KAVA question

[ducednig]

is it just me or does Kava make my heart race and feel more like cocaine than a downer?
it feels like coke that makes me able to sleep at low doses, and at high doses i get super jittery and anxious.
and i do have access to quality kava
any inputs?

 

[TheSacredTree]

I don't know, i feel like different people feel different things on Kava.

I got a huge bag last year and i let a few friends drink some and we've had some pretty different results on it.

I have one friend that gets a medium-heavy strength Benzo effect at all doses.

I had one friend that didn't feel anything at all.

And i get a mild Benzo effect at medium to low doses and a more hallucinogenic effect on high doses. By hallucinogenic i don't mean i get big hallucinations like waves, breathing walls, or melting. I do however get more contrast in colors, much more satisfaction from music, more patterning in things i normally wouldn't notice anything on, and sometimes i even get light trails. I do wake up with a pretty bad hangover the morning after though.

 

[TheSacredTree]

But i also feel like a lot of the experience is determined by how i prepare the Kava though. I ussually make it as either a smoothie or in coffee and i've found the coffee definitely increases the strength a lot.

 

[Dysphoric]

From what I know one of the kavalactones in kava acts as a norepinephrine re-uptake inhibitor, which could lead to increased pulse rate. Kind of contradicting seeing as how its supposed to be anxiolytic.

From personal experience I have noticed it at times, but sometimes I don't feel much of an increase, but the times it has I get really uncomfortable. Now I avoid it since its anesthetic properties could potentially make it cardiotoxic.

 

[RDP89]

Never noticed that myself. Just get a mild, mellow buzz. I haven't done any in like 2 years though. Maybe I'll procure me some. Whenever I would take it combo with kratom I would get super spacey and just like zone out. They have a weird sort of synergy.