I've been heavily researching and field testing Kava as of late.... particularly the Nakamal at home varieties.... and I felt morally obligated to express a particular finding I have stumbled across given the kind and helpful nature of everyone here.
A few weeks ago around the holidays I over-indulged and posted here about it, particularly inquisitive about the emotional dissarray I experienced post Kava.... Well I believe I discoverred the source..... You see, long before my Kava use I developped an affinity for Valerian but always found it very mild and benign. I continued to take my Valerian into my Kava use with lovely results.... at least throughout the course of a session.... but now have discoverred with near certainty the combination made for the emotional dissarray I felt the next day.... Now mind you, when I say "emotional dissarray" I am talking about EXTREMELY bad rebound anxiety of the shake your socks off variety.... It is also worth noting that while my Valerian dose was reslatively high (as I said I found it alone to be mostly benign) since discoverring this fact, I've found it to be true even in relatively smaller doses (500-1000 mg.). Without the Valerian I only seem to experience the "kava hangover" you guys here describe (nothing horribly excruciating that can't be quelled with a strong coffee or two).......... And all this time I was suspecting the Kava as that was the "new variable" in the equation for me.....
That being said, I am now curious as to the effects Kava has on the brain. It seems definitive answers to this are difficult to find and I suspect my experience at the moment is rather innaccurate as I've decided throwing out all other supplements for Kava the best measure (thus I am surely experiencing some sort of abnormalities after ongoing use of things like Valerian). Particularly a brain fog and restlessness at night (falling asleep is fine, but I am waking every other hour) is plaguing me as of late.... So the real question I now pose is how have you guys noticed Kava has impacted your cognitive function and from your experience do you believe the symptoms I have described to be the result of stopping Valerian, in addition to stopping Gaba, Homeopathic sleep aids, and other herbal sleep aids?... Its worth noting that on the other side of the supplement coin, I have also ceased pirocetam and Tyrosine in the AM.....
Lastly I have been drinking Kava 5-6 nights a week with good results, but do you guys find this to be too much? How often can one safely consume Kava? I'm beginning to think its fine as a night cap so long as it isn't combined with anything else.
Thank you all ahead of time for your insightful responses
A few weeks ago around the holidays I over-indulged and posted here about it, particularly inquisitive about the emotional dissarray I experienced post Kava.... Well I believe I discoverred the source..... You see, long before my Kava use I developped an affinity for Valerian but always found it very mild and benign. I continued to take my Valerian into my Kava use with lovely results.... at least throughout the course of a session.... but now have discoverred with near certainty the combination made for the emotional dissarray I felt the next day.... Now mind you, when I say "emotional dissarray" I am talking about EXTREMELY bad rebound anxiety of the shake your socks off variety.... It is also worth noting that while my Valerian dose was reslatively high (as I said I found it alone to be mostly benign) since discoverring this fact, I've found it to be true even in relatively smaller doses (500-1000 mg.). Without the Valerian I only seem to experience the "kava hangover" you guys here describe (nothing horribly excruciating that can't be quelled with a strong coffee or two).......... And all this time I was suspecting the Kava as that was the "new variable" in the equation for me.....
That being said, I am now curious as to the effects Kava has on the brain. It seems definitive answers to this are difficult to find and I suspect my experience at the moment is rather innaccurate as I've decided throwing out all other supplements for Kava the best measure (thus I am surely experiencing some sort of abnormalities after ongoing use of things like Valerian). Particularly a brain fog and restlessness at night (falling asleep is fine, but I am waking every other hour) is plaguing me as of late.... So the real question I now pose is how have you guys noticed Kava has impacted your cognitive function and from your experience do you believe the symptoms I have described to be the result of stopping Valerian, in addition to stopping Gaba, Homeopathic sleep aids, and other herbal sleep aids?... Its worth noting that on the other side of the supplement coin, I have also ceased pirocetam and Tyrosine in the AM.....
Lastly I have been drinking Kava 5-6 nights a week with good results, but do you guys find this to be too much? How often can one safely consume Kava? I'm beginning to think its fine as a night cap so long as it isn't combined with anything else.
Thank you all ahead of time for your insightful responses
