution is to stop for a few days.